Gnome 3.10: Network UI missing from new system status area

[Chuck Anderson]

On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 03:17:03PM +0200, drago01 wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 01:54:17PM +0100, Adam Williamson wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 07:54 +0200, moshe nahmias wrote:
> >> > I think that it must be possible to make the icon visible as an
> >> > option. I use a cellular modem on my laptop and the easiest way to
> >> > connect with it to the net is by clicking that icon...
> >> >
> >> > I guess that it's possible to connect from other places, but it won't
> >> > be as easy.
> >>
> >> GNOME 3.10 has a combined system tray. Your cellular connection will be
> >> visible in it. (In other words, don't worry, it will work exactly how
> >> you expect it to). The change we're discussing applies only to boring
> >> plain wired ethernet connections.
> >
> > Use Case #1 for having the wired connection icon show at all times is
> > to know when your network connection isn't working locally, as opposed
> > to some remote problem.  If you are connected to your LAN, the icon
> > would show connected, but if your WAN/Internet connection is down,
> > google.com will fail to connect.  This is the first question any tech
> > support person would ask the end user--does your computer show that it
> > is connected (do you have a link light on the NIC)?  We should be
> > making this determination easier, not harder.
> >
> > Use Case #2 is for switching between different wired network
> > configuration profiles and turning multiple NICs on or off.
> >
> > Why are we adding more and more functionality to NetworkManager, just
> > to "take it away" from the user interface?
> 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708966 is the upstream bug
> ... if you have anything useful (i.e no flamebait) to add ad it there.

Thanks, done.