Notifications when switching between AC/battery power should be improved
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-power |
Fix Released
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Low
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gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
notify-osd (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager
Hello,
I'm writing this feature request because I believe power notifications can be greatly improved by being simplified to the strict necessary.
I began a discussion about this subject, that you can find on the Ayatana ML ( https:/
Icon info
Title "Power information"
Body "Computer is running on battery power
Laptop battery 1 hour 45 minutes remaining (72.0%)"
Becomes
Icon notification-
Title "1:45 hours remaining"
I'll include a file (the shell script used for the video above) with many more examples, and proposals of improvement for the "battery low" notifications too. The icons are created and uploaded into the Human icon theme. If needed, they can be put in notify-osd. They basically convey the % left and plugged / not plugged information to make the text part lighter (images can hold much more meaning than words in some cases).
Obviously I think this is implementable only as an Ubuntu patch (at least till the notification-* icons get some recognition outside of notify-osd / ubuntu), but I still think it's worth a try as it makes notifications _really_ easier to read.
Voilà. If you need any other information about this feature request, please let me know ASAP. I really hope this can be done for Karmic.
Related branches
Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Scott Howard (showard314) |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in gnome-power: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
milestone: | none → round-5 |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- Feature request : Possible improvements for notifications + Notifications for switching between AC/battery power should be improved |
summary: |
- Notifications for switching between AC/battery power should be improved + Notifications when switching between AC/battery power should be improved |
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-power: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in gnome-power: | |
importance: | Unknown → Low |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Great presentation and idea. I can see on the mailing list that there is lots of support and feedback for this proposal. I'm marking as triaged/wishlist. Steve, are you working on the patch? If not I'll try to get a developer to look at this (or I'd take a crack at it).