Re: [Utopia] Re: GNOME Power Manager 0.0.3

[Daniel Gryniewicz <dang fprintf net>]

On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 15:35 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 20:29 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 15:24 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> > > For starters, the fact that you display more than one icon in the
> > > notification area?
> > 
> > Valid. The AC Adapter icon is going, which for normal users leaves no
> > icons. For laptop users this leaves a battery icon. For posh servers, it
> > leaves a single UPS icon, and for really flash desktops leaves a
> > Wireless mouse icon. That okay?
> 
> I honestly don't it's worthwhile taking up precious space to display the
> battery status of a wireless mouse :-). I'd only display an icon if you
> got either a laptop battery or an UPS. If you got the strange
> combination of both, the laptop battery wins.
> 

I'd like to see an icon if the battery on my wireless mouse or keyboard
gets low (like under 15%?).  That way, I wouldn't have to figure out if
my battery is dead or my X is hosed. :)  Other than low, however, I
don't need an icon.

Daniel