I love this window.
I personally like its adamant REFUSAL to be bullied into showing the actual state of devices. DMESG knows, because notifications show the correct state, but Blueman is over here IE6ing.
Ngl I really want to know what the tick icon actually does now.
If you hover on it (without clicking, resist the temptation) it says it is for “Mark/unmark this device as trusted”.
Afair it pairs the selected bluetooth device. It will then enable the button left to it, to add the selected and connected device as trusted.
My assumption for the key icon was something to do with PINs/passkeys, which kind of reinforces OP’s point.
Exactly! Why did two of the icons get icon+text label status, while the others got just icon status?!
Either standardized on icon + text label, or just icon, or just text.
We stopped using pictogram representations of concepts 2000 years ago and pivoted to symbols representing speech sounds, why are we regressing to ictograms again?
The top right quick-settings panel in gnome does the job for me
$ bluetoothctlThis. Bind connect command to a keyboard shortcut. Live in peace.
Are you even a true power user if you don’t tattoo your headphones MAC address on your forearm?
I just tab and pray
Paired devices are stored and have proper names
If a power user, perhaps. But for a good UX enjoyers:
bluetoothctl devicesLetters? On my screen? Instead of icons and pictograms that I can click with my mouse? Preposterous!
Love the format, such shade
In my Head I’m Reading all of this in Tantacrul’s voice
That’s why I, as a seasoned programmer, keep my fingers out of UI design. I leave that to the professionals.
So true
