Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-27 Thread Frederik Nnaji
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 15:28, Bilal Akhtar wrote: > > I don't understand why Firefox (or Internet Explorer) has an offline > > mode at all. > > It is very much helpful for DSL users as well. Sometimes, I want to > avoid my browser add-ons from unnecessarily accessing web resources > while someth

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-27 Thread Bilal Akhtar
> I don't understand why Firefox (or Internet Explorer) has an offline > mode at all. It is very much helpful for DSL users as well. Sometimes, I want to avoid my browser add-ons from unnecessarily accessing web resources while something large is being downloaded or I am voice-chatting. signatur

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-27 Thread Jan Claeys
Op woensdag 18-08-2010 om 08:38 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Frederik Nnaji: > > I don't understand why Firefox (or Internet Explorer) has an offline > > mode at all. > it used to be helpful, when users had to worry a lot more about quota > on their DSL.. It's not so much about quota but about

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

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-16 Thread Remco
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 01:04, 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 even be th

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-16 Thread Dylan McCall
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 17:13 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > Hello Designers, > > 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. > > Before I fixed it

Re: [Ayatana] Browser Offline Message

2010-08-16 Thread David Hamm
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 even be the option to disable the network from the tray. Rather it