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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christoph, yes, please report a new bug including a screenshot. On
phones we may have to color by percentage, but on PCs we can and should
color by time remaining to avoid false alarms.

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Title:
  Battery indicator goes Critical Red with 1:10 battery left

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Fix Released
Status in The Power Indicator:
  Fix Released
Status in indicator-power package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubuntu-mono

  Since the Ubuntu-Monochrome 0.0.26 upload, the battery status icon now
  goes critical red with over an hour to spare.

  We need to confirm this in Ayatana-Design, but my hunch is the
  following would be more useful:

    external power: normal text colour (ivory/chocolate for Ambiance/Radiance)
    >=1:00 remaining: normal text colour
    < 1:00 remaining: orange non-critical warning
    <=0:10 remaining: red critical warning
    <=0:02 remaining: red critical warning if suspend/hibernate action selected and proven working
    <=0:02 remaining: red critical (flashing) warning if simply going to power-off

  Additionally, the Ubuntu Mono 0.0.26 change uses a battery icon with
  no fill for empty.  This is not as clear to the user as an icon that
  instead uses a very small fill at end of the battery, even for zero.
  This is more intuitive as it makes it clear that the icon is used as a
  percentage indicator;  with an empty fill the user must already know
  this for "empty" to be useful as a relative indicator.

  At the moment, the "Red with some left" state seen at 1:10 remaining
  is far more visible to the user than the (more serious) completely
  empty icon.

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