** Changed in: mate-user-share (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
Inconsistent terminology for Bluetooth pairing
Status in gnome-user-share package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in mate-user-share package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
The "Personal File Sharing Preferences" window has two sections
relating to Bluetooth, and those use different terminology (and user
interface features) to describe Bluetooth pairing, both from one
another and from the main Bluetooth settings.
Under "Share Files over Bluetooth", the requirement for pairing is
controlled by a tickbox labelled "Require remote devices to bond with
this computer", while under "Receive Files over Bluetooth", it's
controlled by a pop-up menu labelled "Accept files:" with options
"Always" and "Only for set up devices". As far as I can tell from the
docuementation (which disagrees slightly about how the user interface
should look), these controls have equivalent effects and control
whether files can be respectively browsed or sent by unpaired devices.
Meanwhile, the Bluetooth indicator menu uses the phrase "Set-up [sic]
New Device", the Bluetooth pane of System Settings describes certain
devices as "Paired", and the Ubuntu Desktop Guide explains how to
"Connect your computer to a Bluetooth device" but helpfully explains
that "This is also called pairing the Bluetooth devices".
Personally, I think that both of these settings should be tickboxes,
and their labels should both be phrased in terms of "paired" deviced,
since that's standard Bluetooth terminology. For consistency with the
Ubuntu Desktop Guide, perhaps "connected" would be better (but I think
it's less obvious what it means).
PS: I've just found the "Control sharing over Bluetooth" page of the
Ubuntu Desktop Guide, which adds to the fun by introducing "trusted
devices", which are apparently yet another way of talking about paired
devices.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-user-share 3.0.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Nov 22 10:53:26 2014
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
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canonical-oem-motts-20100121-3
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-file-share-properties
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-06-09 (1626 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu GNU/Linux 9.10 "Karmic" - Build i386 LIVE Binary
20100121-21:52
SourcePackage: gnome-user-share
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-15 (98 days ago)
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