Re: Battstat-applet and GNOME 2.19.x

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

On 3/23/07, Diego Escalante <dieguito gmail com> wrote:
> As I said months ago when this discussion was up, I think that
> battstat-applet icon is far more informative at one glace than
> gnome-power-manager icon.
> Last time I checked at least.
>
> I think the problem is that the icon has this grey border, like a
> glass border or something... In any case, a good idea would be to
> abuse a little more the colors.
>
> Also, right now the tray is already over abused and I would be against
> having to put yet another thing there. In a classic panel setup this
> doesn't sound evil but in more customized layouts the story can be
> different.

The simple reality is that all major distros are already shipping gpm
and as such, the argument is kind of moot.

Corey