Re: [Utopia] GNOME Power Manager "redesign"

[Joe Shaw <joeshaw novell com>]

On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 20:21 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> The red one? http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/mouse-all.png

Yeah, that would probably work.  Or maybe the mouse icon with the
warning emblem over it?  I dunno, whichever works better. :)

> I think you are right about this. Hardcoded to display when low or make
> a checkbox option?

I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't want indication of this,
and it's unobtrusive, so my opinion is to hardcode it.

> Okay, and add an extra lines to have the extra stuff like so:
> 
>         System is running on UPS power
>         Battery charged (100%)
>         Logitech MX-1000 Mouse (72%)
> 
> This is more compact. Thanks.

Yeah, this works.

> Lol, sorry, this was a quick mockup. The text wasn't really thought
> about. Which lightbulbs are needed? Should anything be explained?

I don't really think any of them are needed.  The only one I'd consider
is the UPS one, but I guess if you own a UPS you probably already know
what it does, making it unncessary. :)

Looking at it a little more closely, though, there's a little confusion
in my mind about the Power Modes/Setting dropdown there.  It seems to
imply that it's a setting, but really it's just selects a configuration
group.  Maybe get rid of the "Setting" label and change the wording of
the option menu to "While on battery power"?

Joe