> > On 2009-10-29 20:55:56, Aaron Seigo wrote: > > > trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/battery/battery.cpp, > > > line 1123 > > > <http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/2010/diff/1/?file=13515#file13515line1123 > > >> > > > > > > we don't show time remaining; it's a bogus number.
percentages are the bogus number :P it's like giving a latitude and longitude instead of a street address. > > I had not read the "battery plasmoid and remaining time.." thread on > plasma-devel and I must say that I'm disappointed :( > > I have two laptops, one with ~1h battery time and the other ~4h. How is the > user supposed to estimate the remaining time when 10% might mean 6 or 24 > minutes depending on the computer. The computer estimated times on my > laptops are _way_ better than what I could ever estimate. > > I would have thought that a tool-tip containing "Estimated" would have been > a good enough compromise. > > If I want a battery applet that shows the _estimated_ remaining time > without needing to edit a configuration file, that is by the way very hard > to find and edit, should I make another one in another place? I'd be happy to see such a plasmoid show up in playground. it could be a good place to test other time-estimation methods too, if anyone's still interested in doing that. you'd have to maintain this fork, though, if the aaron-approved battery plasmoid gets changed. -- This message brought to you by eevil bananas and the number 3. www.chani3.com
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