[Xfc-dev] Hello everybody!

[sofar]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:19:21 -0800 (PST), Linus Ruth <linus128k at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The initial project I'd like to tackle is the creation of a panel
> application for monitoring network interfaces.  Something similar to the
> network status icons in the system tray of a Windows desktop.  I may also
> consider creating a dial-up Internet connection manager which ties in to
> the traffic monitor.  I finally ditched my dial-up connection for good--I
> hope--about a month ago.  However, I used to work for an ISP providing
> technical support to users throughout several states.  I have a feeling
> that most of the citizens of this wonderful planet still hook up to the
> Internet via clunky 28.8 or 56Kbps analog connections.  I'm a pretty
> forgiving guy, especially of glitches in free software, but from years of
> observation I'd say that most of the people who interact with computers
> are not.  Weird or unpredictable interfaces immensely frustrate most, and
> many quickly give up trying to resolve or work around their application
> issues and resort to calling for help.  This is completely
>  understandable, but it is totally avoidable.  I've seen a few dial-up
> management solutions for Linux, and they all fall into the clunky kludge
> category.  For these reasons I feel that there is still a need for a
> native Xfce dial-up management utility.  The need for a native,
> streamlined network interface monitor seems pretty obvious.


sounds like an excellent place to start - even though most likely I'll
never use it ;^). I so remember the pain of dialup!

Auke