Re: Request for ergonomy feature

[Greg Oliver <greg oliver cistera com>]

On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 09:08 +0200, Soren Hansen wrote:
> On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 02:02:12AM -0500, Greg Oliver wrote:
> > > I like the applet but here my request in terms of ergonomy:
> > > 
> > > Would it be possible to stop triggering a scan when clicking on the
> > > applet (which people do quite frequently to see the available networks)
> > > but rather put a menu item "scan for available networks" that we can
> > > click when one decide so  ?
> > I second this!  I also see that it is a very fast moving piece of
> > software, so I expect it will be there one day and can wait.  I am
> > usually wired for the speed, but would be nice on occasion when I must
> > go wireless.
> 
> Could one of you perhaps explain to me why you want to do something
> manually that network-manager does for you automatically? I don't quite
> get it.

Honestly, so my LED does not blink repeatedly - as well as go back to a
previous request to have wired/wireless active simultaneously (I know
thats coming).  In that situation, that would be most pleasant.  My
radio would not be scanning constantly when I do not need it and I could
scan when I want them both on.

-Greg