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

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

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