GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 118978
using general network proxy not good.
Last modified: 2005-07-16 14:21:35 UTC
I do not want to use a network proxy with all applications! If I turn proxy on with Galeon in Gnome2 gweather(applet) gets also a proxy. This makes it unfunctional. Please try to make proxy optional oder some kind of ("use gnome settings") setting. I sometimes like to use different proxies (filtering/caching). I think it is good that one MAY use a general proxy - but its nonsense to make it a MUST as it would be to allow only one email account... Thilo
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 44098 ***
Reopening since this is a different issue. Can you clarify why different proxies per application are useful?
No more info supplied. I can't think of a reasonable use-case where a browser would want a differnt proxy from other applications.
Sorry, I forgot to answer. YOu ask the wrong questions. What your solution right now does calls for the question: is there anay need to reduce the users choice to only one proxy for all applications? This may seem to be a clear case for a single user environment with only one proxy. But as you might know there are differences between caching and filtering proxies (some may do both). So the task of a proxy can allways be different. Also users who tend do use more than one browser tend to give them special uses. I can hardly imagine why you asked the other question as I daily use the options: "direct connection" , "automatic proxy detection" "different proxies" with different applications. There are applications that do not like proxies (like gweather). So I should use dreict connection, but If I switch it off, I do not get my webpages filtered with Galeon. So you are forcing me to eitehr NOT use a proxy or switching proxy setting every minute. Every global setting should beused thoughtfully. I have notghing against an option to use a central setting, because it might be usefull for 70% of all users. But I hate not to be able to use more than one proxy any more (as I use it since years). On some points in Gnome2 developers are going too far with "usability". Thilo PS: I can not reopen the bug. Bugzilla says I have not submitted it!?
Passing the Control Centre people for their comments, IMO this is NOTABUG, it makes no sense for the average user to have multiple proxies.
Reasigning bug to hear control-center maintainers voice, but also a vote here for NOTABUG
Would control-center maintainers care to comment on this one?
that's not a gnome-control-center issue, how do you want to set different proxy from here and point what application should use it? That would rather be an application option, closing the bug as suggested by other comments.