It's possible to use a VPN over any kind of Internet connection, right?
Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or anything else. And to continue using a
VPN connection even while the physical layer changes.
I doubt it's practical to design icons, for every physical layer, that
have a disposable corner just in case a padlock appears in that corner.
And even if it was practical, whether you are connected to a VPN or not
will often be too important for such a tiny emblem.
For those two reasons, I think it would be better for VPN to be shown
with a completely separate icon. On PC at least, a separate icon implies
a separate menu, but that's reasonable too -- VPN software on Windows
and Mac often does that anyway.
** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1285726
Title:
Wired VPN connection icon unclear
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The current nm-applet icon that is shown for a wired VPN connection is
very unclear - overlaying a padlock onto the existing connection-type
icon works fine for the usual wifi icon, but with a wired connection
the padlock merges into the down arrow and looks like screen
corruption.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-generic 3.13.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Feb 27 15:17:00 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-10-21 (1225 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-01 (117 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
wlan0 802-11-wireless connected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2
wlan1 802-11-wireless connected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
eth0 802-3-ethernet connected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE
WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.8.8 connected enabled enabled
enabled enabled disabled
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