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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] A more concise capture options dialog for 1.8

From: Bogdan Harjoc <harjoc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:35:26 +0300
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 16, 2012, at 6:52 PM, Guy Harris wrote:

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> On Jul 16, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Michael Tuexen wrote:
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>> We wanted to show a summary of the settings. Maybe the columns could be made
>> configurable, such you can defined, which one you want to see.
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> Yes, they should be made configurable - in particular, it should be possible to drag-and-drop columns to put them in a different order, so that the most important columns to a particular user are together.


Ticking which interfaces to capture from, based on their addresses is certainly useful. Once the columns become configurable, a separate "Addresses" column would be the next step.

Thanks for explaining the reasons behind the current design.

Regards,
Bogdan