About, early release and news dialogs.

Client notification.
2026-05-17 00:46:01 +03:00 · 2014-03-19 18:24:07 -06:00
parent 50b06d815a
commit 0ccf8b9e7c
23 changed files with 7115 additions and 14 deletions
--- a/gns3/about_dialog.py
+++ b/gns3/about_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from .qt import QtGui
+from .version import __version__
+from .ui.about_dialog_ui import Ui_AboutDialog
+
+
+class AboutDialog(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_AboutDialog):
+    """
+    About dialog.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+
+        QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
+        self.setupUi(self)
+
+        # dynamically add the current version number
+        text = self.uiAboutTextLabel.text()
+        text = text.replace("%VERSION%", __version__)
+        self.uiAboutTextLabel.setText(text)
--- a/gns3/console_view.py
+++ b/gns3/console_view.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import sys
 from .version import __version__
 from .console_cmd import ConsoleCmd
 from .pycutext import PyCutExt
+from .modules import MODULES


 class ConsoleView(PyCutExt, ConsoleCmd):
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ class ConsoleView(PyCutExt, ConsoleCmd):
        except Exception as e:
            sys.stderr.write(e)

+        for module in MODULES:
+            instance = module.instance()
+            instance.notification_signal.connect(self.writeNotification)
+
    def onKeyPress_Tab(self):
        """
        Imitate cmd.Cmd.complete(self, text, state) function.
@@ -116,6 +121,20 @@ class ConsoleView(PyCutExt, ConsoleCmd):
        # In any case, reprint prompt + line
        self.write("\n" + sys.ps1 + str(self.line))

+    def writeNotification(self, message, details):
+        """
+        Write notification messages coming from the server.
+
+        :param message: notification message
+        :param details: details (text)
+        """
+
+        text = "Server notification: {}".format(message)
+        self.write(text, error=True)
+        self.write("\n")
+        self.write(details)
+        self.write("\n")
+
    def writeError(self, name, code, message):
        """
        Write error messages coming from the server.
--- a/gns3/early_release_dialog.py
+++ b/gns3/early_release_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import re
+from .qt import QtGui
+from .ui.early_release_dialog_ui import Ui_EarlyReleaseDialog
+
+
+class EarlyReleaseDialog(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EarlyReleaseDialog):
+    """
+    Early release dialog.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+
+        QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
+        self.setupUi(self)
+
+    def isEmail(self, email):
+
+        if re.match("[\.\w]{1,}[@]\w+[.]\w+", email):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def done(self, result):
+
+        if not result:  # cancelled
+            QtGui.QApplication.quit()
+        else:
+            username = self.uiUsernameLineEdit.text()
+            if not username:
+                QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(self, "Username", "Please provide an username")
+                return
+            email = self.uiEmailLineEdit.text()
+            if not email:
+                QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(self, "Email", "Please provide an email address")
+                return
+            if not re.search(r"""^GNS[34]{1}[0-9]{4}$""", username) or not self.isEmail(email):
+                QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(self, "Invalid membership", "Sorry this is an invalid membership")
+                return
+            if not self.uiDisclaimerCheckBox.isChecked():
+                QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(self, "Disclaimer", "Please read the disclaimer!")
+                return
+            # Congratulations, you found where we check for a GNS3 membership! and yes, it is very simple ;)
+            # Since you were smart enough to get here, you deserve to use GNS3 without a membership...
+        QtGui.QDialog.done(self, result)
--- a/gns3/main_window.py
+++ b/gns3/main_window.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ from .qt import QtGui, QtCore
 from .servers import Servers
 from .node import Node
 from .ui.main_window_ui import Ui_MainWindow
+from .about_dialog import AboutDialog
+from .news_dialog import NewsDialog
+from .early_release_dialog import EarlyReleaseDialog
 from .preferences_dialog import PreferencesDialog
 from .settings import GENERAL_SETTINGS, GENERAL_SETTING_TYPES
 from .utils.progress_dialog import ProgressDialog
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ from .utils.wait_for_connection_thread import WaitForConnectionThread
 from .utils.message_box import MessageBox
 from .items.node_item import NodeItem
 from .topology import Topology
+from .version import __version__
+

 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -508,8 +513,15 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
        Slot to open the news dialog.
        """

-        #TODO: news dialog implementation
-        QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(self, "News", "Sorry, to be implemented!")
+        try:
+            # QtWebKit is not installed by default on FreeBSD, Solaris and possibly other systems.
+            from .qt import QtWebKit
+        except ImportError:
+            return
+
+        dialog = NewsDialog(self)
+        dialog.show()
+        dialog.exec_()

    def _labInstructionsActionSlot(self):
        """
@@ -531,8 +543,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
        Slot to display the GNS3 About dialog.
        """

-        #TODO: about dialog.
-        QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(self, "About", "Sorry, to be implemented!")
+        dialog = AboutDialog(self)
+        dialog.show()
+        dialog.exec_()

 #     def _doSlidingWindow(self, type):
 #         """
@@ -724,6 +737,15 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
                                                                                                                                                   port=server.port,
                                                                                                                                                   error=e))

+        config_filename = QtCore.QSettings().fileName()
+        if not os.access(config_filename, os.F_OK):
+            # no config file detected, first time we start this application
+            dialog = EarlyReleaseDialog(self)
+            dialog.show()
+            dialog.exec_()
+
+        self._newsActionSlot()
+
    def _saveProjectAs(self):
        """
        Saves a project to another location/name.
--- a/gns3/modules/dynamips/init.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/dynamips/init.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Dynamips(Module):
        self._settings = {}
        self._ios_images = {}
        self._servers = []
+        self._nodes = []
        self._working_dir = ""

        # load the settings and IOS images.
@@ -193,6 +194,24 @@ class Dynamips(Module):

        return self._servers

+    def addNode(self, node):
+        """
+        Adds a node to this module.
+
+        :param node: Node instance
+        """
+
+        self._nodes.append(node)
+
+    def removeNode(self, node):
+        """
+        Removes a node from this module.
+
+        :param node: Node instance
+        """
+
+        self._nodes.remove(node)
+
    def iosImages(self):
        """
        Returns IOS images settings.
@@ -355,6 +374,21 @@ class Dynamips(Module):
            if server.connected():
                server.send_notification("dynamips.reset")

+    def notification(self, destination, params):
+        """
+        To received notifications from the server.
+
+        :param destination: JSON-RPC method
+        :param params: JSON-RPC params
+        """
+
+        if "id" in params and "name" in params:
+            for node in self._nodes:
+                if node.id() == params["id"] and node.name() == params["name"]:
+                    message = "node {}: {}".format(node.name(), params["message"])
+                    self.notification_signal.emit(message, params["details"])
+                    node.stop()
+
    @staticmethod
    def getNodeClass(name):
        """
--- a/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/atm_switch.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/atm_switch.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class ATMSwitch(Node):
        log.info("ATM switch {} has been created".format(self.name()))
        self.setInitialized(True)
        self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+        self._module.addNode(self)

    def delete(self):
        """
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ class ATMSwitch(Node):
            self._server.send_message("dynamips.atmsw.delete", {"id": self._atmsw_id}, self._deleteCallback)
        else:
            self.delete_signal.emit()
+            self._module.removeNode(self)

    def _deleteCallback(self, result, error=False):
        """
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ class ATMSwitch(Node):
            self.error_signal.emit(self.name(), result["code"], result["message"])
        log.info("ATM switch {} has been deleted".format(self.name()))
        self.delete_signal.emit()
+        self._module.removeNode(self)

    def update(self, new_settings):
        """
--- a/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/ethernet_hub.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/ethernet_hub.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class EthernetHub(Node):
        log.info("Ethernet hub {} has been created".format(self.name()))
        self.setInitialized(True)
        self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+        self._module.addNode(self)

    def delete(self):
        """
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ class EthernetHub(Node):
            self._server.send_message("dynamips.ethhub.delete", {"id": self._ethhub_id}, self._deleteCallback)
        else:
            self.delete_signal.emit()
+            self._module.removeNode(self)

    def _deleteCallback(self, result, error=False):
        """
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ class EthernetHub(Node):
            self.error_signal.emit(self.name(), result["code"], result["message"])
        log.info("{} has been deleted".format(self.name()))
        self.delete_signal.emit()
+        self._module.removeNode(self)

    def update(self, new_settings):
        """
--- a/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/ethernet_switch.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/ethernet_switch.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class EthernetSwitch(Node):
        log.info("Ethernet switch {} has been created".format(self.name()))
        self.setInitialized(True)
        self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+        self._module.addNode(self)

    def delete(self):
        """
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ class EthernetSwitch(Node):
            self._server.send_message("dynamips.ethsw.delete", {"id": self._ethsw_id}, self._deleteCallback)
        else:
            self.delete_signal.emit()
+            self._module.removeNode(self)

    def _deleteCallback(self, result, error=False):
        """
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ class EthernetSwitch(Node):
            self.error_signal.emit(self.name(), result["code"], result["message"])
        log.info("Ethernet switch {} has been deleted".format(self.name()))
        self.delete_signal.emit()
+        self._module.removeNode(self)

    def update(self, new_settings):
        """
--- a/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/frame_relay_switch.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/frame_relay_switch.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class FrameRelaySwitch(Node):
        log.info("Frame Relay switch {} has been created".format(self.name()))
        self.setInitialized(True)
        self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+        self._module.addNode(self)

    def delete(self):
        """
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ class FrameRelaySwitch(Node):
            self._server.send_message("dynamips.frsw.delete", {"id": self._frsw_id}, self._deleteCallback)
        else:
            self.delete_signal.emit()
+            self._module.removeNode(self)

    def _deleteCallback(self, result, error=False):
        """
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ class FrameRelaySwitch(Node):
            self.error_signal.emit(self.name(), result["code"], result["message"])
        log.info("{} has been deleted".format(self.name()))
        self.delete_signal.emit()
+        self._module.removeNode(self)

    def update(self, new_settings):
        """
--- a/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/router.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/dynamips/nodes/router.py
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ class Router(Node):
            self._server.send_message("dynamips.vm.delete", {"id": self._router_id}, self._deleteCallback)
        else:
            self.delete_signal.emit()
+            self._module.removeNode(self)

    def _deleteCallback(self, result, error=False):
        """
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ class Router(Node):
            self.error_signal.emit(self.name(), result["code"], result["message"])
        log.info("router {} has been deleted".format(self.name()))
        self.delete_signal.emit()
+        self._module.removeNode(self)

    def setup(self, image, ram, name=None, initial_settings={}):
        """
@@ -292,6 +294,7 @@ class Router(Node):
            self.setInitialized(True)
            log.debug("router {} has been created".format(self.name()))
            self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+            self._module.addNode(self)

    def _base64Config(self, config_path):
        """
@@ -383,6 +386,7 @@ class Router(Node):
            self.setInitialized(True)
            log.info("router {} has been created".format(self.name()))
            self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+            self._module.addNode(self)
            self._inital_settings = None
        elif updated:
            log.info("router {} has been updated".format(self.name()))
@@ -844,6 +848,7 @@ class Router(Node):
        self.setInitialized(True)
        log.info("router {} has been loaded".format(self.name()))
        self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+        self._module.addNode(self)
        self._inital_settings = None
        self._loading = False

--- a/gns3/modules/dynamips/ui/router_configuration_page_ui.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/dynamips/ui/router_configuration_page_ui.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 # Form implementation generated from reading ui file '/home/grossmj/workspace/git/gns3-gui/gns3/modules/dynamips/ui/router_configuration_page.ui'
 #
-# Created: Tue Mar 18 17:23:00 2014
+# Created: Wed Mar 19 13:25:01 2014
 #      by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.10
 #
 # WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
--- a/gns3/modules/iou/init.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/iou/init.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class IOU(Module):
        Module.__init__(self)

        self._settings = {}
+        self._nodes = []
        self._iou_images = {}
        self._servers = []
        self._working_dir = ""
@@ -176,6 +177,24 @@ class IOU(Module):

        return self._servers

+    def addNode(self, node):
+        """
+        Adds a node to this module.
+
+        :param node: Node instance
+        """
+
+        self._nodes.append(node)
+
+    def removeNode(self, node):
+        """
+        Removes a node from this module.
+
+        :param node: Node instance
+        """
+
+        self._nodes.remove(node)
+
    def iouImages(self):
        """
        Returns IOU images settings.
@@ -333,6 +352,21 @@ class IOU(Module):
            if server.connected():
                server.send_notification("iou.reset")

+    def notification(self, destination, params):
+        """
+        To received notifications from the server.
+
+        :param destination: JSON-RPC method
+        :param params: JSON-RPC params
+        """
+
+        if "id" in params:
+            for node in self._nodes:
+                if node.id() == params["id"]:
+                    message = "node {}: {}".format(node.name(), params["message"])
+                    self.notification_signal.emit(message, params["details"])
+                    node.stop()
+
    @staticmethod
    def getNodeClass(name):
        """
--- a/gns3/modules/iou/iou_device.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/iou/iou_device.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class IOUDevice(Node):
            self.setInitialized(True)
            log.info("IOU instance {} has been created".format(self.name()))
            self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+            self._module.addNode(self)

    def delete(self):
        """
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ class IOUDevice(Node):
            self._server.send_message("iou.delete", {"id": self._iou_id}, self._deleteCallback)
        else:
            self.delete_signal.emit()
+            self._module.removeNode(self)

    def _deleteCallback(self, result, error=False):
        """
@@ -174,9 +176,9 @@ class IOUDevice(Node):
        if error:
            log.error("error while deleting {}: {}".format(self.name(), result["message"]))
            self.error_signal.emit(self.name(), result["code"], result["message"])
-        else:
-            log.info("{} has been deleted".format(self.name()))
-            self.delete_signal.emit()
+        log.info("{} has been deleted".format(self.name()))
+        self.delete_signal.emit()
+        self._module.removeNode(self)

    def _base64Config(self, config_path):
        """
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ class IOUDevice(Node):
            self.setInitialized(True)
            log.info("IOU device {} has been created".format(self.name()))
            self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+            self._module.addNode(self)
            self._inital_settings = None
        elif updated:
            log.info("IOU device {} has been updated".format(self.name()))
@@ -496,6 +499,7 @@ class IOUDevice(Node):
        self.setInitialized(True)
        log.info("router {} has been loaded".format(self.name()))
        self.created_signal.emit(self.id())
+        self._module.addNode(self)
        self._inital_settings = None
        self._loading = False

--- a/gns3/modules/module.py
+++ b/gns3/modules/module.py
@@ -19,18 +19,22 @@
 Base class (interface) for modules.
 """

+from ..qt import QtCore
+
 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)


-class Module(object):
+class Module(QtCore.QObject):
    """
    Module interface.
    """

+    notification_signal = QtCore.Signal(str, str)
+
    def __init__(self):

-        pass
+        super(Module, self).__init__()

    @staticmethod
    def nodes(self):
@@ -53,3 +57,14 @@ class Module(object):
        """

        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def notification(self, destination, params):
+        """
+        To received notifications from the server.
+        Must be overloaded.
+
+        :param destination: JSON-RPC method
+        :param params: JSON-RPC params
+        """
+
+        raise NotImplementedError()
--- a/gns3/news_dialog.py
+++ b/gns3/news_dialog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from .qt import QtCore, QtGui
+
+# QtWebKit is not installed by default on FreeBSD, Solaris and possibly other systems.
+try:
+    from .ui.news_dialog_ui import Ui_NewsDialog
+    from .qt import QtWebKit
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
+class NewsDialog(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_NewsDialog):
+    """
+    News dialog.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+
+        QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
+        self.setupUi(self)
+
+        self.webpage = QtCore.QUrl('http://ads.gns3.net/ads.php')
+        self.uiWebView.page().setLinkDelegationPolicy(QtWebKit.QWebPage.DelegateAllLinks)
+        self.connect(self.uiWebView, QtCore.SIGNAL('linkClicked(const QUrl &)'), self._urlClickedSlot)
+        self.connect(self.uiWebView, QtCore.SIGNAL('loadFinished(bool)'), self._loadFinishedSlot)
+        self.adjustSize()
+        self._timer = QtCore.QTimer()
+        self.connect(self._timer, QtCore.SIGNAL('timeout()'), self._refreshSlot)
+        self._timer.start(10000)  # refresh every 10 seconds
+        self.loadWebPage()
+
+    def done(self, result):
+
+        self._timer.stop()
+        QtGui.QDialog.done(self, result)
+
+    def _refreshSlot(self):
+
+        self.uiWebView.reload()
+
+    def loadWebPage(self):
+
+        self.uiWebView.load(self.webpage)
+
+    def _urlClickedSlot(self, url):
+
+        if QtGui.QDesktopServices.openUrl(url) == False:
+            print("Failed to open the URL: {}".format(url))
+
+    def _loadFinishedSlot(self, result):
+
+        self.disconnect(self.uiWebView, QtCore.SIGNAL('loadFinished(bool)'), self._loadFinishedSlot)
+        if result == False:
+            QtGui.QMessageBox.information(self, "News", "Cannot load the online page, trying with your default browser ...")
+            if QtGui.QDesktopServices.openUrl(self.webpage) == False:
+                print("Failed to open the URL: {}".format(self.webpage.toString()))
+            self.uiDontShowAgainCheckBox.setChecked(True)
+            self.close()
--- a/gns3/ui/about_dialog.ui
+++ b/gns3/ui/about_dialog.ui
--- a/gns3/ui/about_dialog_ui.py
+++ b/gns3/ui/about_dialog_ui.py
--- a/gns3/ui/early_release_dialog.ui
+++ b/gns3/ui/early_release_dialog.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>EarlyReleaseDialog</class>
+ <widget class="QDialog" name="EarlyReleaseDialog">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>467</width>
+    <height>285</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>GNS3 Early Release</string>
+  </property>
+  <property name="modal">
+   <bool>true</bool>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
+   <item row="2" column="1">
+    <widget class="QLineEdit" name="uiEmailLineEdit"/>
+   </item>
+   <item row="4" column="1">
+    <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
+     <property name="orientation">
+      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+      <size>
+       <width>20</width>
+       <height>4</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+    </spacer>
+   </item>
+   <item row="5" column="1">
+    <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
+     <property name="orientation">
+      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="standardButtons">
+      <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="2" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="uiEmailLabel">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Email address:</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Disclaimer</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+      <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="uiDisclaimerLabel">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is an alpha release of the new GNS3, please do not use it&lt;br&gt;for production or any important work. Bugs are very likely and&lt;br&gt;existing features  can change without warning until the beta&lt;br&gt;release cycle starts. Thank you for your understanding!
+&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="0">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="uiDisclaimerCheckBox">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>I understand</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="1" column="1">
+    <widget class="QLineEdit" name="uiUsernameLineEdit"/>
+   </item>
+   <item row="1" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="uiUsernameLabel">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>GNS3 username:</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a early release of the new GNS3, you need a GNS3 membership&lt;br&gt;in order to use it. Please visit our &lt;a href=&quot;http://new.gns3.net&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;crowdfunding page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to get one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="openExternalLinks">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <tabstops>
+  <tabstop>uiUsernameLineEdit</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>uiEmailLineEdit</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>uiDisclaimerCheckBox</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>buttonBox</tabstop>
+ </tabstops>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>buttonBox</sender>
+   <signal>accepted()</signal>
+   <receiver>EarlyReleaseDialog</receiver>
+   <slot>accept()</slot>
+   <hints>
+    <hint type="sourcelabel">
+     <x>248</x>
+     <y>254</y>
+    </hint>
+    <hint type="destinationlabel">
+     <x>157</x>
+     <y>274</y>
+    </hint>
+   </hints>
+  </connection>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>buttonBox</sender>
+   <signal>rejected()</signal>
+   <receiver>EarlyReleaseDialog</receiver>
+   <slot>reject()</slot>
+   <hints>
+    <hint type="sourcelabel">
+     <x>316</x>
+     <y>260</y>
+    </hint>
+    <hint type="destinationlabel">
+     <x>286</x>
+     <y>274</y>
+    </hint>
+   </hints>
+  </connection>
+ </connections>
+</ui>
--- a/gns3/ui/early_release_dialog_ui.py
+++ b/gns3/ui/early_release_dialog_ui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Form implementation generated from reading ui file '/home/grossmj/workspace/git/gns3-gui/gns3/ui/early_release_dialog.ui'
+#
+# Created: Wed Mar 19 16:26:12 2014
+#      by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.10
+#
+# WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
+
+from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
+
+try:
+    _fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
+except AttributeError:
+    def _fromUtf8(s):
+        return s
+
+try:
+    _encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8
+    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
+        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
+except AttributeError:
+    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
+        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)
+
+class Ui_EarlyReleaseDialog(object):
+    def setupUi(self, EarlyReleaseDialog):
+        EarlyReleaseDialog.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("EarlyReleaseDialog"))
+        EarlyReleaseDialog.resize(467, 285)
+        EarlyReleaseDialog.setModal(True)
+        self.gridLayout_2 = QtGui.QGridLayout(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        self.gridLayout_2.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("gridLayout_2"))
+        self.uiEmailLineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        self.uiEmailLineEdit.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("uiEmailLineEdit"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.uiEmailLineEdit, 2, 1, 1, 1)
+        spacerItem = QtGui.QSpacerItem(20, 4, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
+        self.gridLayout_2.addItem(spacerItem, 4, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.buttonBox = QtGui.QDialogButtonBox(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        self.buttonBox.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
+        self.buttonBox.setStandardButtons(QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Cancel|QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Ok)
+        self.buttonBox.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("buttonBox"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.buttonBox, 5, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.uiEmailLabel = QtGui.QLabel(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        self.uiEmailLabel.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("uiEmailLabel"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.uiEmailLabel, 2, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.groupBox = QtGui.QGroupBox(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        self.groupBox.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("groupBox"))
+        self.gridLayout = QtGui.QGridLayout(self.groupBox)
+        self.gridLayout.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("gridLayout"))
+        self.uiDisclaimerLabel = QtGui.QLabel(self.groupBox)
+        self.uiDisclaimerLabel.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("uiDisclaimerLabel"))
+        self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.uiDisclaimerLabel, 0, 0, 1, 2)
+        self.uiDisclaimerCheckBox = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.groupBox)
+        self.uiDisclaimerCheckBox.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("uiDisclaimerCheckBox"))
+        self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.uiDisclaimerCheckBox, 1, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.groupBox, 3, 0, 1, 2)
+        self.uiUsernameLineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        self.uiUsernameLineEdit.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("uiUsernameLineEdit"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.uiUsernameLineEdit, 1, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.uiUsernameLabel = QtGui.QLabel(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        self.uiUsernameLabel.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("uiUsernameLabel"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.uiUsernameLabel, 1, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.label = QtGui.QLabel(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        self.label.setOpenExternalLinks(True)
+        self.label.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label, 0, 0, 1, 2)
+
+        self.retranslateUi(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.buttonBox, QtCore.SIGNAL(_fromUtf8("accepted()")), EarlyReleaseDialog.accept)
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.buttonBox, QtCore.SIGNAL(_fromUtf8("rejected()")), EarlyReleaseDialog.reject)
+        QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(EarlyReleaseDialog)
+        EarlyReleaseDialog.setTabOrder(self.uiUsernameLineEdit, self.uiEmailLineEdit)
+        EarlyReleaseDialog.setTabOrder(self.uiEmailLineEdit, self.uiDisclaimerCheckBox)
+        EarlyReleaseDialog.setTabOrder(self.uiDisclaimerCheckBox, self.buttonBox)
+
+    def retranslateUi(self, EarlyReleaseDialog):
+        EarlyReleaseDialog.setWindowTitle(_translate("EarlyReleaseDialog", "GNS3 Early Release", None))
+        self.uiEmailLabel.setText(_translate("EarlyReleaseDialog", "Email address:", None))
+        self.groupBox.setTitle(_translate("EarlyReleaseDialog", "Disclaimer", None))
+        self.uiDisclaimerLabel.setText(_translate("EarlyReleaseDialog", "<html><head/><body><p>This is an alpha release of the new GNS3, please do not use it<br>for production or any important work. Bugs are very likely and<br>existing features  can change without warning until the beta<br>release cycle starts. Thank you for your understanding!\n"
+"</p></body></html>", None))
+        self.uiDisclaimerCheckBox.setText(_translate("EarlyReleaseDialog", "I understand", None))
+        self.uiUsernameLabel.setText(_translate("EarlyReleaseDialog", "GNS3 username:", None))
+        self.label.setText(_translate("EarlyReleaseDialog", "<html><head/><body><p>This is a early release of the new GNS3, you need a GNS3 membership<br>in order to use it. Please visit our <a href=\"http://new.gns3.net\"><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;\">crowdfunding page</span></a> to get one.</p></body></html>", None))
+
--- a/gns3/ui/news_dialog.ui
+++ b/gns3/ui/news_dialog.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>NewsDialog</class>
+ <widget class="QDialog" name="NewsDialog">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>424</width>
+    <height>466</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="sizePolicy">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Minimum">
+    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+   </sizepolicy>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>GNS3 News</string>
+  </property>
+  <widget class="QWebView" name="uiWebView" native="true">
+   <property name="geometry">
+    <rect>
+     <x>12</x>
+     <y>12</y>
+     <width>400</width>
+     <height>400</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
+   <property name="minimumSize">
+    <size>
+     <width>400</width>
+     <height>400</height>
+    </size>
+   </property>
+   <property name="maximumSize">
+    <size>
+     <width>400</width>
+     <height>400</height>
+    </size>
+   </property>
+   <property name="url" stdset="0">
+    <url>
+     <string>about:blank</string>
+    </url>
+   </property>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="QWidget" name="layoutWidget">
+   <property name="geometry">
+    <rect>
+     <x>12</x>
+     <y>420</y>
+     <width>401</width>
+     <height>32</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
+   <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="uiWhyThisAdLabel">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
+p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;
+&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gns3.net/why-this-ad/&quot;&gt;Why this?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+      </property>
+      <property name="openExternalLinks">
+       <bool>true</bool>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+      <property name="orientation">
+       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+      </property>
+      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+       <size>
+        <width>58</width>
+        <height>20</height>
+       </size>
+      </property>
+     </spacer>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
+      <property name="orientation">
+       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+      </property>
+      <property name="standardButtons">
+       <set>QDialogButtonBox::Close</set>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+   </layout>
+  </widget>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>QWebView</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>QtWebKit/QWebView</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>buttonBox</sender>
+   <signal>accepted()</signal>
+   <receiver>NewsDialog</receiver>
+   <slot>accept()</slot>
+   <hints>
+    <hint type="sourcelabel">
+     <x>248</x>
+     <y>254</y>
+    </hint>
+    <hint type="destinationlabel">
+     <x>157</x>
+     <y>274</y>
+    </hint>
+   </hints>
+  </connection>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>buttonBox</sender>
+   <signal>rejected()</signal>
+   <receiver>NewsDialog</receiver>
+   <slot>reject()</slot>
+   <hints>
+    <hint type="sourcelabel">
+     <x>316</x>
+     <y>260</y>
+    </hint>
+    <hint type="destinationlabel">
+     <x>286</x>
+     <y>274</y>
+    </hint>
+   </hints>
+  </connection>
+ </connections>
+</ui>
--- a/gns3/ui/news_dialog_ui.py
+++ b/gns3/ui/news_dialog_ui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Form implementation generated from reading ui file '/home/grossmj/workspace/git/gns3-gui/gns3/ui/news_dialog.ui'
+#
+# Created: Wed Mar 19 16:26:12 2014
+#      by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.10
+#
+# WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
+
+from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
+
+try:
+    _fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
+except AttributeError:
+    def _fromUtf8(s):
+        return s
+
+try:
+    _encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8
+    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
+        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
+except AttributeError:
+    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
+        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)
+
+class Ui_NewsDialog(object):
+    def setupUi(self, NewsDialog):
+        NewsDialog.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("NewsDialog"))
+        NewsDialog.resize(424, 466)
+        sizePolicy = QtGui.QSizePolicy(QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
+        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(NewsDialog.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
+        NewsDialog.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
+        self.uiWebView = QtWebKit.QWebView(NewsDialog)
+        self.uiWebView.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(12, 12, 400, 400))
+        self.uiWebView.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(400, 400))
+        self.uiWebView.setMaximumSize(QtCore.QSize(400, 400))
+        self.uiWebView.setProperty("url", QtCore.QUrl(_fromUtf8("about:blank")))
+        self.uiWebView.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("uiWebView"))
+        self.layoutWidget = QtGui.QWidget(NewsDialog)
+        self.layoutWidget.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(12, 420, 401, 32))
+        self.layoutWidget.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("layoutWidget"))
+        self.horizontalLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout(self.layoutWidget)
+        self.horizontalLayout.setMargin(0)
+        self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("horizontalLayout"))
+        self.uiWhyThisAdLabel = QtGui.QLabel(self.layoutWidget)
+        self.uiWhyThisAdLabel.setOpenExternalLinks(True)
+        self.uiWhyThisAdLabel.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("uiWhyThisAdLabel"))
+        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.uiWhyThisAdLabel)
+        spacerItem = QtGui.QSpacerItem(58, 20, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
+        self.horizontalLayout.addItem(spacerItem)
+        self.buttonBox = QtGui.QDialogButtonBox(self.layoutWidget)
+        self.buttonBox.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
+        self.buttonBox.setStandardButtons(QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Close)
+        self.buttonBox.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("buttonBox"))
+        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.buttonBox)
+
+        self.retranslateUi(NewsDialog)
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.buttonBox, QtCore.SIGNAL(_fromUtf8("accepted()")), NewsDialog.accept)
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.buttonBox, QtCore.SIGNAL(_fromUtf8("rejected()")), NewsDialog.reject)
+        QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(NewsDialog)
+
+    def retranslateUi(self, NewsDialog):
+        NewsDialog.setWindowTitle(_translate("NewsDialog", "GNS3 News", None))
+        self.uiWhyThisAdLabel.setText(_translate("NewsDialog", "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd\">\n"
+"<html><head><meta name=\"qrichtext\" content=\"1\" /><style type=\"text/css\">\n"
+"p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }\n"
+"</style></head><body>\n"
+"<p> <a href=\"http://www.gns3.net/why-this-ad/\">Why this?</a></p></body></html>", None))
+
+from PyQt4 import QtWebKit
--- a/gns3/version.py
+++ b/gns3/version.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 number has been incremented)
 """

-__version__ = "0.9.dev"
-__version_info__ = (0, 9, 0, -99)
+__version__ = "1.0-alpha1"
+__version_info__ = (1, 0, 0, -99)
--- a/gns3/websocket_client.py
+++ b/gns3/websocket_client.py
@@ -161,8 +161,13 @@ class WebSocketClient(WebSocketBaseClient):
            method = reply.get("method")
            params = reply.get("params")

-            #TODO: handle notifications from servers
-            print("This is a notification! {} {}".format(method, params))
+            # let the responsible module know about the notification
+            from .modules import MODULES
+            for module in MODULES:
+                if method.startswith(module.__name__.lower()):
+                    instance = module.instance()
+                    instance.notification(method, params)
+                    break

    def send_message(self, destination, params, callback):
        """