Hello NetworkManager List, At the Ubuntu Developers Summit in Texas, we had a sit down and talk about the design and presentation of a status that would indicate to the user if they are actually online (rather than simply connected to a network)
You can read more on the blueprint here, with wiki page linked from there: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/lucid-online-status The sessions turned out to be very design driven, with no technical representation, no nm programmers. Which was a shame. As a result I've been charged with scoping out the technical feasibility in NetworkManager of the first set of objectives to basically do simple http requests and provide a set of variables via dbus indicating the result from this kind of test. If we can not get more support from the people programming NetworkManager, then the feature may not be possible to build. Even if it was proven that it would help the relevancy of the network status given to the user. Let me know your thoughts, especially if you think the features discussed are not technically possible. Thanks. Best Regards, Martin Owens _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
