Add "Recent Connections (Per App)" to Dashboard

[avoidthehack]

What would you like to add or change?:
Add recent connections (maybe within last 30 min as a default?) initiated by apps

"RECENT APP CONNECTIONS

-List Top 3 Apps with the most connections in 30 mins-"

Why do you and others need this?:
This would be helpful "system overview" information the dashboard is meant to provide. I think it's important to know which apps have been recently initiating connections at a first glance.

[dhaavi]

Hey @avoidthehack, thanks for this suggestion!

The dashboard features "RECENTLY BLOCKED APPLICATIONS", because we think that people will often open the UI because something does not work correctly, so this is a shortcut there.

In order to get a good overview of active applications, this is what the overview in the side dash is for - you can now even sort that by most connections:

Can you elaborate on how this information in the dashboard would improve user experience? What is the exact use case for this?
Not trying to be snarky here - just trying to better understand. There might be a good and valid use case I cannot think of right now.

[avoidthehack]

Hey, thanks for the quick reply!

I assumed the dashboard would be fullscreen on a first launch (or as the default), so the side pane wouldn't be immediately visible without the additional click. On the 1.4 blog post, only the the fullscreen dashboard is showcased here, which IMO sets the expectation the dashboard would always come up like that unless you configure/click around.

For background, the side pane is always viewable for me (plus I know it's there + how to hide it) as I've been using Portmaster for a while - so I am thinking more of an onboarding / first time type lens here is all.

If this is indeed the case (as in, we are looking at it from a first start-up lense), I think it would be important to highlight the apps making the most connections on first sight. As a user, technical or advanced, I would definitely want to know if Edge is making 100+ connections (not an exaggeration, haha) right off the rip.

If not, then yes the side pane (or the default side pane + the dashboard) would suffice. :D

[Raphty]

In the blog I wanted to show the Dashboard better, this is why I cropped it like that 😅

But the side pane is always visible when the screen size allows it.

[avoidthehack]

That certainly makes sense! In that case, I'm not opposed to closing this issue.