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Message #47215
[Bug 888072] [NEW] Make connecting and disconnecting to a VPN a breeze
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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