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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Sort devices by type in the treeviews
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
Cc: BlueZ development <linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:03:32 +0100
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Hi Bastien,

> > > Sorting by RSSI means that the devices just around in the treeview
> > > which is painfully annoying.
> > 
> > we want to sort by RSSI to list devices in range first. However we
> > should extend the sorting to always list already known or paired devices
> > first. This should stop them from moving around.
> > 
> > If it stil jumps too much for you, then we might just improve the
> > sorting mechanism to be a little bit more resistance for jumping around,
> > but sorting by type gives us no advantage.
> 
> It certainly jumps around far too much. It flickers tens of times a
> second, switching between a phone and the Mac mini just next to it...

then we just need to be smart about it. Meaning we only switch positions
if the RSSI value is a big difference. So that close devices don't jump
that much.

Regards

Marcel