>> 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