<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:58 PM, J. Anthony Limon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j@flippo.net">j@flippo.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:53:59 +0100<br>
Steve Dodier <<a href="mailto:sidnioulz@gmail.com">sidnioulz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> 2010/1/8 J. Anthony Limon <<a href="mailto:j@flippo.net">j@flippo.net</a>><br>
><br>
> > Network Manager is a tricky topic so I'll try to make this as<br>
> > unbiased as possible.<br>
> ><br>
> > WICD offers a solid replacement to NetworkManager while keeping<br>
> > almost all the features. The only thing I can think of that would<br>
> > keep someone from switching outright is that Network Manager has<br>
> > built-in VPN support. After a poll of some sort we could then<br>
> > decide if we also needed to ship a VPN client by default.<br>
> ><br>
> > Also, since the next release is LTS it might make sense to wait to<br>
> > make the switch as going from NetworkManager to WICD is as easy as<br>
> > apt-get --purge autremove networkmanager<br>
> ><br>
> > - J<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Despite the fact that I'm myself using wicd in one of my computers,<br>
> there is a slight difference between wicd and networkmanager that we<br>
> may not forget: the quality of the GUI.<br>
><br>
> I've rarely seen an app with a GUI as unwelcoming and badly designed<br>
> as wicd, even though it has a great backend. I think nm does the job<br>
> in 99% of the cases, so switching to something that is harder to<br>
> learn and use is not, in my opinion, a good idea at all for an<br>
> end-user distribution.<br>
><br>
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</div></div>While I will agree it's not as "pretty" as some apps, it's entirely<br>
user friendly. As soon as you open it, it greets you with a list of<br>
available networks and button that says CONNECT. Also, 2.0 should have<br>
a new GUI, which if we're going to let NM remain in Lucid should<br>
provide perfect timing.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Cody's question is of course extremely important, but I also have another remark: user interface consistency is also important. Most, if not all, of Xubuntu's applications try to follow GNOME's Human Interface Guidelines, which mostly not only results in a user friendly but also consistent UI. AFAIK wicd (currently) does not do this.<br>
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- J<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vincent<br>