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(In reply to comment #78)
> It is not listed because those kind of network does not broadcast their
> presence (they are "hidden"). It is not easy to figure out they are in the
> neighborhood and doing so is slow and requires more power to the wifi card,
> which can harm battery time for notebook users.
I did not mean that the tray icon should scan for hidden networks, but that I would have expected a behaviour like the one is in Windows or Android (or even in iOS, if I remember well): once I manually add a new network, by specifying its SSID and protection parameters, it is always visible in that tray icon, with just an indication whether it is in range or out of range. If it is in range, I can choose to connect to it (unless auto-connection is enabled for it, in this case it's automatic), otherwise of course I cannot, but the network is still visible for future reference.
> > 2) isn't the system smart enough to determine whether that network SSID is
> > hidden or not?
>
> kind of yes (the algorithm is not reliable). However, as I wrote above
> enabling the special scan type used to search for them requires more time
> and power to scan, therefor it is enabled only on demand.
Here I meant this: once I add a new network by manually configure it, why does the system need to know whether its SSID is hidden or not? I mean, if the specified SSID is among the ones that are currently broadcast, it means it's visible and in range, otherwise if it's in range it means that it is in range but hidden, otherwise it is simply out of range (in this case it's not so interesting to know whether it's hidden or not).
> I do not know. I, for one, did not add the "Hidden" option to the creater
> wifi dialo. I have just pushed a commit to make it clearer what that option
> does. I hope that helps.
I don't have seen the details of your commit yet, but I think it surely helps. Thank you!