Improved Hidden Network Handling
Registered by
Andrew Psaltis
The current way that wicd handles hidden networks is somewhat confusing.
What should be done is to prompt the user for the network name once a connection attempt is made to a hidden network. This can be accomplished by using a simple dialog, and the information should not be saved to disk.
This is how Windows Vista accomplishes this, and it seems to work quite well.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- David Paleino
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- David Paleino
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- David Paleino
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for 1.7
- Implementation:
-
Started
- Milestone target:
-
1.7.4
- Started by
- David Paleino
- Completed by
Whiteboard
ACK, I like this: I agree the current way is confusing. --David
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Work Items
Work items:
[dpaleino] setup a test hidden network locally: INPROGRESS
[dpaleino] catch the code when clicking an hidden network: TODO
[dpaleino] manage the new UI (maybe a simple dialog suffices?): TODO
[dpaleino] make sure nothing is saved to disk; check where the code saves in-memory lastScan to disk: TODO
