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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Any idea what the 'wifi' USE flag actually does in |
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> www-client/mozilla-firefox? Is it merely to know when the machine is |
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> on/off line and therefore try to connect to the Internet? |
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It enables Necko WiFi (and depends on wireless-tools). What does that |
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mean specifically? I don't know, but perhaps it is related to this: |
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"Introduced in Gecko 1.9.1: Code with UniversalXPConnect privileges |
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can monitor the list of available WiFi access points to obtain |
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information about them including their SSID, MAC address, and signal |
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strength. This capability was introduced primarily to allow WiFi-based |
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location services to be used by geolocation services." |
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