Hello Qubes Community,
I had the idea of redesigning the Qube Manager a while ago and just finished a mockup of the core change that my vision entails:
Please do enlarge the above mockup to view all details. The three “web-xxx” qubes are selected and sys-usb is being hovered on. A qube’s features are represented by a tag list on the bottom on being hovered on or selected (e…g., “APP” for app qube, “DISP” for disposable, “USB” for sys-usb). It says “Qubes” in the upper right-hand corner because Qubes OS is actually a trademark and I wasn’t sure whether I am allowed to use it in this way.
The core change is what I call “Deck view”. It’s the currently selected tab in the mockup and its features would be:
- Visual representation of relationships between qubes (see “Qube connections” dropdown in the upper right-hand corner). Not just the network – could also be, for example, policy permissions. Which qube is allowed to do what to another qube? This could be extended to be an editor as well. A real “under-the-hood” view.
- Drag and drop functionality. Launch or stop qubes simply by dragging them from the main area into the stopped area and the other way around.
- Free zooming in and out and moving around. Get an overview of your machine in seconds.
In addition to that, the familiar table view, as it is currently implemented in the Qube Manager, would always just be a click away.
What do you people think? Feedback is highly appreciated.
Warm regards,
Ferdinand Heinrich
Legal:
I would like to highlight that I currently do not want somebody else to implement the above scheme without my explicit permission.
Licenses of the assets used in the mockup:
Inter font license
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The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide
development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation
efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and
open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership
with others.
The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and
redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The
fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded,
redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved
names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives,
however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The
requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply
to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.
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Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may
include source files, build scripts and documentation.
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copyright statement(s).
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distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).
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or substituting – in part or in whole – any of the components of the
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new environment.
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writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
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The Breeze Icon Theme in icons/
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