Re: gsoc - Zenmap GUI

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:01:05AM -0700, Thomas Schreiber wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been looking through the 2011 gsoc project ideas, and the Zenmap
> GUI caught my attention right away. I'm in my 4th year of school
> pursuing a CS degree. I have used Python on a number of projects in
> the past, and I have GUI experience with Qt4 and PyQt4. I know that
> Zenmap is GTK (and from reading the list archive will be staying that
> way), but I feel like I could pickup PyGtk quickly.
>
>  I've been able to think of a number of ways to increase usability
> (tool bar, start-up screen that lists profiles and recent scans
> similar to wireshark, etc), but I am curious if there is a a Zenmap
> brand that I should follow. If I add icons or images is there a style
> that reflects Zenmap? If I use color, are there colors that represent
> Zenmap? Any input would greatly help even for the proposal mock-ups
> I'm working on.

We don't really have a style or user interface guidelines, apart from
very loosely following the GNOME HIG. (See the zenmapGUI.higwidgets
package.) For the icons there is an established style in the files in
share/zenmap/pixmaps--but I think getting more icons (for WAPs and
routers, etc.) is more important than having them fit the same style.

David Fifield
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