Hey all,
I have a few questions regarding the Ethereal GUI. First of all is there
a coordinator for the GUI, or should i just send patches when i want to
change something ? I ask this because unlike adding a new protocol or so
a GUI change affects everybody.
Is a GTK-1 GUI still needed ? I mean all (WIN32 included) systems have
the GTK-2 libs by now, don't they ?
I would like to see (and will not be to lazy to program it ;-) A
interface a-la gimp , where the 3 parts of the main window are separate
top level windows. This would make things easier for multi-monitor
setups. In general a option where you can select the layout of the
windows, top to bottom (like now) , multi-window etc. would be nice.
Trying to follow the HIG http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/
as much as possible might not be a bad thing. Especially since Ethereal
is a GTK and not a MS-Windows application ( in reference to the GUI ).
Especially the layout of some of the dialogs might improve by following
the HIG when it comes to things like spacing.
What also would be very nice is being able to use proportional fonts but
still draw them with a fixed width.
A way to compare two packets (like a file diff) would also be nice. For
example comparing two packets and than display the differences in red or
so.
I have some more ideas and smaller things but i think this is enough for
now :-)
- Erwin
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Erwin Rol Software Engineering - http://www.erwinrol.com/
