BOUNTY: Web GUI reprogramming
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A collapsible sidebar menu would be the best direction for Pfsense …. if you test drive the custom website admin side bar menu, you can get a feel of how it would improve the user experience in navigation.
If it gets reworked a full width responsive GUI is the only direction to head in. It would give the necessary screen real estate to display a ABC design philosophy as iFloris defined. The feedback from the dash board could evolve into a very productive sophisticated visual tool.
There are many admin template examples on themeforest.com this is just one I selected as a example.
http://keenthemes.com/preview/metronic/index.html
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I would be willing to contribute some of my free time to a GUI development project. But only if the team was allowed the freedom to develop and create sophisticated visual GUI tools that Steve Jobs would be proud of. -
I agree!
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As long as it doesn't end up like Watchguard's more recent web gui, constructed entirely in flash!, then I'm all for it.
Honestly I don't have a problem with the current gui though. I'm probably not the right person to ask. ;)Steve
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Its about how you present the data. Its about assembling bits and piece of a puzzle to form the best visual representation of the data.
There is obviously more data that could be displayed to the user to get a better picture of the status of whats going on. Some things would be a feature request, but the GUI would be designed to adapt to known future improvements to expand the visual representation and organization of the data.
I'm not a security expert by no means, but I'm sure you can think of many data points which would be very helpful in completing the puzzle, or at less attempting to.
A full width responsive GUI would give Pfsense the screen real estate to display more data to the user but in a creative way as a attempt to simplify the assembling of the puzzle.
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Another nice example
Login and password
adminhttp://photonui.orangehilldev.com/dashboard.php
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Best so far!
Could end up beeing very nice!
Another nice example
Login and password
adminhttp://photonui.orangehilldev.com/dashboard.php
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Should this be moved to general topics?
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Last Example
http://mosaicpro.biz/adminplus/php/
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Last Example
http://mosaicpro.biz/adminplus/php/
Im sorry, but that is just beautiful… id kill for a nice GUI like that.
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Imagine how nice it would be at a 100% width…!
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Inspired by this thread http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,48107.msg253688.html#msg253688
I will start with contributing with 50$.
This is partly aimed at Craymore….:) Now we will see if he wants to.
I would donate to this wonderful cause ;D
@ermal:
Should this be moved to general topics?
I would think so, since it would definitely get more attention. Probably removing BOUNTY from the subject line would also be appropriate.
Imagine how nice it would be at a 100% width…!
If you select fluid layout at the bottom of that page it will show a full screen layout.
Can't really complain about the pfsense webui since it's better than most I've seen. Although something like what is being suggested would be mind blowing.
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I have to say I like the last example best http://mosaicpro.biz/adminplus/php/ it's based on tweeter boot strap … and fully responsive ... if the cash would flow it could be reality.
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@jimp, cmb, ermal
Is it possible based on the way pfsense is coded/structured that GUI modifications could be distributed as a plugin?If so, I would consider looking a bit deeper into the existing GUI structure to get a better idea of what would be required.
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this is too good, would love to donate $$ to see such a interface
earlier i said $10 but increase it to $50 if this can be done
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Looking at the code structure last night for about 20 min. I'm afraid it would be to daunting of a task for just one person on the short term. There are at less a hundred files that would have to be HEAVILY modified. I'm thinking some if not all of the java/php/html code would have to be rewritten. Just a quick guess, there may be 100,000 to 150,000 lines of java/php/html code to review and rewrite.
Real world cost would be somewhere in the range of $3 to $6 per line of code…. $50 bucks for a rewrite at min would get ya 16 lines :D
Its not impossible to get this done.....There could be a model setup to help fund or a pay model to reward the programmers for there Huge contribution.I will look at the code more at a later date... :-\
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100,000 to 150,000 lines …. somewhere in the range of $3 to $6 per line
Ouch!
As pretty as those pages are I'm sure they would actually help me get anything done faster or more accurately. I am also concerned about introducing extra load to ether the client or server simply to add some animated buttons. ;)
Steve
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Its not about animation … it is formatting and presenting data in a informative efficient manner.
Take this sight for example .... this is animation :D
http://www.bombshellmanual.com/bombshell.swf
Site looks like my gf bedroom floor.... :DThis design is rather disturbing :o
http://bierzto.pl/administrator/teacup-pigs-full-grown&page=3 -
Probably best to avoid anything like that! ::)
Steve
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u could take the current skin system and simply create a new skin for a start and then later on we could add the reprogramming for adding more functionality, this way u dont need to do 150k lines
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It would be a page who will integrate the current items, no more.
But made in a modern design that allows for adaptation to different resolutions and widths.
