Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
I don't think we want the user to be able to choose. Every choice is a
bug waiting to happen, and a 1,000 confused users. We should hammer at
this to get it perfect, and ship it.
Could you re-orient the batteries to be vertical? That would make it
easier to view.
You still have "*Power information*" as a title. That doesn't make
sense, even if the user has asked for "power information" using a
hotkey. Let's just tell them the key piece which is (a) the image
showing battery life and/or AC availability, (b) a title showing AC or
battery power, and (c) how many minutes they have running. Let's leave
off the % full from the text (because they have an icon to give an idea).
I'm a bit conflicted about "how long till fully charged", since it's
relevant to the notification when one plugs into the wall socket.
Perhaps that one could have an icon showing how full the battery is
NOW, a title saying "AC Power", and body text that says "2:35 till
fully charged. 23m available now."?
Mark
This seems exactly right to me, except for one details: we should show a
different icon when you plug in your AC power, rather than the same
percentage full battery icon we would show if you were to unplug at the
same moment. When AC power is connected, the user is primarily
interested in two things:
1. Confirmation that the AC adapter was plugged in and the computer is
now charging (some laptops have finicky plugs).
2. (Maybe) how much time remains until the battery is fully charged.
Showing a plugged-in icon, or a variable level battery icon with a
charging emblem will reassure the user that the AC power is working. If
we just show a battery level, the user will have to read the
notification to have confidence that the act of plugging into AC power
worked.
David
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