On 19 April 2010 15:43, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Any idea what the 'wifi' USE flag actually does in >> www-client/mozilla-firefox? Is it merely to know when the machine is >> on/off line and therefore try to connect to the Internet? > > It enables Necko WiFi (and depends on wireless-tools). What does that > mean specifically? I don't know, but perhaps it is related to this: > > "Introduced in Gecko 1.9.1: Code with UniversalXPConnect privileges > can monitor the list of available WiFi access points to obtain > information about them including their SSID, MAC address, and signal > strength. This capability was introduced primarily to allow WiFi-based > location services to be used by geolocation services."
Hmm Mozilla's netlib. I had a look at the slides and bits of the documentation on the Mozilla website, but I am still not really clear what it does, or why it is needed. -- Regards, Mick
