On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 01:28, Corey Burger wrote: > On 4/9/06, Andrew Sobala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Elijah Newren wrote: > > > On 4/9/06, Scott J. Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Am I the only one who mouses over the applet to see how much more time > > >> until the battery is fully charged? > > >> > > > > > > Definitely not; I rely on this frequently. I'd be heavily annoyed if > > > the applet wasn't showing (and no other equally easy way of obtaining > > > this information was available) when my laptop is plugged in and not > > > fully charged. If it's both plugged in and fully charged then I'd be > > > fine with it not being there, as long as that was the only case. > > > > > Hmm. In this configuration, it is. > > The problem with hiding in this case is that the user must know that > when they are plugged in and fully charged, the icon will vanish, > rather than just looking and seeing that they are fully charged and > plugged in. Ouch.
Well, if once the battery reaches 100%, a short-lived notification bubble says so then the icon can disappear without harm. No need to pollute the notification area with a "battery is full" icon, OTOH on the road the fuel gauge is important. IMHO the best design is found in PocketPC2003: the battery icon starts to appear only when it's half-empty. Xav _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list