[Ayatana] nm-applet indicator patch improvements

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I just posted some details about the latest stuff I had been working
on for the nm-applet indicator patch: http://ur1.ca/2r6p9.

I will however spare you most the reading; re-adding the animations,
wireless signal strength icons and vpn padlock icons for VPN and
secure WiFi is mostly done. All this is waiting for is shipping the
new icons that should be generated automatically at install time in
the ubuntu-mono package.

Here's a sneak peak of what it looks like: http://twitpic.com/3n0a95

This is still only on my local system, but I'm getting ready to push
it to lauchpad and merge it back into the nm-applet packaging branches
shortly.

There's still at least one issue I would like to discuss: the
complexity of the design as it is right now. I've read the previous
thread about it[1] and I've seen a bug on that too[2].

Without forgetting the bug report from Shane about VPN connections[3].

So, I thought I'd try to get some ideas, or maybe even mockups about
how people think it should look? Please keep in mind though that this
is really meant to not stray too far from the upstream look and feel
of network-manager-applet, though I guess it could perhaps lead or
pave the way for what indicator-network will look like (so please keep
in mind mpt's design and what is already done in indicator-network). I
think of it as slowly going towards the design users will see in
indicator-network, without going overboard.

Thoughts?

[1] - https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg04524.html
[2] - https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/654722
[3] - https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/683934

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl@xxxxxxxxx>
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