Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Preferences Protocol Grouping?

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From: Graeme Lunt <graeme.lunt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:02:46 +0100
Hi,

I've been thinking of grouping the X.500 protocol dissector
preferences under a subkey in the protocol preferences. So rather
than:

v Protocols
    ...
    DAP
    ...
    DISP
    ...
    DOP
    ...
    DSP
    ...

there would be:

v Protocols
  ...
  v X.500
    DAP
    DISP
    DOP
    DSP
  ...

This seems a sensible idea as the protocol preferences list will only
get longer as more protocols are implemented and provides a logical
grouping for users. Or is a flat list of protocols still preferred?

If some sub-structure is allowed, it could also perhaps reflect the
protocol families e.g.

v Protocols
  ...
  v OSI
    v X.400
      P1
      P22
      P772
    v X.500
      DAP
      DISP
      DOP
      DSP
    ...
  ...

Does this make it too difficult for the user to find the specific
protocol preference?
Is this worth prototyping?

Graeme