There is a confusing situation in Natty: there are two packages that provide similar functionality and have identical version strings but are slightly different: network-manager-kde and plasma-widget- networkmanagement. It seems like network-manager-kde is deprecated and doesn't integrate with Plasma as well. It also has the confusing, tiny emblem in the lower-right corner of the icon.
I think network-manager-kde should be replaced with a transitional package that moves people to plasma-widget-networkmanagement. The potential problem there is that, after installing that package, it may not be selected by default in the System Tray settings, so it might not be visible in the tray by default, and it's not obvious how to enable it, especially if a user doesn't know his way around Plasma. The result then could be that the user can't figure out how to use wifi, or thinks the only way is through System Settings. Maybe the Plasma System Tray could be patched to enable the networkmanagement widget by default if it hasn't been explicitly disabled. Whatever is done, I think this conflict or transition will become a bigger, more confusing issue in the future for average users if it's not handled gracefully. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413704 Title: Icon for wireless is very poor -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
