Time to charge may be hard to distinguish from time to discharge
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
Fix Released
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Low
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Matthew Paul Thomas | ||
indicator-power |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
indicator-power (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
indicator-power 0.5-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu Ocelot
1. From the battery menu, turn on "Show Time in Menu Bar".
2. Unplug AC power.
3. Reconnect AC power.
What happens: The time left to use, and time left to charge, are shown in exactly the same way.
If this is bad, it is a design mistake on my part. <https:/
Possible solutions:
a. Do nothing -- rely on the icon to convey the difference between charging and discharging.
- Pro: Status quo, requires no work.
- Con: The text may lead people to think they do not need to look at the icon.
b. Show time left to use without brackets, time left to charge with brackets.
- Pro: Correctly implies that time left to charge is not as important.
- Con: Whenever there's nothing between the battery and clock menus, the two bits of text could be confused.
c. Continue to show both in brackets, but add a minus sign for time left to charge.
- Pro: Compact.
- Con: Obscure.
Any other ideas?
Changed in indicator-power: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
How about this:
Show time left to use with brackets, time left to charge without brackets but followed by U+26A1, ⚡.