I delayed this issue for quiet times - this may be a good moment:
When configuring / (dis)connecting a wlan interface, the user interface
to the network control center is not as "bright" as it could be: the
user does not get enough feedback on the success of what he wants to be
done.
When you connect or dis-connect a wlan interface, a small
"(dis)connecting" window pops up, and after some labour disappears again
- that is all. The user would expect:
- that the icon in the "Wireless (Wifi)... " line (1st line of the
"wlan" section of the display be updated (icon with the red
checkbox if disconnected, transmitter icon if connected),
- the label of the "Connect/Disconnect" button (right bottom below
the display of available interfaces) be updated to reflect the
new state,
- the antenna-icon the selected line of the available interfaces be
updated (there is also some background shading that reflects the
state of the connection and is not updated).
The popup window just goes away and leaves the display as it was before
asking to change the state of the connection - the only way to verify
success is to stop the network control center and launch it again - when
it comes up again it will show the correct state.
Is this a bug to be filed? - the network control center does not have a
dys-function, but the user-interface "is wrong" (or is this a question
of personal taste?)
There is also a secondary issue with the choice of the icons: the
"disconnected" icon is a transmitter with a single circle, the
"connected" icon has several circles - all in light shades, not very
well to discriminate form the lightly shaded background.
Yet another improvement would be if the yellow popup you get when
hovering over the network icon in the system tray would not only
indicate details of the wired connection, but also those of a connected
wlan - or is this an "upstream" issue? - and it is a clear wish for an
enhancement.
