Connection Status
 

How about some feedback about the connection. Like an icon or status bar message. I'm behind a firewall and can't tell if I'm connecting.

In the lower left corner it will tell you if you are connected, see image below

http://p2pchat.org/networkok.gif

Also once connected from time to time you may see the message 'connecting to the Gnutella network' in the lower left. Its a normal part of the program and will not affect your downloads , XoloX is simply finding and connecting to new hosts and still maintains connections to other nodes.