On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 08:37 +0200, Philipp Wendler wrote: > Hi, > > Am 14.06.2010 16:21, schrieb Shane Fagan: > > I see you guys are planning the design of the networking menu. My > > question is do you really need vpn in there? Is it something that we > > need to expose to every user? Barely any desktop (or netbook) user uses > > vpn at all they mainly use normal lan, dsl or mobile so why not add a > > configure networks menu item instead as a catch all and add vpn if they > > are using it? Thoughts? > > Probably a lot of students, professors and university staff use VPN on > their notebooks, as universities often require it if you want to use > their WLAN. At least here in Germany. There are also people who work > from home (at least occasionally) and need VPN to connect to their > company's network. > > So I definitely would like to have an easy way to start a VPN connection > (directly in the indicator). It is like this even on my cellphone, which > has very limited screen space. But it would be ok for me if the VPN > options are only shown if a VPN connection has been configured. > > Greetings, Philipp
Well im student myself and ive never used vpn myself. Im not saying people dont use it but should it have a spot in the indicator I dont think so. Im not saying remove it from the install im just saying use network config instead of the configure vpn like it is now. --fagan _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
