Improved Hidden Network Handling

Registered by Andrew Psaltis

The current way that wicd handles hidden networks is somewhat confusing.

What should be done is to prompt the user for the network name once a connection attempt is made to a hidden network. This can be accomplished by using a simple dialog, and the information should not be saved to disk.

This is how Windows Vista accomplishes this, and it seems to work quite well.

Blueprint information

Status:
Started
Approver:
David Paleino
Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
David Paleino
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
David Paleino
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for 1.7
Implementation:
Started
Milestone target:
milestone icon 1.7.4
Started by
David Paleino

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ACK, I like this: I agree the current way is confusing. --David

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Work Items

Work items:
[dpaleino] setup a test hidden network locally: INPROGRESS
[dpaleino] catch the code when clicking an hidden network: TODO
[dpaleino] manage the new UI (maybe a simple dialog suffices?): TODO
[dpaleino] make sure nothing is saved to disk; check where the code saves in-memory lastScan to disk: TODO

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