I completely agree with what you are saying. If I wanted to manually select my network every time, I would also be frustrated with having unwanted networks in the way.
However, I do see a problem. First of all, remember that most people have the network automatically get connected to, so when they do click on the network button, they often want to connect to a new network, for example on a laptop in an airport. With that in mind, there is a usability problem with your suggestion. The issue stems from the fact that people don't read anything. An average person has his network automatically get connected to, so he is likely not familiar with what's inside indicater-network. In fact this is the case for the majority of people. Now, imagine this person wants to connect to a new network. With your suggestion, he opens indicator-network and sees some text, and he is going to completely ignore them (such as "Connection Information", "VPN Connections" etc). >From experience, this person may even know that generally what those texts he just ignored do must have something to do with configuration, which is not what he wants at the moment. What he wants at the moment is to quickly be able to see the name of the new network he wants to connect to. But it's not there. Is the router on? Does my wireless card suck? Am I too far from the router? Do I hate Ubuntu? No, everything seems ok. So why don't I see my damn network? Oh, look there is something there that says "More Networks". WTF. In short, it's a nuisance to the majority of the people who, when they click on indicator-network, want to select a network they have never connected to (because the ones they always connect to, automatically do so, so there is no need to open indicator-network). --- That said, I certainly agree with you. However, I have a different solution. I'd suggest to change the layout of indicator-network from this: Bla Bla ---- Known Network 1 Known Network 2 Unknown Network 1 Unknown Network 2 Unknown Network 3 Unknown Network 4 Unknown Network 5 ---- More Bla Bla More Bla Bla Edit Connections to this: Bla Bla ---- Known Network 1 Known Network 2 ---- More Bla Bla More Bla Bla Edit Connections --- Unknown Network 1 Unknown Network 2 Unknown Network 3 Unknown Network 4 Unknown Network 5 This way, all networks are visible, so the network you are searching for is quickly findable. On the other hand, switching between known networks is not frustrating because the unknown ones are not close-by, or worse interleaved. Building on this idea, and reducing clutter, indicator-network could look like this: Bla Bla ---- Known Network 1 Known Network 2 ---- More Bla Bla More Bla Bla Edit Connections --- Unknown Network 1 Unknown Network 2 V Where `V` is a clickable "down arrow" that once clicked (or hovered on), would expand indicator-network to list all visible Unknown Networks (like the previous case). In this design, indicator-network should show only strong unknown networks (say, higher than >=3 bars), because they are the ones that the user is likely looking for. If none exist, it should show the top 1 or 2 strongest networks (for example 2 if the top 2 strongest are close in strength, and only 1 if it is much stronger than the second strongest). The weak networks, which are not likely what you are looking for, would be hidden under the down arrow. I belive the down arrow should be clear enough for the general user to show there is something more below, and it's not text, so it's easily understandable (because again, people don't read, so any text is of next to no use). What do you think? ** Changed in: indicator-network (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1425991 Title: Networks I have never connected to should be confined to the "More Networks" folder To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1425991/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs