[Dnsmon-test] Feedback: interface

Thu Feb 13 14:03:48 CET 2014

Hello,

First of all congratulations for the new DNSMON interface. It looks
really promising, and whatever I'm saying next should not make you think
that I don't like it.

I've split my first round of comments into purely interface related and
more backend stuff (in a next email) so that follow-up discussions is
easier.

So, in no particular order:

Time selection. This could use some enhancements:
- it is hard to see precisely what timeframe is actually displayed. I
would really like to have it spelled out, rather than having to decode
the legend.
- in order to select a timeframe, it would be nice if the date picker
would allow to pick/enter date and time, for clarity's sake.
- a button "move the current timewindow to the most current time" ( >>|
) would be useful
- I'm unable to display a timewindow <11h by manipulating the time bar -
and manipulating the time bar when a smaller window is displayed resets
it to approx. 11h. Bug?

Save the graphs as pictures: this would be helpful for inclusion into
documents, reports,... A simple screenshot works but will not scale with
the number of probes (and is annoying).

Links to the Atlas interface:
- it would be nice if by clicking on a dataset, then "(overview)" a tab
in an open Atlas window would be opened, instead of a new window. If
such a thing is possible. Besides, if you are not logged in you don't
get the measurement (after providing credentials), only the default
screen. (bug with atlas?)
- it would be nice if the "(overview)" would display the data on the
time that was chosen (rather than the most recent) - but I think that'd
be a (future?) Atlas feature?

Data: getting the Json data should be possible either for the chosen
data point (like now), or for the displayed data (servers/probes + time)
or even for a selection.

Navigation: the path domain -> server -> probes is fairly easy. What
would be nice is a from server at probe to other-server at sameprobe, and a
view "how does this probe see (my?) other servers".

That's be my list for now - feel free to let me know if I missed
something obvious.

Best regards,
Gilles

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