Comment 5 for bug 37786

By far the most salient point in that thread was this:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2006-March/000452.html:
"I agree that it seems to make sense to have the icon shown even with a
full battery and the power cable connected. But this means that the icon
is no loger a notification - i.e. showing when something of non-critical
urgency happens (like "New updates available" or "Restart recommended"
or even "Charging battery") - but a permanent status indicator, like
network connection, sound volume, system load etc. Shouldn't battery
status be implemented as a panel applet then, like the other permant
status indicators, leaving the notification area for actual notification
icons? This would have the added benefit of a fixed location for the
applet, so that the users can always find their battery status at
exactly the same place."

We are talking, of course, about *defaults*, since the presence/absence is configurable in g-p-m settings. I think people make a good point that most portable devices always show the power status, but in a fixed location.

Further, notification icons are abused for things like status indicators (especially in a Windows environment) so maybe a more sane default would be to put the Battery Charge Monitor in a fixed place on laptop systems?