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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A belated thanks to Matty Lamb for the detailed and persuasive
rationale. I've updated the specification to include a "Show Percentage
in Menu Bar" item, and to describe how the percentage should be
displayed. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power?action=diff&rev2=37&rev1=36>

** Changed in: indicator-power (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

** Changed in: indicator-power (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)

** No longer affects: ayatana-design

** Summary changed:

- Menu Bar - Battery meter design needs to make both percentage and time statistics easily accessible.
+ Battery meter design needs to make both percentage and time statistics easily accessible.

** Description changed:

+ indicator-power 0.3-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu 11.10
+ 
  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)
+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power#menu>: "If 'Show Time in Menu Bar' and/or
+ 'Show Percentage in Menu Bar' is checked, the icon should be followed by
+ brackets..."

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Title:
  Battery meter design needs to make both percentage and time statistics
  easily accessible.

Status in The Power Indicator:
  Confirmed
Status in “indicator-power” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  indicator-power 0.3-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu 11.10

  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.

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power#menu>: "If 'Show Time in Menu Bar'
  and/or 'Show Percentage in Menu Bar' is checked, the icon should be
  followed by brackets..."

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