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Public bug reported:

VPNs are becoming more and more mainstream these days. Many users use
even more than one VPN provider. Hence, it would be nice to have an easy
access to the VPN and make it even easier to reconnect/disconnect.

Currently, the user has to follow this path: nm-applet > VPN Connections
> <vpn_provider>. There is a lot of scrolling involved. Often the VPN
timeouts and the user has to repeat this procedure over and over again
until he gets connected. How about the nm-applet remembers the last
chosen VPN provider in its top level menu? I attached a menu mock-up to
make clear what I mean by that. In its initial state (after restart or
so) it could show nothing as it does now (because not everyone will need
this feature), but after the first successful VPN connection an
additional top level menu entry could be added. [see the mockup]

** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/888072

Title:
  Make connecting and disconnecting to a VPN a breeze

Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  VPNs are becoming more and more mainstream these days. Many users use
  even more than one VPN provider. Hence, it would be nice to have an
  easy access to the VPN and make it even easier to
  reconnect/disconnect.

  Currently, the user has to follow this path: nm-applet > VPN
  Connections > <vpn_provider>. There is a lot of scrolling involved.
  Often the VPN timeouts and the user has to repeat this procedure over
  and over again until he gets connected. How about the nm-applet
  remembers the last chosen VPN provider in its top level menu? I
  attached a menu mock-up to make clear what I mean by that. In its
  initial state (after restart or so) it could show nothing as it does
  now (because not everyone will need this feature), but after the first
  successful VPN connection an additional top level menu entry could be
  added. [see the mockup]

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