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Wow now that is a nice interface
Readynas is OK! The only thing that lacks is a really cool and nowadays interface. the new 3.0 interface of synology nases blows me away. I just like i am in windows. http://www.synology.com/...
Well 3TB drive support (now available in 4.2.16) and IPv6 (I don't use it yet, but will eventually, this is beginning to be supported in 4.2.16, but there's a long way still to go before it's fully supported) are a few. I'm sure there's plenty of other things NetGear wants to do in future firmwares too that's important.
I would think a redesign would be somewhere in their list of things to do, but it is important for them to prioritise (they don't have unlimited resources). Things like 3TB drive support and IPv6 just couldn't wait.
Personally I'd rather a dated interface and superior functionality, than a refresh of the GUI. One can think of AFP support (http://www.netafp.com/status-of-netatalk-and-afp-support-by-nas-vendor-322/) as one major area of functionality where NetGear is ahead of the competition, well ahead of much of it in more ways than one.
It would be nice to have both an improved GUI and more functionality, but the functionality cannot stand still while a GUI redesign takes place. Every functionality improvement would potentially lengthen the time required for a GUI redesign. NetGear keeps these kinds of things top secret so when there is a redesign we probably won't know anything about it at all (not even that it's taken place) till a beta firmware is released.
I would think a redesign would be somewhere in their list of things to do, but it is important for them to prioritise (they don't have unlimited resources). Things like 3TB drive support and IPv6 just couldn't wait.
Personally I'd rather a dated interface and superior functionality, than a refresh of the GUI. One can think of AFP support (http://www.netafp.com/status-of-netatalk-and-afp-support-by-nas-vendor-322/) as one major area of functionality where NetGear is ahead of the competition, well ahead of much of it in more ways than one.
It would be nice to have both an improved GUI and more functionality, but the functionality cannot stand still while a GUI redesign takes place. Every functionality improvement would potentially lengthen the time required for a GUI redesign. NetGear keeps these kinds of things top secret so when there is a redesign we probably won't know anything about it at all (not even that it's taken place) till a beta firmware is released.
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