#5324 NORM Update.: Mesh/AP icons should always be in the same place and the same color.

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#5324: Mesh/AP icons should always be in the same place and the same color.
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  Reporter:  cscott            |       Owner:  Eben    
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Update.2
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:          
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0                 |    Blocking:          
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Comment(by cscott):

 Replying to [comment:4 Eben]:
 > The best I could offer for semi-deterministic placements of APs, given
 knowledge of the current algorithm for laying out objects such that they
 don't overlap, is to place  an added weight (with falloff) on the location
 determined by the hash of the essid.  In this manner, it will be more
 likely (but not guaranteed) that an AP will appear in roughly the same
 spot each time.  Still, this could be an improvement over what we have
 now.

 This is what I was originally thinking of.  Placement based on hash, plus
 a fix-up step to jiggle things so they don't overlap.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5324#comment:5>
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