Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Update the FAQ request and Feature Request

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 05:14:12PM -0700, james jones wrote:
> I would like to be able to follow multiple streams. I
> guess I would like a follow the tcp stream in a new
> window option.

What do you mean by "follow the tcp stream in a new window"?  "Follow
TCP Stream" *does* put the stream's text in a new window.

> That way I could compare multiple
> streams at a time instead of following a stream >
> which opens a new Contents of a Stream window > go
> back to the main ui (user interface) then reset the
> display filter > and follow the next streams content
> window. I would like to be able to compare each
> streams packets instead of just the "Contents of the
> stream".

So what you really want is the ability to have multiple main Ethereal
windows with different display filters.