Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.1) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux Hiya, I've seen this: http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/9340.gif To my mind this looks great and is useful. I think it gives one really a good overview if there are many networks/APs... What do you think? Bye PS.: I also posted this as a wish in the forum of the "Wireless Assistant"
Very interesting indeed. Not without its problems, for signal strength doesn't necessarily equal distance (APs with reduced sending power appear "farer" than they are). People would maybe be confused by that. Then again, I don't mind. There could be even more info encoded in the picture by adding a dimension to it. I'll definitely keep it in mind! Thanks!
Hiya, First, you are right...At the first glance I also thought that it has to do something with distances. But if you look a second time you notice the "Signal Strength" in bold and the percentage values (not distance values!). But yeah...nevertheless it's quite confusing, maybe it has something to do with the human brain, experiences etc...This illustration reminds someone of a radar (and these have to do with distances!). Perhaps another (graphical) presentation would be better. What do you mean by "adding a dimension to it"? Bye :)
Well, this picture is only one-dimensional. APs are distinguished by Signal levels from right to left, along the "x-axis". You could think of things like: the better the encryption, the higher on the "y-axis" (aka, a second dimension) the AP will be plotted. Order encryption in order of historical appearance for example: nothing, WEP-40, WEP-128, WEP-whatever, dynamic WEP, WPA, WPA2. Of course such a representation suggests even more to the brain: a map showing the relative position of APs. Which is of course NOT what it's all about.
Could this be interesting for knetworkmanager? kwifimanager is no more mantained/developed on KDE4.
The scan widget we have is sort of this feature but it needs a lot of work to clean up.
On the screen: Manage Connections> tab Wireless > Add then Add Network Connection > tab Wireless > Scan then Available Access Points > Scan > view Details 1) there no title row describing meaning of each column. 2) it is missing one check box in separate column to select access point to connect to. In view Map is probably good idea to change description to Power, or add explanation that other access points are listed by signal strength, not actual location, as that is all what one can know about another access point without sophisticated location equipment. Item listed in each cell is listed with a check box (probably wrong function).
The window (widget) Connect to Other Network can reuse the Scan window with addition: Scan for networks and then draw the window. Add button Scan (or better Refresh) to the widget.
Above c#7 will need additional Add Adhoc Network option as a button.
See also 209739
SVN commit 1070754 by wstephens: A lot of cleanups for the scan widget: Replace Details table view with tree view Use i18n() throughout Determine encryption type correctly Give actual encryption in use Show consistent encryption icons as well as wireless network icon Show signal strength as percentage Remove erroneous checkboxes caused by missing role check in QAIM::data() Replace IfaceItemModel with simpler QCombobox internal model Amend dialog title Fix errors reported by ModelTest (QModelIndex parent and row/column count reporting). CCBUG: 124135 CCMAIL: cblauvelt@gmail.com M +3 -2 802_11_wirelesswidget.cpp M +0 -1 CMakeLists.txt M +2 -1 apitemdelegate.cpp M +1 -1 apitemview.h D ifaceitemmodel.cpp D ifaceitemmodel.h M +51 -16 networkitemmodel.cpp M +17 -19 scanwidget.cpp M +3 -4 scanwidget.h WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1070754
The Plasma NM's plasmoid allows to connect by clicking on a list of access points. I think this bug is obsolete now. Can I close it?