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[Steve Dodier <sidnioulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I'm currently making the script and vid, as you'll see, the icon shows the
percentage. (I've got an icon every 17% approximately, i can do more but
then freedesktop people will hate us for so many more icons).

2009/6/3 Martín Soto <donsoto@xxxxxxxxx>

> On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 10:42 +0200, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> ...
> >         Battery low
> >         25 minutes remaining (15.67%)
> > That's all that's needed. We shouldn't use generic titles like "Power
> > information" and then put the detail in the body - we should put the
> > key information in the title itself. Reading the title should give me
> > the key idea - my battery is low.
>
> Just a little comment: 15.67% doesn't say a lot more than just 15%,
> which is arguably easier to read. I would round this value to the next
> multiple of 5 or something. Extra points if the icon also reflects the
> value, at least to some extent.
>
> Cheers,
>
> M. S.
>

Cordially, SD.