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Bug 699490 - Mobile broadband is unclear when not setup
Mobile broadband is unclear when not setup
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Network
3.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-05-02 16:18 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2016-09-15 18:29 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.7/3.8


Description Allan Day 2013-05-02 16:18:46 UTC 
I have a mobile broadband card in my laptop; there isn't a SIM card in it, and I have not set it up. However, the ON/OFF switch is sensitive and can be interacted with. There's also a drop down for "Network", which is rather ambiguous.

My recommendation would be:

 * Don't allow setting up the card if there isn't a SIM
 * Make the ON/OFF switch insensitive when the card hasn't been setup
 * When the card hasn't been setup, have a clear "Set Up Mobile Broadband" button

Mockup - https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/system-settings/network/aday/png/mobile-broadband.png