[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Default ad-hoc networks

[Simon Schampijer]

On 04/27/2010 08:54 AM, Simon Schampijer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> olpc has decided to present ad-hoc networks like they did with mesh
> networks: three icons in the neighborhood view representing ad-hoc
> networks with the channels 1, 6, 11. This should preserve the workflow
> previously introduced and ease the use of ad-hoc networks. More details
> for the reasoning can be found in [1].
>
> I think this is a great idea and should maybe be adopted by the upstream
> development, too. So here is what we found out so far:
>
> - 3 icons in the neighborhood view representing the 3 channels
> - we would need three different icons allowing to differentiate the
> different channels (an interesting idea is here [3])
> - those icons should show the status like the Access Point icons does
> (connected/unconnected)
> - if someone clicks on one of the icons he joins a possible existing
> networks or creates a new network
> - a badge could indicate if a network is already 'active' created by
> someone else
> - naming: so far we decided to not name the networks mesh networks to
> avoid confusion, some voted for 'local network' some for 'our network',
> others, votes?
> - the option to create adhoc networks should be removed from the frame
> device to avoid confusion
>
> What do people think about that? Can the design team help to make this
> happen?
>
> Regards,
>      Simon
>
> [1] http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2009-December/026831.html
> [2] http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9845
> [3]
> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/attachments/20100422/d9d33027/attachment-0001.png
> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2010-April/028315.html

As a follow up I put on my designers hat and created the icons myself 
(based on the maya numerals), screenshot attached.

What is missing is a badge to indicate if the network is active (someone 
has created the adhoc network already). Any good ideas how that badge 
could look like?

Naming: Any ideas, comments about the naming of the networks? 'Local 
network or our network, other ideas?

Thanks,
    Simon







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