Re: Terminating active scan Prototypes

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 11:35:37AM +0100, jah wrote:
> On 06/06/2008 03:29, Jurand Nogiec wrote:
> > Both solutions: Add an icon to Scan button to make it stand out.
> > Solution A: Add a cancel scan button to each tab.
> > Solution B: Have a distinct "Cancel" button in each tab, and an "Abort
> > All Scans" button to stop all scans.
> Hi Jurand,
>
> Solution B looks much better than A.
> Having both "close tab" and "cancel scan" icons on a tab doesn't look
> pretty in solution A.
> I wonder if the "Scan" and "Cancel" buttons could be combined into one
> button in solution B.

I agree with this. The "Scan" button could turn into a "Cancel" button
while the scan is running, and turn back into a "Scan" button when the
scan is finished or is canceled.

> Personally, I'm not sure I'd ever use "Abort All Scans" unless I was
> quitting zenmap in which case I'd hope that the scans were terminated
> when closing the window, maybe others would find it useful though.

Yes, "Abort All Scans" seems unnecessary.

David Fifield

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