Sandboxie+ Roadmap

I have split the various and options out of the advanced once, and it seams to me we are getting slowly to many top level tabs / pages

What do you think which tabs we could merge together,

now about moving Start restrictions and Stop Behavior into Program Control ?

then it would look like this






and here with the tree view:



its getting crowded

 

For the first of April you should make a special version with a basic / advanced user toggle. For the basic user you show the tree view. I'm taking bets how many will click advanced view
In all honesty the tree view looks intimidating (at least for me). Other than that thanks for your hard work on sandboxie (and the hopefully integration of the ramdisk feature).

 

you can enable the tree view here already:


make the checkbox filly checked and voila

 

I think I'll move the grouping tab also on there



An other though should we swap "Network Options" and "Resource Access"?
Also perhaps we should move the recovery page some ware else?

 

I haven't used Sandboxie since the 'old' days (but I am subscribed).
All the options do look daunting; I know Classic still exists, but if it were to be dropped, is there such a thing as a simple or idiot mode or profile in Plus to get maximum benefit with minimum knowledge (without reading through all these threads)?

 

I like your proposal for Program Control page.

 

here is a updated layout:





I have added a new top level page "Security Options" and moved the appropriate tabs there.

Now with regard to there being to many complicated options, feel free to suggest which of these options to hide in the simple view.

 

An other thing currently all Resource access options are combined into one page.
I'm thinking if it might be better to split it onto 5 pages Files, Registry, IPC, Wnd, COM
In classic sandboxie it is split even more, but that goes IMHO to far and is not user friendly.
But the current plus approche of all in one page may go to far as well, perhaps a inbetween approche would be best?

 

Five pages is fine, at first glance it would be easier to locate the desired setting.

 

Ok and follow up question:
which page should be first "Files" and "Policies" last
or "Policies" first foolowed by all the rest?

 

This. All others in the middle might have any position you like.

 

I think this will be the layout for the later builds

 

Nice

 

Until now I continue to use Sandboxie in a quite simple way. So I cannot say someting substantial to all these functions and features which have been added in the meantime.

But from a pure visual aspect I would like to mention that to my mind the layout looks very pleasant and clearly structured. I think the various icons and the different colours are of great help to keep the orientation despite of the big number of functions and options. And they are also an incentive to "explore" what is hidden behind all these expressions and symbols. So this interface is a very nice work, I think.

Perhaps a small detail in the terminology could be changed (?):

There is the section "Advanced Options" and within it can be found an item which is called again "Advanced". This double use of the same expression is not completely consistent and therefore a little bit confusing. Perhaps for the second "Advanced" an alternative expression could be found?

Something similar happens with "Security Options" and "Security" again below. Perhaps here the second one could be renamed simply in "Security in general" (or something similar)?

Ah, another small detail concerning the "Advanced Options":

The first item there is "Miscellaneous". Usually a list does not begin with "Miscellaneous" (or in German with: "Diverses" or "Verschiedenes"). It is more the name of a place for collecting things that do not fit somewhere else in the list. So perhaps "Miscellaneous" should be transferred somewhere to/near the end of the list. Or are there fundamental things in "Misceallaneous" which justify the leading position? Then perhaps another expression should be chosen.

 

It is getting more and more confusing.

 

I agree! In fact, I'm considering going back to the classic version.

 

How about instead suggesting what options should be hidden in the simple view?

I'm not microsoft I'm not forcing my opinion of what a "good" UI is on everyone, instead i listen to feadback so use the opportunity to leave your mark on the software and make the UI better

 

The just called advanced page looks like this




Its a list where you can set custom option also per process if available which did not found its place in the rest of the UI,
its like a tool to avoid having to use the ini editor.

So not sure how to call it other then advanced, although if I manage not to call anything else Miscellaneous i could call that Miscellaneous.
So lets rename Miscellaneous to Compatybility, as this is the only thing there right now, and make advanced Miscellaneous

 

I'm not meaning to criticize. It's just that there's a lot going on with it, even just in the last few builds, and it's hard to keep track of the changes. There have been a lot of changes both to the functionality of Sandboxie Plus and its gui in the last few builds or so, that I can't keep straight. For example, there used to be sandbox types, not apparently those are gone. No there's multiple versions of sandboxie; free, paid, classic, plus. Each having their own rapidly yet ever-evolving functionality sets. It's a lot to digest, and is a bit overwhelming. When that happens I revert to what I know, and what I know is Sandboxie Classic

 

here are two sugestions for the simple view:






which one is better you think?

booth have the same features, just that the first one follows more the current layout while the second one merges all the program control stuff in one group

And of cause the default view will not be the tree but the original nested tab scheme.

 

Second picture looks good.

 

idk... in the tree view sure...
but in the tab view imagine having only 5 pages, lot of stuff hidden
i think for simple view its better to have more on the top level and less hidden in sub tabs

Also i think I'll add the security page in all views and re merge the advanced and variouse options to one,
that seams reasonable in all views

Then the new/restructured view will be, merge program stuff to one page and move recovery to general and thats it

 

mmh... not sure about the simple view... after a bit restructuring I'm not rue if we really need a simple view



Red dot denotes what should be an advanced only option,
yellow dot denotes what could b but probably is fine to be left in simple
the once in a green box look like advanced but perhaps should also be left in
'Access Policy' could be seen as no needed as to enable privacy mode you can use the general setting in 'Box Options' like for compartment type box,
but on the access policy page you can also enable rule specificity which to me seams like it might be useful in simple mode
And the ini editor also looks helpfull for beginers as it allows to add an option as instructed by some guide, helper, etc to a box in a simple and easy way without meeding to ask where to add it.

In the end if all advanced options are located on the advanced tab than its easy to ignore tehm without having to hide anything

So what do you think about the orange dots which of those should be hidden in the simple view?