On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 15:31 +0200, Jürg Billeter wrote: > On Son, 2006-03-26 at 15:21 +0200, Thomas Voss wrote: > > first a clarification: I'm not talking about providing complete > > statistical information about network traffic, I think just providing > > some visual indication of a network's activity would be quite useful as > > one quick glance at the icon for example would show you that the network > > is still active (huge downloads, distributed applications etc. ). > > > > Therefore I would propose that just the icon of the nm-applet indicates > > the current network's activity by using four different icons: > > > > (1.) Inactive: Both monitors dark. > > (2.) Receiving: Upper right monitor lighten up. > > (3.) Sending: Lower left monitor lighten up. > > (4.) Sending & Receiving: Both monitor lighten up. > > > > This is equal to the network monitor applet. > > IMO, there are two problems with that proposal. First, if you replace > the current icon, you loose the current information (wired/wireless, > wireless signal strength); I'm a little bit confused, I'm running NetworkManager 0.6.1 on Dapper Drake but the icon doesn't carry any information about wired/wireless connection or wireless signal strength !? > integrating all information in one icon is > not feasible. Second, flashing monitors are distracting for some people, > so it shouldn't be mandatory in nm-applet. > Alright, a little less "bling" would do the job as well :-) Regards Thomas
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