It appears this is now fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 (using the Gnome icons)
** Changed in: ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532522
Title:
Poor metaphor for a "wired network" icon (two arrows pointing up and
down)
Status in Ayatana Design:
New
Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
The icon used to show a wired (ethernet) network in network-manager-
applet shows two arrows pointing up and down. This icon is typically
associated to "sync" action on various other places and operating
systems.
In user testing of Ubuntu on 2010-12-15, participants identified the
icon as "flipping between sessions" or "scroll up scroll down."
Similarly in March 2012, Joe Pirillo: "The up and down is probably
related to the volume, coz it's right next to the volume."
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltE_ekc8kE8#t=6m50s>
A more appropriate icon could be something like the ones suggested at
recent GNOME UX Hackfest, see this blog post
http://jimmac.musichall.cz/log/?p=946 and/or this image
http://jimmac.musichall.cz/images/blog/gnome-stencils.png
See also bug 461427, about the icon showing even when it isn't useful.
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