connection state design
we currently have several icons
- wwan signal strength
- wwan network type
- wifi state (connection to ap and strength in one icon)
- soon bluetooth (#220 (closed))
- soon wired connections ('desktop' use case) (#259)
but there's no 'can reach the internet' indication. @julian.sparber folded that into !401 (closed) which is think is not ideal since all of the connection types need this property, not only wifi:
- wwan can have a signal but no data connection enabled
- wifi can associate to an ap but needs a captive portal
- bluettooth network can (but usually doesn't) provide ip access
- wired connection can get an ip but be stuck behind a corporate firewall
(on top of all that is VPN tunnels)
so either each of these methods needs to indicate 'internet reachability' or we need a single indicator. I'd be good to have a design discussion here.
Edited by Guido Gunther