Well, I can't draw to save my life, so no graphical aids for this idea, but...<div>I think the networks should be shape-coded.</div><div><br></div><div>For example, network 1 should be a square in a larger circle, network 2 should be a triangle in a larger circle, network 3 should be a circle in a larger circle. The larger circle is the same size as the current wi-fi icons so that the icons are all the same size.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The test all ideas for mesh networks should pass is this:</div><div><br></div><div>Several mesh channels are in use. A child gets on the mesh on one channel, and wants a friend to join him. The child and friend speak some exotic language that has non-standard numerals, etc... The friend should be able to connect to the correct mesh network.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There are words in every language I know for square, circle, triangle. If not, they're not difficult to describe.</div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Frederick Grose <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com">fgrose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="'courier new', monospace">On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Frederick Grose </font><span dir="ltr"><font face="'courier new', monospace"><<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com" target="_blank">fgrose@gmail.com</a>></font></span><font face="'courier new', monospace"> wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="'courier new', monospace">On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Frederick Grose </font><span dir="ltr"><font face="'courier new', monospace"><</font><a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font face="'courier new', monospace">fgrose@gmail.com</font></a><font face="'courier new', monospace">></font></span><font face="'courier new', monospace"> wrote:<br>
</font><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Simon Schampijer </font><span dir="ltr"><font face="'courier new', monospace"><</font><a href="mailto:simon@schampijer.de" target="_blank"><font face="'courier new', monospace">simon@schampijer.de</font></a><font face="'courier new', monospace">></font></span><font face="'courier new', monospace"> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">On 04/22/2010 06:10 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Mikus Grinbergs<</font><a href="mailto:mikus@bga.com" target="_blank"><font face="'courier new', monospace">mikus@bga.com</font></a><font face="'courier new', monospace">> wrote:<br>
>> To me, the greatest drawback to the existing icon(s) is that they do not<br>
>> show the channel. If you have three icons, for heaven's sake draw them<br>
>> with static symbols ("1", "6", "11") to show where a connection would be<br>
>> attempted.<br>
><br>
> I like that! If you want a group to join you on ch 1, it's hard to<br>
> guide them through the process.<br>
><br>
> Having the number or a shape (that isn't used elsewhere) in the middle<br>
> of the circle(s) would be great.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> m<br><br></font>
</div><font face="'courier new', monospace">I actually thought about that today, too. The problem is with<br>
localization. I guess it does not have to be a number, can be another<br>
symbol that tells me 1, 6, 11.<br><br>
Though, maybe Gary or Eben have an idea how that could be visually<br>
represented and how the status (connected, not connected) can be added<br>
to the icon.</font></blockquote><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Maybe the radio standards organizations already have something, but these symbols came to mind (attached).</font></div>
</div></blockquote><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div></div></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">I prefer the simpler Maya numerals [1] because they are graphically simpler and correspond</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">with the 5-MHz separation of center-channel frequencies.</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">
Channel 1 at 2412 MHz 0</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> 5 x 5 MHz difference 00000</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Channel 6 2437</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> 5 x 5 MHz difference 00000</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Channel 11 2462</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">[1] </font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_numerals" target="_blank"><font face="'courier new', monospace">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_numerals</font></a></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Found an image labelled 'OFW wireless boot icon', <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:Wireless.png" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:Wireless.png</a>,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>
and added to the choices (see attachment).</div><div><br></div><div>Google Drawing documents can be downloaded as .svg files.</div><div><a href="http://docs.google.com/drawings/pub?id=1nbVVWhHjte7e_tJ-bxFViHYw7xs4RTVvXx_1w5739-E&w=960&h=720" target="_blank">http://docs.google.com/drawings/pub?id=1nbVVWhHjte7e_tJ-bxFViHYw7xs4RTVvXx_1w5739-E&w=960&h=720</a></div>
<div><br></div><div> --Fred</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br>
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