yes I know them - but don’t you think the first capital letter wouldn’t be unambiguously? (who came up with such a word? oO )
the colored box with the first letter combines the real name of the device (by first letter) and the color, which is also used next to the local devices name and as contour of the navbar…
for example: you have two devices with similar colors, the identicon would not really help I think…
one thought: wouldn’t you name one device the same way?
if there are several people using syncthing and syncing to one central device, this should not be a problem - they only see their own given name and the color set by this device. right?
let me think about - this could get a bit narrow on the devices side…
these circles were a indicator for online, offline etc… so cant’t replace them without substitute…
I want to add my voice here. And I’ll be as straightforward as possible.
This whole discussion hasn’t lead to any improvement in my view. The current GUI is very capable as it is already. The way I see it, there are so many issues to be worked on before even considering adjustments/rework on the GUI.
For example, implementing a “real” GUI. Which is to say, a GUI that doesn’t depend on a web browser - of any kind.
Given that syncthing is very much still in active development, I think creating native guis at this point would be counterproductive. It would significantly increase the effort associated with adding new features, as some work would have to be duplicated across the different platforms.
When syncthing hits version 1.0, then it might make more sense to consider native guis. Until then, we have things like SyncTrayzor and Syncthing-GTK.