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Assuming the OS does/does not do this in the future, it would be great if applications that are data intensive considered this in the interim. Apps like Backbl
by anthonys 14y ago
Assuming the OS does/does not do this in the future, it would be great if applications that are data intensive considered this in the interim.
Apps like Backblaze, Dropbox, Spotify etc. should be "aware" of the type of network they are operating on and the user able to specify the desired behavior such as only sync files smaller than x, don't do anything on this network etc.
- rdl 14y agoThe only way I could think of doing it is having a profile manager which ran separately and killed or changed settings of various specific programs based on the network you're on. I remember there being such things under XP, and bundled with various PC-Card cellular adapters, but it never working very well.
- darkarmani 14y agoIs Marco Polo still around? That's how i used to do SSID aware settings to change all of my mail settings to use ssh tunneled SMTP while at work and switching back again at home.
- ibrahima 14y agoApps could do a reverse DNS lookup on your public IP address and then use that to determine if you're on a wireless carrier's network. Though they'd have to hardcode some list of TLDs that correspond to wireless carriers, but it'd be one possible solution to get around the fact that to the computer it just looks like wifi.