[QGIS-Developer] Proposal? Set 'Use Proxy for Web Access' default ON to 'DefaultProxy'

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

Hi, created a PR for this:

https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/53424

Nobody have this issue/urge?
@Juergen: as you are our 'Windows'-man ;-)  do you see an issue with 
this (defaulting to 'Use Default Proxy'?)

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde


On 2023-05-17 09:47, Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-Developer wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Currently a fresh install/profile has 'Use Proxy for Web Access' 
> UNchecked.
> 
> I propose to set it CHECKED and then 'Proxy type' to DefaultProxy (all
> see Network Settings)
> 
> This means that if you are in an environment without proxy, it will
> not be in your system environment, so will not be used.
> While if the admins setup the proper proxy, it will also 'just work'.
> 
> Anybody aware of a reason to NOT do this?
> 
> Background: working at institutions/companies which often have some
> kind of proxy enabled, I often have the hassle of making the users
> aware on how to set the web proxy... (because they often want WMS/WFS
> layers from outside the local network)...
> 
> If we would set it by default to "use system proxy" (for what I know
> that is also how most browsers are working), that would solve a lot of
> 'web issues', while (for what I know) would not affect normal use
> without proxies?
> 
> Anybody would have or see an issue with that?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard Duivenvoorde
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