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Re: Power plug is finished!

 

So whats left? Adding a "Do nothing"?

We could add a battery icon to the right which will change depending on
battery state...what do you think?

2012/9/26 Cody Garver <codygarver@xxxxxxxxx>

> https://code.launchpad.net/~elementary-apps/pantheon-plugs/power-plug here
> for now.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Eduard Gotwig <eduardgotwig@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> any link :D?
>>
>> 2012/9/26 Cody Garver <codygarver@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> Power plug is now packaged, translatable and right-aligned. So that only
>>> leaves the other issues you outlined.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yea we should probably have something there as default.
>>>>
>>>> As far as the design, GNOME conveniently has a collection of power
>>>> settings designs here:
>>>> https://live.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/Power
>>>>
>>>> I actually think OS X's thing with the tabs and the sliders makes a lot
>>>> of sense. It's definitely nicer than the current GNOME design.
>>>>
>>>> I like the way MeeGo does the headers and stuff, but it definitely
>>>> doesn't look like how we usually label widgets like sliders.
>>>>
>>>> It's definitely worth considering what happens to the settings on a
>>>> machine where there is no battery. Can we get a screenshot of the plug from
>>>> someone on a desktop?
>>>>
>>>> I think the tabbed design would be really convenient in this way
>>>> because we can just hide the tabbar and pretend the battery doesn't exist
>>>> without really altering the design of the settings themselves.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if it's necessary to show the charge levels of various devices
>>>> seeing as these should show up in the battery indicator. That's something
>>>> to think about as well.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Cody Garver <codygarver@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This plug has moved to lp:~elementary-apps/pantheon-plugs/power-plug<https://code.launchpad.net/~elementary-apps/pantheon-plugs/power-plug>. Soon
>>>>> it will probably have its own project that is part of a subproject so we
>>>>> can get translations rolling.
>>>>>
>>>>> Issues remaining:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Left labels should be right-aligned
>>>>>    - Packaging (me)
>>>>>    - Strings need to be made translatable "some string" to _("some
>>>>>    string")
>>>>>    - Harvey may have a better design
>>>>>    - Some of the entries are blank<http://imageshack.us/a/img96/2075/powerdelete.png>.
>>>>>    Should this be a third, new entry "Do Nothing" or have another default
>>>>>    choice?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> preferences-system-power
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cody Garver
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Foré
>>>>
>>>> elementaryos.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Cody Garver
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