xfce-bluetooth

[Kyle DeFrancia]

On Jul 26, 2013 1:06 AM, "Liviu Andronic" <landronimirc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Natanael,
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Natanael Copa <ncopa at alpinelinux.org>
wrote:
> > So far I have a preferences dialog with:
> >  - power enable/disable
> >  - discoverable enable/disable
> >  - a list of devices
> >
> > Screenshot:
> > http://imgur.com/1iTsEK9
> >
> Looks very promising.
>
> When using Blueman, I usually rely on the following features (in
> addition to those listed above):
> - discoverable should be enabled temporarily for x seconds (60 or 120
> or user specified, with 0 being always visible)
> - "powered" seems confusing to me as a user; I'm more used to "Turn
> bluetooth on/off". Maybe you could add a tooltip (if not already
> there) to indicate "Check to turn on bluetooth device".
> - a systray icon
> - I _always_ appreciate when the bluetooth manager allows me to turn
> bluetooth off at startup. So when starting up Xfce and firing up the
> manager to the systray, if the option is enabled then the Bluetooth
> device will be switched off. I'm no security expert, but I perceive
> the Bluetooth thingy turned on as a security concern and I'd rather it
> be explicitly turned off unless when I actually use it.

I agree with these points. Especially the "powered" option.

Its looking good though!

Kyle
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