[cups.bugs] Feature Request: port the 1.3x web interface to 1.4.x

[Michael Sweet]

On Nov 2, 2009, at 8:26 AM, Kyle Schmitt wrote:
> Short version: my servers run older cups (1.3.x), getting my first  
> exposure to cups 1.4.x in Ubuntu 9.10.  The new web UI is pretty,  
> but several steps backwards for usability.  Can the old web-ui be  
> ported please?

Thanks for the detailed feedback.  My comments are inline...

> ...
> Add a printer: If you're in an environment with many printers, this  
> page is now painful.  Since it's AJAX, it populates the list of  
> printers as you view it.

It's not AJAX, it's a simple multipart push implementation.  That  
said, we already provide checks for browsers that we know support it,  
and gracefully fall back to a single (delayed) form.  We could  
certainly add a config file for the web interface to control whether  
multipart is used, which would address your specific issue, or just  
show the spinner image until we've collected all of the results (which  
might be the simplest fix that doesn't have localization impact...)

Can you file a bug for this at:

     http://www.cups.org/str.php

Thanks!

> Managing an individual printer:
> Adding options to clean the print heads & print the self-test page  
> were nice.  Breaking the options for the printer into separate pages  
> for general, banners & policies is a pain.  It's nice to see the  
> whole picture all at once.

We may end up reverting the current "tabbed" view since the current  
Konqueror doesn't seem to handle it properly:

     http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3371

Feel free to add your comments to this bug as well.

Thanks again for the feedback!

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer