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[JavaLawyer]

Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over-generalized, misrepresented, or missed anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent additions/changes are highlighted in blue.

[Thanks to xpmps for pulling together the initial list of changes]

• GUI - Simpler menu navigation and web interface (currently overly complex)
• GUI - Complete Spanish language translation (e.g. mail notifications)
• GUI - Ability to enable/disable "Help" on the right side of window
• General - Improve 3TB HDD support
• General - Services configured with DYNDNS DDNS directs to the local IP (192.168.x.x) and not the outside IP (i.e. ISP)
• General - Concurrent spin-up of both HDDs for RAID 1 (to reduce access delay)
• General - User customized reports (ability to select variables to report against)
• General - Ability to send email notification to multiple email accounts
• General - Documented and configurable UPS support
• General - Time Machine OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility
• Backup - Add option in backup application to synchronize rather than backup
• Backup - Add option to send status email for completed scheduled backups
• Backup - Rsync backups not requiring Rsync daemon
• Apps - Add more apps
• Apps - Provide information and resources for third parties to develop applications
• Apps - Add user friendly application to play multimedia from a PC
• Apps - Application management via PC terminal or IOS Android
• P2P - Ability to open a directory from Volume_1 or P2P and ability to show/hide

[xpmps]

Two more failures.
1 - Failure of the Spanish translation. Incomplete in some cases.
2 - When using the file manager's own NAS, on properties of the folders are unclear privileges corresponding to each. As an improvement in the application of the NAS file manager would be nice.
Attach Photo

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[Jack Ryan]

• GUI - Simpler menu navigation and web interface (currently overly complex)
• GUI - Ability to enable/disable "Help" on the right side of window

Personally, I don't have a problem with the GUI - it is just a bit different. Improve might mean to make the GUI the same as one's favorite. Perhaps like MAC, Linux, PC or another; but only one.

The Help panel can be turned of *for a session* by pressing the circled question mark above it.

Just my opinion...

Jack

[xpmps]

My Intended GUI is somewhat weighed and not necessary.
- Menus above are rather simple and complicated to find things
- When listing files or downloads that chart is ugly.
- When you add something or delete something oscurese screen also unnecessary.
- The green ring that is also when carrying something heavy.


I like a clean interface and fast.
My router cisco linksys WAG320N has a user friendly and VERY VERY VERY VERY complete for a router.

[JavaLawyer]

Personally, I don't have a problem with the GUI - it is just a bit different. Improve might mean to make the GUI the same as one's favorite. Perhaps like MAC, Linux, PC or another; but only one.

The Help panel can be turned of *for a session* by pressing the circled question mark above it.

Just my opinion...

My Intended GUI is somewhat weighed and not necessary.
- Menus above are rather simple and complicated to find things
- When listing files or downloads that chart is ugly.
- When you add something or delete something oscurese screen also unnecessary.
- The green ring that is also when carrying something heavy.


I like a clean interface and fast.
My router cisco linksys WAG320N has a user friendly and VERY VERY VERY VERY complete for a router.

Looks like both of you follow two competing schools of thought. GUI designers face this dilemma every day when trying to accommodate everyone's expectations, and make compromises along the way.  I'll try to capture both of your ideologies.

The settings should contain a control for setting the default help setting as either enabled/disabled. If disabled, the user must proactively open to see. This approach is more practical, since experienced users will not rely on the help functionality as heavily as novice users, reducing the need for help over time.

[xpmps]

It is clear that a good graphical interface because it is always well received. Like it or not is what really is and why it is interested not only pretty but effective.
My point of view, 325 is not effective, is very slow to load.
Therefore, I prefer something simpler in this respect and to setup As soon as it more powerful.
If you manage to setup a clear and friendly interface would be ideal.

[JavaLawyer]

I agree. the interface could do without the clutter and large icons. Unnecessary overhead. Simpler is better (IMHO)

2 - When using the file manager's own NAS, on properties of the folders are unclear privileges corresponding to each. As an improvement in the application of the NAS file manager would be nice.

I don't quite understand what you are saying here.

[JavaLawyer]

Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over-generalized, misrepresented, or missed anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent additions/changes are highlighted in blue.

[Thanks to xpmps for pulling together the initial list of changes]

• GUI - Streamlined web interface (overly large icons and clutter make for difficult navigation)
• GUI - Themed GUI option (e.g. PC, MAC, Linux)
• GUI - Spanish language translation is incomplete (e.g. mail notifications)
• GUI - Control to change the default "Help" setting to "Hide" OR "Show" ("Hide": users must proactively click "?" to open help. "Show": Help is always visible)
• General - Improve 3TB HDD support
• General - Services configured with DYNDNS DDNS directs to the local IP (192.168.x.x) and not the outside IP (i.e. ISP)
• General - Concurrent spin-up of both HDDs for RAID 1 (to reduce access delay)
• General - User customized reports (ability to select variables to report against)
• General - Ability to send email notification to multiple email accounts
• General - Documented and configurable UPS support
• General - Time Machine OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility
• Backup - Add option in backup application to synchronize rather than backup
• Backup - Add option to send status email for completed scheduled backups
• Backup - Rsync backups not requiring Rsync daemon
• Apps - Add more apps
• Apps - Provide information and resources for third parties to develop applications
• Apps - Add user friendly application to play multimedia from a PC
• Apps - Application management via PC terminal or IOS Android
• P2P - Ability to open a directory from Volume_1 or P2P and ability to show/hide

[xpmps]

Look at the picture.
bad translation
It is unclear given the options

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/paintjc.png

[JavaLawyer]

Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over-generalized, misrepresented, or missed anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent additions/changes are highlighted in blue. Items addressed on the latest firmware are striked out.

If any additional items in the list below were fixed by the firmware update, please post and I'll update!

[Thanks to xpmps for pulling together the initial list of changes]

• GUI - Streamlined web interface (overly large icons and clutter make for difficult navigation)
• GUI - Themed GUI option (e.g. PC, MAC, Linux)
• GUI - Spanish language translation is incomplete (e.g. mail notifications)
• GUI - Control to change the default "Help" setting to "Hide" OR "Show" ("Hide": users must proactively click "?" to open help. "Show": Help is always visible)
• GUI - Privileges in the folder properties screen are not clearly defined (see image: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/paintjc.png/)
• General - Improve 3TB HDD support [FIXED!]
• General - Services configured with DYNDNS DDNS directs to the local IP (192.168.x.x) and not the outside IP (i.e. ISP)
• General - Concurrent spin-up of both HDDs for RAID 1 (to reduce access delay) [FIXED!]
• General - User customized reports (ability to select variables to report against)
• General - Ability to send email notification to multiple email accounts
• General - Documented and configurable UPS support
• General - Time Machine OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility [FIXED!]
• Backup - Add option in backup application to synchronize rather than backup
• Backup - Add option to send status email for completed scheduled backups
• Backup - Rsync backups not requiring Rsync daemon
• Apps - Add more apps
• Apps - Provide information and resources for third parties to develop applications
• Apps - Add user friendly application to play multimedia from a PC
• Apps - Application management via PC terminal or IOS Android
• P2P - Ability to open a directory from Volume_1 or P2P and ability to show/hide

[Jack Ryan]

Are you sure this is fixed?
>> General - Concurrent spin-up of both HDDs for RAID 1 (to reduce access delay) [FIXED!]
There were two problems:
1. Sequential spin up after power down (325 and 320)
2. Sequential spin up following a spin down that should not have happened.

Unfortunately I am not in a position to try beta firmware on devices that are on line so I can't check. It might be that just the spin down that should not have happened (No 2) is fixed and that No 1 remains. Has the problem been addressed on the 320? I would not be surprised if it happens on the 323 and other devices as well.

By the way, thanks for MC'ing the problem reports/wish list.

Jack

[JavaLawyer]

Are you sure this is fixed?
>> General - Concurrent spin-up of both HDDs for RAID 1 (to reduce access delay) [FIXED!]
There were two problems:
1. Sequential spin up after power down (325 and 320)
2. Sequential spin up following a spin down that should not have happened.

Unfortunately I am not in a position to try beta firmware on devices that are on line so I can't check. It might be that just the spin down that should not have happened (No 2) is fixed and that No 1 remains. Has the problem been addressed on the 320? I would not be surprised if it happens on the 323 and other devices as well.

I'm basing the "fixed" designation based on the results of another user who tested the firmware and reported on this thread: http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=40133.0

By the way, thanks for MC'ing the problem reports/wish list.

Thanks, I'm happy to help.

[Jack Ryan]

I'm basing the "fixed" designation based on the results of another user who tested the firmware and reported on this thread: http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=40133.0

His problem was that the drives span down when they were not supposed to. I would be interested to know if just that issue was fixed or the sequential spin up as well.

Jack

[Jack Ryan]

I got another 325 this afternoon and while setting it up I remembered another annoying problem. I can't localise the date format. The same is true of the 320.

Even YYYY-MM-DD would do.

Jack

[JavaLawyer]

His problem was that the drives span down when they were not supposed to. I would be interested to know if just that issue was fixed or the sequential spin up as well.
Jack

Point taken. Removing that items as "fixed" until you or another user can validate.