[GH-ISSUE #274] [UX] Make it more clear if it can connect to the IP #139

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opened 2026-05-05 22:11:22 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 1 comment

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2026-05-05 22:11:22 -06:00

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Originally created by @D3SOX on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/feschber/lan-mouse/issues/274

Continuing from my comment here:

I found the UI/UX to be kinda confusing. I thought the green indicator on a connection means it can connect to that IP/client. But instead it's only an indicator if it successfully resolved the IP for a hostname.

Are the incoming connections shown in the screenshot in the README still a thing? This also confused me because I couldn't figure out why it wasn't appearing.

Also I think there should be some kind of indicator in the UI when it tries to connect but fails. In my scenario the only indication why it didn't work was a log message in the terminal saying client not responding and ignoring events from client on the other side

Originally created by @D3SOX on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/feschber/lan-mouse/issues/274 Continuing from my [comment here](https://github.com/feschber/lan-mouse/issues/122#issuecomment-2713212915): I found the UI/UX to be kinda confusing. I thought the green indicator on a connection means it can connect to that IP/client. But instead it's only an indicator if it successfully resolved the IP for a hostname. Are the incoming connections shown in the screenshot in the README still a thing? This also confused me because I couldn't figure out why it wasn't appearing. Also I think there should be some kind of indicator in the UI when it tries to connect but fails. In my scenario the only indication why it didn't work was a log message in the terminal saying `client not responding` and `ignoring events from client` on the other side

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2026-05-05 22:11:24 -06:00

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@feschber commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025):

Yeah, I agree. It would probably make sense to make it green if it is connected or orange if there is a connection failure.
As for the "incoming connection" tab: That is a new thing that is in no release yet.

@feschber commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025): Yeah, I agree. It would probably make sense to make it green if it is connected or orange if there is a connection failure. As for the "incoming connection" tab: That is a new thing that is in no release yet.