"Mode of Operation" options description, in bluetooth preferences, is not clear
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bluez-gnome (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
In bluetooth preferences (system -> preferences -> bluetooth) there are three different "Mode of Operation" (obviously with bluetooth device enabled):
- other devices can connect
- visible and connectable for other devices
- limited discoverable and connectable
These options aren't well explained. What are they mean?
- other devices can connect (when I select this option I can read from gnome notification area, txs to bluetooth gnome plugin, that the device is not discoverable, but I read this after selecting this option and then what does it mean that it's not discoverable? In which ways can I use it?)
- visible and connectable for other devices (when I select this option I can read, from gnome notification area, txs to bluetooth gnome plugin, that now the device is discoverable, but always after selecting this option)
- limited discoverable and connectable (when I select this option I can read from gnome notification area, txs to bluetooth plugin, that the device is limited discoverable but I cannot understand what it means)
Moreover there is not any bluetooth valid help through yelp command that explains this.
So the fact is that:
- the options should be, in a simple way, described directly in the bluetooth preferences GUI
or
- it should be available a good help menu directly from Bluetooth preferences
This is fixed in karmic, since we switched to gnome-bluetooth