I think you guys got to stop deciding things like this for people. Why not make it optional? we linux users love our conf files =)
I would certainly be interested in speed, IP address, Signal Strength, and possibly Public IP address Kos wrote: > > yeah, it show a little more than needed. The wired network just has to > show it's ip and his speed. (and the speed actually not necessarily, > but handy). With wireless connection it is handy to know what the > signal strength is, but the safety is totally unnecessarily (we should > show that with a lock icon). Also the gateway with the vpn-connections > are not needed. > > You're right, the menu's of the status icons are more and more > becoming a window for seeing and changing the (trivial) settings. And > I like that idea. So you can change things with one click of your > button. I think the sound icon was the first one with that feature. > Just click on the icon and you can change the volume. Also the clock > in ubuntu gives you a full window and in hardy heron it evens becomes > a clock with the possibility of tracking more time zones. So I don't > see why the network-applet has to stay behind. Especially when it can > benefit off the advantages. > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Pat Suwalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > It shows a little more information than most users would be interested > > in at the top-level menu, don't you think? > > > > It seems people are more and more expecting the pop-ups that have > > classically been menus to be full windows with layouts. There is > > something to be said for simplicity. > > > > --Pat > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
