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[Tony Espy <espy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/13/2014 08:52 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> Sam Bull wrote on 07/06/14 22:57:
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> > So, in my house I have really bad signal, so it looked normal that
> > the network indicator showed the 0 bars icon, for a really weak
> > signal. But, when I tried to send a text message, it became
> > apparent that I actually had no connection, as it refused to let
> > me send a text message or attempt a phone call despite the
> > indicator telling me I'm connected.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > If this kind of situation happens, what is the network indicator
> > supposed to do? From this experience, I expect that if this
> > initialisation fails, the network indicator just shows the 0 bars
> > icon. If this is correct, I think we can say that this is the wrong
> > behaviour, the indicator is thus explicitly telling me I have a
> > phone connection, when in fact nothing is initialised. If the
> > indicator had shown an error icon, no icon, or even no signal, I
> > would have noticed the problem several hours earlier and not
> > missed several attempts to contact me.

We had this exact discussion in a networking/telephony hangout yesterday.

> You're right, this is a mistake in the design. Just showing zero bars
> is not enough to indicate that you have no signal, regardless of what
> the cause is.
>
> (Various people have suggested I shorten other cellular error cases,
> "SIM error" and "No service", to just icons too. I've maintained that
> an icon alone wouldn't be obvious enough.)
>
> I've updated the design and reported a corresponding bug.
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking?action=diff&rev2=195&rev1=194>

I'll give your changes a read this afternoon.  Thanks Matthew!

> <http://launchpad.net/bugs/1329712>

Please see my original bug on this filed in early May:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-network/+bug/1315144

Regards,
/tony

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