Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Should the title bar give the name of the current capture file?

[Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 03:54:07PM -0600, Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> Should it also list the name of the current capture file (assuming it's
> not a temporary capture file)?

Yes, that would be good.
 
> truncate the window title on the right, and some window managers may do
> so as well, meaning that window titles in taskbars/icons/etc. tend to
> say things such as
> 
>         Microsoft Word (or just "Word", I forget which)
> 
>         Netscape: Fun Wi...
> 
> and the like, which certainly tells you what program it is, but not what
> that *particular* window is.  (I seem to remember seeing somebody
> complain about this on Windows.)

That's a tough decision. Both below look okay:

Ethereal: nfsproblem.cap

nfsproblem.cap [Ethereal]
 
> This means that, unless an icon can be tuned to look good on a
> taskbar-based desktop *and* a desktop with larger icons, we can't
> arrange to have a good-looking icon in all circumstances.)

What are the color limitations for an icon?

--gilbert