On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 01:54:17PM +0100, Adam Williamson wrote: >> On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 07:54 +0200, moshe nahmias wrote: >> > I think that it must be possible to make the icon visible as an >> > option. I use a cellular modem on my laptop and the easiest way to >> > connect with it to the net is by clicking that icon... >> > >> > I guess that it's possible to connect from other places, but it won't >> > be as easy. >> >> GNOME 3.10 has a combined system tray. Your cellular connection will be >> visible in it. (In other words, don't worry, it will work exactly how >> you expect it to). The change we're discussing applies only to boring >> plain wired ethernet connections. > > Use Case #1 for having the wired connection icon show at all times is > to know when your network connection isn't working locally, as opposed > to some remote problem. If you are connected to your LAN, the icon > would show connected, but if your WAN/Internet connection is down, > google.com will fail to connect. This is the first question any tech > support person would ask the end user--does your computer show that it > is connected (do you have a link light on the NIC)? We should be > making this determination easier, not harder. > > Use Case #2 is for switching between different wired network > configuration profiles and turning multiple NICs on or off. > > Why are we adding more and more functionality to NetworkManager, just > to "take it away" from the user interface? https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708966 is the upstream bug ... if you have anything useful (i.e no flamebait) to add ad it there. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
