** Changed in: ubuntu-mono (Ubuntu)
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Title:
  Poor metaphor for a "wired network" icon

Status in “ubuntu-mono” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The icon used to show a wired (ethernet) network in network-manager-
  applet shows two arrown pointing up and down. This icon is typically
  associated to "sync" action on various other places and operating
  systems.

  In user testing of Ubuntu on 2010-12-15, participants identified the
  icon as "flipping between sessions" or "scroll up scroll down."

  Similarly in March 2012, Joe Pirillo: "The up and down is probably
  related to the volume, coz it's right next to the volume."
  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltE_ekc8kE8#t=6m50s>

  A more appropriate icon could be something like the ones suggested at
  recent GNOME UX Hackfest, see this blog post
  http://jimmac.musichall.cz/log/?p=946 and/or this image
  http://jimmac.musichall.cz/images/blog/gnome-stencils.png

  See also bug 461427, about the icon showing even when it isn't useful.

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