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Re: Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013
From: David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 22:55:01 -0700
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 02:06:54PM +0000, Костадин Хаџибанов wrote:
Some things to get insight from the mentors for the design plan: - Is there a desire / how strong is the interest to introduce the program to a new userbase. - Extensibility, what new features are planned for the future, etc. - How drastic changes would the redesign allow.
I'm open to big changes in the Zenmap interface. We're nto married to how it works now. However, how it works now is really not too bad. A radical new design would have to show advantages.
I also discovered that tabbed scanning was once a feature, but no longer is. What was the reason it got removed?
Multiple scans in one view are combined, as if they had been one scan initially. Check this: http://nmap.org/book/zenmap-scanning.html#aggregation. The tab bar was also takign up space in what was already a not-too-efficient layout. See http://www.bamsoftware.com/wiki/Nmap/ZenmapInterface for a very old picture of how the interface used to look.
- The Host Viewer dialog from the Topology tab displays redundant information with other tabs (except for the traceroute tab) Possible solutions: - Topology moved to top level tabs, add Filter Hosts button in Hosts Viewer. http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y427/hadzhibanov-kostadin/zenm13_zps24049f32.png - Or, Traceroute to second level, remove Hosts Viewer from Topology. http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y427/hadzhibanov-kostadin/zenm16_zps03326462.png
The topology tab was originally developed as a separate application called RadialMap, which explains the duplicate functionality. I agree that it would be better to show the information in the same way every time. I'm sorry I didn't answer all your questions, but as you have submitted your proposal, mentors can comment on it there. David Fifield _______________________________________________ Sent through the dev mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/dev Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/
Current thread:
- Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013 Костадин Хаџибанов (Apr 26)
- Re: Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013 David Fifield (Apr 26)
- RE: Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013 Костадин Хаџибанов (May 02)
- Re: Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013 David Fifield (May 03)
- RE: Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013 Костадин Хаџибанов (May 02)
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- RE: Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013 Костадин Хаџибанов (May 02)
- Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013 Костадин Хаџибанов (May 02)
- Re: Zenmap GUI redesign task for GSOC2013 David Fifield (Apr 26)