Public bug reported: The "Personal File Sharing Preferences" window has two sections relating to Bluetooth, and those use different terminology (and user interface features) to describe Bluetooth pairing, both from one another and from the main Bluetooth settings.
Under "Share Files over Bluetooth", the requirement for pairing is controlled by a tickbox labelled "Require remote devices to bond with this computer", while under "Receive Files over Bluetooth", it's controlled by a pop-up menu labelled "Accept files:" with options "Always" and "Only for set up devices". As far as I can tell from the docuementation (which disagrees slightly about how the user interface should look), these controls have equivalent effects and control whether files can be respectively browsed or sent by unpaired devices. Meanwhile, the Bluetooth indicator menu uses the phrase "Set-up [sic] New Device", the Bluetooth pane of System Settings describes certain devices as "Paired", and the Ubuntu Desktop Guide explains how to "Connect your computer to a Bluetooth device" but helpfully explains that "This is also called pairing the Bluetooth devices". Personally, I think that both of these settings should be tickboxes, and their labels should both be phrased in terms of "paired" deviced, since that's standard Bluetooth terminology. For consistency with the Ubuntu Desktop Guide, perhaps "connected" would be better (but I think it's less obvious what it means). PS: I've just found the "Control sharing over Bluetooth" page of the Ubuntu Desktop Guide, which adds to the fun by introducing "trusted devices", which are apparently yet another way of talking about paired devices. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gnome-user-share 3.0.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Nov 22 10:53:26 2014 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-motts-20100121-3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-file-share-properties InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-06-09 (1626 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu GNU/Linux 9.10 "Karmic" - Build i386 LIVE Binary 20100121-21:52 SourcePackage: gnome-user-share UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-15 (98 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-user-share (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395301 Title: Inconsistent terminology for Bluetooth pairing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-user-share/+bug/1395301/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
