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

Sat Mar 7 16:15:29 UTC 2009

Olá Mat e a todos.

On Saturday 07 March 2009 11:17:32 Mat Tomaszewski wrote:
> 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.

Never used a mac so i cant say, but i like the old icon, thats why i emailed the list in the 1st place! took me a few ours and reading the change log to understand why the heck my wifi was at zero, even though I hadnt connected it yet.. even restarted NM daemon and nm-applet to be sure.

> There was a significant problem with the old icon (2 monitors), it was 
> *totally* mysterious (what 2 monitors have to do with network 
> connection?) and we had many complaints.

mysterious?? it works *very* well to me. are we starting another UM word war? why do u guys feel the need to change what is *already* great?
Complains? can you give us one LP bug please?

> 1. The *only* way to connect to a wireless network (which is the essence 
> of connectivity these days) is by clicking on the network icon. 
> Therefore it should be something that users would associate with 
> wireless networking.

I use wired everyday... how about that.. how wait... where do I press now to setup a manual IP? I only see and antena icon.... enh?

> I appreciate critical voices, but please be constructive. One thing I'm 
> sure of is that we will not bring back the old icon. :)
> Any suggestions as to how to improve the current situation are more than 
> welcome!

Earlier I saw one: red cross!!!

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