Comment 31 for bug 395666
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(Get the code!)
Sadly, whoever's in charge over at Kubuntu is refusing to patch this feature back in.
The only rationale that I've seen for removing this feature is that it's not accurate. However, that's not true. The time remaining is provided by the hardware through ACPI. It's very accurate on my laptop, within a range of 10 minutes.
Yes, if the power usage changes, the estimation may not be updated for 5-10 seconds. So what? If I start playing a DVD and then, halfway through the movie, I want to see if there's enough battery power to finish the movie, what good is a percentage going to do me?
Every other OS on the planet displays the time remaining, or has the option to do so. KDE has always been about giving the user the power to choose. It's bad enough that this feature was disabled by default, but removing the checkbox setting is unbelievable. In the name of "simplicity"?! It would only make three checkboxes! I thought only GNOME intentionally neutered their UI. Just when I thought KDE 4 was ready for primetime, now it looks like KDE 3.5 is still more USEFUL.
Please, let common sense prevail, and put this basic functionality back in KDE!