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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/03/10 00:42, Chris Johnston wrote:
> I have noticed that in Lucid, appindicators no longer have tooltip
> popups.

For the moment, there are no tooltips on app indicators or system
indicators. They have also been removed from window controls. Tooltips
here had historically been poorly written and inconsistently used, we've
removed them to see whether we can address the need for information
through crisper, clearer app indicator icons.

> When on my laptop, running on battery, this adds two extra
> steps for me to find out the status of my battery.

The indicator icon should show sufficient information. For batteries,
the specification is quite detailed in defining which device or battery
is represented (for example, in cases where you have a wireless mouse,
wireless keyboard and the laptop battery itself) and how it should be
represented. You should always know that you have at least a certain
amount of time, just by looking at the icon.

Detailed information (hours and minutes of battery life per device) is
available by clicking on the indicator. And very detailed interactions
are supported, through the indicator, by bringing up the control panel
itself.

>  I have to click on
> the battery and then click off the battery to continue what I was
> doing. To me, this is very inconvenient and a change that is not good.
> I have filed a bug [1] against this, as I believe that adding two more
> steps just to check the status of my battery is a regression in
> Ubuntu. I would like to see some feedback on this decision, and
> hopefully see this change back to the way it was.
>   
I'd prefer to recognise the issue but close the bug, focusing attention
on the design of the indicator icons.

Mark

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