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Hi, I have a lot of devices attached to my router. I try to keep things organized so I can see what is attached in the Attached Devices screen. Can Netgear please add the option to upload a custom...
This enhanced icon idea was moved to "Engineering Investigation" on: 2017-09-08 03:33 PM
Really?? Sept 2017. I don't think Netgear is serious! In this era of IoT, they are still using "See **bleep**, See Jane, See Spot Run." type of icons at least on my R7800. (For those not familiar with the reference it comes from a school book of the 1930s used in America to teach grade school kids to read: Fun With **bleep** and Jane )
It is really atavistic to keep the current icon set. Goodness, my oven, cloths washer, dryer, UPS, outside weather monitor, and soon to be door bell all can connect to my LAN. To say nothing of TVs, Blu-ray players, remote controls (e.g. Harmony), sport camera (e.g. GoPro) and on and on. Others on this thread have made better lists. All those items should have icons.
In reading over all the posts on this idea here's my two cents:
* I'm not sure drag and drop, or user upload into the web interface is such a good idea, as it could be a potential security risk
* Rather I would like to see a master db maintained by Netgear with a collection of icons. I would suggest not using any recognized brand names. As one poster on this thread said:
"Thermostat (Again, doesn’t have to be Nest specific make it generic so its clearly a thermostat and you can avoid copyright issues
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Users could submit ideas for missing icons. Netgear could update the db every 6 months or so. For god's sake, hire a graphic designer to come up with some generic and identifiable icons. There is only limited storage in the router, so they need to be simple yet identifiable as to function.
[The router already reaches out and phones home to check on firmware versions, this just becomes another connection to the mother ship.]
* When the user edits the Attached Devices page, clicking on the icon reaches out to a Netgear site. The site would have icons grouped into types, The user could place a check mark on the one desired. Press OK, and that icon is DL'd for that device. This way local memory in the router is not overloaded.
* Use a radio button or check box to show or hide icons. I currently have 22 devices on my LAN and sometimes a plain list is better for management.
So the bottom line: Netgear needs to step up their game in the look and feel department. This is mostly (not all) a cosmetic issue. However having such old and primitive icons does not present a forward looking corporate identity. The human interface with computers is more and more graphic every day. This is the age of IoT. Come on Netgear, get with it.
PS: I hold no hope any of this will happen. I'll bet a lunch and a couple of beers, that none of the decision making suits read posts in the community forum.
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