Replacing network-offline (old version 2xmonitor) with NM wlan 0% signal strength icon

[Alexander Sack]

On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 11:17:32AM +0000, Mat Tomaszewski wrote:
> Nicolò Chieffo wrote:
> > I totally agree that it's confusing
> >
> >   
> Is it confusing just because it's different to what you've been used to?
> I know it's not a justification, but OSX have been using exactly the 
> same metaphor for many years now and it seems to be working out very well.

I have no strong opinion about this, except that its a coin flip which
trades new confusion by exising users with no confusion for mac users
migrating to ubuntu. Personally, I think there is no clear win with
this new approach.

However, i think there is a better solution available and if we think
that that solution is the right way to go, we might consider to skip
the current 00_signal step and wait for the right fix; which could be like:

 1. if no wireless card is available use the wired disconnected icon
 2. if wireless card is available and you are not connected, use a
 "searching icon if no APs are in reach/known" or if there APs visible
 use a proper signal strength but indicate that we are not connected
 by using a grey/inactive appearence.

> 
> 2. Having 0 signal = not connected may not be true from technical 
> perspective, but it is true from practical perspective. You have no 
> signal, therefore you won't be able to browse the web. Click on the icon 
> to do something about it (check what's going on, connect to a different 
> network, etc).
> 

This is a guess and the fact that its used on Mac doesn't
automatically mean that its true from a practical side. It might
something mac users are familiar with, but my phone has different
icons for "no APs found - searching" and "APs found and ready to
connect".

 - Alexander