On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 18:03 +0000, Martin Owens wrote: > 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.
I don't have much to add yet that other people haven't already brought up, but I do have one question. What does Windows do here? It's done the "am I online" thing since Vista and earlier. How does Windows tell? Does Windows successfully report online status when behind a captive portal? Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
