Re: nm-applet network sort order - by proximity?

[Mads Kiilerich <mads kiilerich com>]

Ud Craft wrote, On 11/05/2009 05:48 AM:
> Wouldn't it be better if the network-manager menu sorted networks by
> signal strength instead of abc-order?
>
> This would make it more likely that a user's personal network will be
> near the top of the list (since obviously your personal home router or
> wifi connection should be closer to you than your neighbors, in
> general - or at least in the top three or so).

Agreed ... kind of.

I think that an even more usable primary sort key would be some kind of 
"most recently used available" or "most popular available" ordering. It 
would be great if connections with same "popularity" (for example "never 
used") then were ordered by signal strength as you suggest.

I sometimes see 40 connections, and "the right" connection doesn't show 
up in the 1st level top 5 list. Recalling the the right name and find it 
in the long alphabetic list is not a good usability experience.

/Mads

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