Re: [Utopia] GNOME Power Manager "redesign"



On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 16:13 -0400, Joe Shaw wrote:
> 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.

> > 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. :)

Point taken.

> 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"?

Like the attached image?

Thanks, Richard.

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