[Freedombox-discuss] CCC Meeting Notes

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi Fabio, and others,

On 11-08-16 at 02:15pm, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote:

> > From: Isaac Wilder <isaac at freenetworkmovement.org>

> > We also discussed UI, stressing its paramount importance to the 
> > success or failure of the endeavor. The idea of having the user 
> > configure and interface with the box via chatt (XMPP chat) was 
> > suggested. There's also always the fallback position of a web GUI. 
> > Still, many felt that the chat idea has great potential.
> 
> If we want to make something 'configurable' via a XMPP chat it means 
> that the client OS (Windows, iPhone, etc) must have an XMPP client, so 
> we are defining a pre-requisite to have a specific software to 
> configure it.
> That's not something available in a general Desktop OS, upon fresh 
> installation.
> So XMPP based configuration would add-up complexity for first-time 
> configuration/setup.

I see no problem in shipping FreedomBox with a web client to help those 
crippled to (right now) only have the web part of the internet at reach.

I do have a problem with the FreedomBox participate in the "simplifying" 
of the internet to only be web.

Compare with an imap service and offering webmail client(s) for it.


> If 100% of routers/ap/switch/servers/network-equipment come with a web 
> GUI for configuration, probably there's a reason.

Sorry for being dense, but what is the statistically proved reason you 
apparently try to imply?


Regards,

 - Jonas

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