Re: different icons if internet is available



On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 10:30 +0000, yelo_3 wrote:
> I've implemented the most code, except the function that decides if internet is available or not.
> In fact I'm thinking of this problem.
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439310
> an isolated network access cannot of course reach the most internet locations
> 
> we could discuss on this... for instance in might be:
> internet on if ubuntu.com and gnome.org are reachable
> otherwise internet off.

I suspect many people would be unhappy to find that NetworkManager
appeared to be phoning home - a service for managing a local network
interface really shouldn't be wandering out across the wider internet.
Harmless though it might be, I can already picture the Slashdot crowd
screaming about spyware...

Simon.

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