show more details of a node's internet connections

[rade]

in the details panel, instead of showing connections to/from the internet as "TheInternet ", we now show "(<ip_addr>) " (or just "<ip_addr> " if we don't have a dns name).

Fixes #1713.

[rade]

before:

after:

I chose to denote the source/destination simply by the name/IP, and make them linkable - to TheInternet node. Is this too subtle/confusing? i.e. will users struggle to tell the difference in the list between these links and links to a "real" node? Do we care? NB: this will be made worse with #1863, which presumably denotes pseudo nodes very similar to the nodes here.

So...

1. leave as is
2. choose a different style (italics?)
3. drop the linking, under the assumption that users can always navigate to The Internet node via the topology
4. render as "TheInternet - name (addr)"
5. render the "name (addr)" in a separate column

I have pretty much ruled out 4/5 since they eat too much into the horizontal space we have available for display the info that actually matters to users, i.e. the "name (addr)".

[rade]

@foot @2opremio any thoughts on the "design" concern above?

[foot]

Tough call, I think I'd go for dropping the link.

Unless you feel there's a possible user flow there? But there doesn't seem to be too much utility in clicking through.

I dunno what would be ideal, perhaps all the internet rows grouped under a clickable "the internet" row, sort of tree style.

[foot]

I guess you might wanna see what else that aws server is talking too in our scoped world.

Which is a bit rough:

• click dns/ip label
• opens "the internet" card.
• (probably click show-more first) and try and remember what you just clicked, find other things its talking to too.

I guess in that case you'd want individual pseudo node cards. Which could all be grouped on the topo into a super "The Internet" node, as discussed in some other ticket/feature I can't find right now...

In conclusion leaving/removing the link both sound okay for now.

[rade]

Unless you feel there's a possible user flow there

Well, it's the same user flow that is there already, i.e. being able to use the detail panel to navigate to adjacent nodes, which, in this case, is the internet node.

How useful that is I do not know.

In conclusion leaving/removing the link both sound okay for now.

ok. Let's leave it for now, and perhaps revisit in #1863.