[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN][FEATURE] 3G modem support

[Eben Eliason]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Simon Schampijer <simon at schampijer.de> wrote:
> I had a chance to apply the latest code that is attached in #1622 and played
> a bit with a gsm-device. I think we discussed this already in some parts
> before but I am still not sure about the following:
>
> With my device attached I see the modem and hit 'connect' in the device
> palette. I get no feedback when that action was not successful and what went
> wrong. And I have no hint that I should set options in the Control Panel.
>
> I know we wanted to keep it simple but maybe someone has a smart idea how
> one could enhance the feedback and a hint to use the control panel to set

This sounds like a good time to revive the global notification idea.
The design intent there was to each corner of the screen with one edge
of the Frame (lower-right would be devices), and to have notification
icons (the device icon itself, usually) slide in and out of the
corners to grab attention in various cases, such as a failed
connection attempt.

We also had thoughts about adjusting the contents of the palette in
these cases, to contain the error message, and also provide options to
resolve the issue. For instance, the GSM device might indicate a
failed connection and offer "try again" and "change settings" options.

I think nailing this in a way that's useful system-wide and in all
edges of the Frame will take a bit of thought, but this is a good
opportunity to discuss it.

> the options? Didn't Eben suggested once to add an option to be able to
> launch the CP from within the device?

Yeah, I think hot-linking directly to the CP module for variouos
devices would be a logical addition.

Eben

> Thanks,
>   Simon
>
> PS: did we settle on the icon?
>