Re: [gpm] Re: Gnome 2.16 Module Proposal: GNOME Power Manager

["Corey Burger" <corey burger gmail com>]

On 4/9/06, Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org> wrote:
> Elijah Newren wrote:
> > On 4/9/06, Scott J. Harmon <harmon ksu edu> 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.

Corey