Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread Frederik Nnaji
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:54, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > (I had a similar experience with a neighbor running Windows last year. > Their ISP, trying to troubleshoot the problem, had resorted to sending > them a whole new router -- but it turned out the neighbor had just > accidentally clicked

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread Scott Kitterman
"David Hamm" wrote: >Just reminding you guys, but laptops come with a network off switch >typically on the side or front of it. So I don't think disabling is a >problem. Besides most planes have shielded cables so the whole interference >thing is bs. Unless your on some rickety mob boss craft o

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread David Hamm
Just reminding you guys, but laptops come with a network off switch typically on the side or front of it. So I don't think disabling is a problem. Besides most planes have shielded cables so the whole interference thing is bs. Unless your on some rickety mob boss craft on your way to Mayapore. In w

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread Scott Kitterman
"Stuart Langridge" wrote: >On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 16:04 -0700, David Hamm wrote: >> I've notice this problem on 3 separate lucid computers. One of them >> not mine. Simple fix but not sure why the network got disabled. Even >> though this is a design email, just though i'd throw it out there. >>

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread Chris Coulson
Hmmm, it seems I didn't actually send my original response to the list, so I'll resend it again... On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 17:13 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > > Before I fixed it though I wanted to see how the user assessed the > problem and tried to fix it: > > . Loaded Firefox using the quick li

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread Conscious User
> It's on my radar for ConnectionManager that there should be a standard > API for telling whether there is an Internet connection or not, and for > invoking a troubleshooting assistant if there isn't. Then Web browsers, > e-mail programs, IM clients, and so on can integrate it as suits their > in

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Owens wrote on 16/08/10 22:13: >... > I have just got back from an Ubuntu user's office where their Ubuntu > computer 'didn't work at all'. It turns out that the networking > checkbox was unchecked and the computer was simply offline. (I had a

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread Stuart Langridge
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 16:04 -0700, David Hamm wrote: > I've notice this problem on 3 separate lucid computers. One of them > not mine. Simple fix but not sure why the network got disabled. Even > though this is a design email, just though i'd throw it out there. > > > I don't think there should e

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-17 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 17:13 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > Before I fixed it though I wanted to see how the user assessed the > problem and tried to fix it: > > . Loaded Firefox using the quick link on the top pannel > . Got the yahoo search page (looks like we're online) > . Tried to navigate t