Public bug reported: The power menu option to "show time remaining" is not very useful. The number fluctuates way too much to be constantly visible in the menu bar and is therefore distracting.
If any number should be there, the battery's percent charged won't fluctuate but will go down or up steadily based on whether the laptop is plugged in or not. In fact, the current design does not show the charge percentage at all. This is in contrast to how other OS's work. My Android phone shows me a % but does not tell me how many minutes I have left. Gnome Shell shows both the time & a percentage: https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Guidelines/SystemStatus/BatteryPower Suggestions: 1. Replace Show Time Remaining with Show Percentage Remaining (I think a checkbox in Power Settings would be an even better location for this option but I believe we're hesitant to patch System Settings more than is necessary.) 2. Optionally, follow Gnome Shell's design and include the charge percentage on the battery charge line of the power menu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: indicator-power 0.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 15 16:44:00 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) SourcePackage: indicator-power UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-17 (28 days ago) ** Affects: ayatana-design Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: indicator-power Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: indicator-power (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric unity-2d -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/811777 Title: "Show Percentage Remaining" is more useful than "Show Time Remaining" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/811777/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
