A few admin interface improvements

**ssteiner** · 10-13-2007, 07:31 AM

While configuring my Quadro today, I wrote down a few things I think could be improved in the web interface:

Add multiple extensions simultanously to a pickup group - this would greatly speed up the creation of a pickup group

Show cursor in text fields - it's hard to figure out where you're at if you don't see the cursor. It is visible in the login screen but not visible anymore thereafter (note that this problem is specific to Firefox)
Upon creating a new extension, automatically enter the extension configuration - when you create a new extension, it's highly likely that you're going to configure it immediately thereafter.
Order extensions by extension number - I think most human beings are conditioned to having some order in lists, especially if the primary key is a number.

Some more thoughts:

it would be good to have the list options (edit, add, etc.) in tables to be part of the top frame.. that way, if the list gets long, you don't have to scroll up to use them. This reminds me of Call Manager..they finally changed that in version 6 that came out this summer.

Also, when I initially read the admin guide, I was quite puzzled about the extension configuration.. I found it rather weird that there's a sip proxy behind every extension. While you might want to tie an extension to a certain account in some special instances, I figure the main point of having a PBX is so that you separate your outside connectivity from the phones. I think conceptually, it might be more easy to understand of the proxies were separated from the extension, and could be tied together if needed using a mechanism similar to how you use certain extension properties in an call routing rule. So you'd configure your proxies, and your extensions, and then if needed you'd have a dropdown list in the extension configuration where you can select a proxy to tie to an extension (and ideally, the display name be shown in the selection list, not the userid which is often numeric).
That change would also affect call routing rules, where you'd now have to select a proxy and not an extension (once again using the display name... as it is now, I find myself having two windows open, one where I configure call routing rules, and another where I have the extension list so I know which extension to select to pick the proper proxy).

Cutting the tie between extensions and proxies would also free up some extension numbers (probably not needed, but it's quite weird to have virtual extensions that basically have no point and are just sitting there because you need the proxy that's behind it).

Edited by: ssteiner

**AramK** · 10-14-2007, 05:38 AM

Thank's for your suggestions. Some of them arealready in our enhancement's list(such as extension configuration wizard), but they are so minor to be implemented right now,compared toother features that are currently under development. Tomorrow I'll try toanswerto each your request separately.

**ssteiner** · 10-14-2007, 08:05 AM

Another one crossed my mind when I was enabling MWI and custom MOH.. how about a some sort of bulk modification for user specific settings like it's already possible for the admin side of an extension? And what would make this even more useful - how about being able to set a default for newly created extensions?

**AramK** · 10-14-2007, 04:32 PM

You can use Quadro Legible Configuration mechanizm andcreate some templates of user specific settings, so you can load it on any extension at ny time. Find a document describing LC feature in the "Support Login -> Downloads" section.

**AramK** · 10-14-2007, 05:27 PM