Gnome 3.10: Network UI missing from new system status area

[drago01]

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.