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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 113650] New: Confusing GUI for DNS Server
From:       Marc Chamberlin <marcc () easystreet ! com>
Date:       2005-09-30 21:40:17
Message-ID: 20050930234016.113650.marcc () easystreet ! com
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113650         
           Summary: Confusing GUI for DNS Server
           Product: kcontrol
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: molkentin kde org
        ReportedBy: marcc easystreet com


Version:           3.3.0 (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    I Don't Know
OS:                Linux

There seems to be two routes to setting up NS and MX records for a zone in \
the DNS server configuration gui. The tabs/panels  that identify and \
configure these records seem obvious enough, but under the Records tab one \
can also select record types for NS and MX. Trying to add these records \
from this point is extremely confusing and the underlying model is not \
obvious. Why should there be two data entry points for each of these \
records? This implies there is a different purpose and I cannot discern \
what it is. The GUI  for the Records panel does NOT guide the user towards \
entering these records properly (in fact there is NO guide on what the \
value field for an MX record should be!!) nor is there any immediate \
feedback telling the user that these records were successfully entered when \
they are done. I for one cannot possibly understand the purpose of being \
able to enter these records from within this Records section of the Zone \
Editor GUI. 

The best solution, it appears because I don't know if there is some special \
purpose for having the ability to enter NS and MX records from within the \
Records GUI panel, is to simply remove these selections from the pull down \
menu of record types. That way the user is appropriately guided to the NS \
and MX GUI panels where it is more obvious how to enter these records.

SOME DOCUMENTATION IS DESPERATELY NEEDED HERE!


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