>> That is a network status indicator widget.  It is also
>> what was
>> responsible for the Qt connection warning messages that you
>> were
>> mentioning earlier.  It is supposed to let you know
>> when you are accessing
>> online files (e.g. via fish://, http://, ftp://, etc).
>
> Okay. Is the icon supposed to blink or flash? Dance? I don't see the icon
> do anything when I surf the web.
>

No idea; it's an older feature copied by OpenSUSE from kdepim.

Tim