2013/4/22 Bastien Nocera <[email protected]>: > On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 15:50 +0200, Frederic Crozat wrote: >> 2013/4/22 Allan Day <[email protected]>: > <snip> >> > However, while switching wi-fi networks will require an extra step, I >> > actually think that the the experience will be better with the new >> > design. The current network menu contains a lot of information that >> > isn't related to wi-fi, and isn't exactly straightforward to use - in >> > many respects, the new design will be more straightforward to use, >> > even if there is an extra click involved. Also, we are planning a new >> > wi-fi selection dialog, which should be a big improvement in those >> > situations where you are not already connected to a network. >> >> My main concern is the detection of "application needs network" and >> how it will properly integrate without >> modifying all applications so they interact with NetworkManager to >> request "I need network access". > > That can be implemented as a kernel feature with a user-space helper, > very much in the same way that "fieryfilter", a desktop-ish firewall > akin to what exists on Windows, used to do it: > http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/fieryfilter/screenshots/fieryfilter-0.2-connection.png > > We might even get help from the original author ;) > (The code there is likely not the way it would be finally implemented, > the kernel infrastructure has changed quite a bit since 2008)
Indeed (another solution could be to use a dnsmasq redirector to detect DNS query but it would start to be really ugly). > I also think that we'll need to have more applications, and "desktop > daemons" making use of GNetworkMonitor to check whether they have access > to the Internet before trying to access resources. Yes, but as always, we can't control everything users are running on their desktop. -- Frederic Crozat _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
