Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] patches to add interface descriptions

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From: Biot Olivier <Olivier.Biot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 22:30:53 +0200 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Urwin
> 
> I like this feature, it would be very useful in a Windows 
> setting, where 
> all of the interfaces tend to have the same name, but wouldn't it be 
> better to have a seperate dialog to set the description?
> 
>           Interface: [fxp0                                    
>      ] [v]
>       Description: [                                               ]
> 
>                            OK                             Cancel
> 
> I wouldn't like to see the capture dialog cluttered up like 
> you suggest.

Same opinion. Otherwise Ethereal will become very tricky for newbies to use.
Hook the dialog in "Edit" or "Tools", name it "Network Interfaces". Extra
feature: hide one or more interfaces.

Regards,

Olivier