Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Configuration Profiles

From: Stephen Fisher <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 10:31:53 -0600
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 12:35:51PM -0700, Fred Marshall wrote:

> 1) The ability to launch / focus on / create context for a profile 
> from a pulldown or ... ?  I think I figured it out but it was pretty 
> weird.

If I understand you correctly, you are suggesting that a drop-down menu 
list each available profile and let you change over to it?

> 2) A rather more direct way to define a profile?  I found myself 
> guessing a lot before I was able to define 3 profiles (one for each 
> active interface) by hopping between various dialog boxes.  There was 
> a real danger that I'd modify an already-defined profile while trying 
> to create a new one.

Would it help to have a profile selection dialog in the preferences 
pane?  Or at least a mention of which profile you're on when modifying 
the preferencess?


-- 
Steve