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On 19 April 2010 15:43, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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Hmm Mozilla's netlib. I had a look at the slides and bits of the |
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documentation on the Mozilla website, but I am still not really clear |
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what it does, or why it is needed. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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