** Description changed: When a user clicks the network manager indicator, a dropdown appears and lists wifi networks. This menu should NOT display networks that the user has never connected to. Networks the user has never connected to should - only display in the "More networks" folder. At a mininum, the user - should be given the ability to confine unwanted networks in the "More - networks" folder. + only display in a folder called "Unknown Networks." At a mininum, the + user should be given the ability to prevent networks from cluttering up + the indicator menu. It is an unproductive design choice to force users to have to wade through networks they have never connected to (networks they will never - connect to) in their menu. Numerous reasons exist why a user will not - use the Auto-Connect setting for wireless networks. So it makes sense - and is more efficient to have the menu only display the networks the - user makes active use of and no more. + connect to) in their menu. Even if a user makes use of the Auto-Connect + setting for wireless networks, only displaying known networks in the + indicator dropdown allows a visual reference of available networks the + user can connect to. If the user is interested in connecting to an + unknown (or never before connected-to network), the user can explore a + folder that contains such networks. It makes sense and is more efficient + to have the menu only display the networks the user makes active use of + and no more. When I click on the Network Manager Indicator and select "Edit Connections" and then look under the "Wifi" heading, only a couple networks appear. So why do 5 or more networks (networks I have never connected to, networks I never will connect to) perpetually show in the Network Indicator menu? They should not be displayed like they are. They - should be confined to the "More networks" folder. Alternatively, there - should be a way to manually confine/sandbox unwanted networks to this - folder so they no longer display in the dropdown menu. + should be confined to a folder called "Unknown Networks". In the interest of providing a visual example of what I am talking about, here is a picture of some networks I would like to hide/remove from my Network Indicator menu. http://a.pomf.se/fdqlnn.png
** Description changed: When a user clicks the network manager indicator, a dropdown appears and lists wifi networks. This menu should NOT display networks that the user has never connected to. Networks the user has never connected to should only display in a folder called "Unknown Networks." At a mininum, the user should be given the ability to prevent networks from cluttering up the indicator menu. It is an unproductive design choice to force users to have to wade through networks they have never connected to (networks they will never connect to) in their menu. Even if a user makes use of the Auto-Connect setting for wireless networks, only displaying known networks in the indicator dropdown allows a visual reference of available networks the - user can connect to. If the user is interested in connecting to an - unknown (or never before connected-to network), the user can explore a - folder that contains such networks. It makes sense and is more efficient - to have the menu only display the networks the user makes active use of - and no more. + user can connect to. If the user is in the vicinity of a free network or + at a friend's house and has the password to a network he/she has never + connected to before, this network would be unknown (because it has never + been connected to before). So the user would browse the "Unknown + Networks" folder to identify the SSID. Once connected to, from then on + the network would directly display in the Network-Indicator dropdown + list. It makes sense and is more efficient to have the menu only display + the networks the user makes active use of and no more. When I click on the Network Manager Indicator and select "Edit Connections" and then look under the "Wifi" heading, only a couple networks appear. So why do 5 or more networks (networks I have never connected to, networks I never will connect to) perpetually show in the Network Indicator menu? They should not be displayed like they are. They should be confined to a folder called "Unknown Networks". In the interest of providing a visual example of what I am talking about, here is a picture of some networks I would like to hide/remove from my Network Indicator menu. http://a.pomf.se/fdqlnn.png -- 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 an "Unknown 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
