GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 326741
Info dialog with detailed info about battery
Last modified: 2006-10-12 16:16:32 UTC
We could add an info window to the menu of the tray icon It could list of every battery more detailed info which is present in HAL such as manufacturer design capacity etc. etc.
A lot of people didn't like this, last time I started talking about it. What UI were you thinking of? Richard.
I'd have to think about how to do the layout
*** Bug 331606 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I think if the main UI doesn't change and there is a new window added, it would be hard to argue against it.
The first items in the gpm pop-down menu should be clickable items that are something like: [GPM Icon] Battery 1 [======= ] 60% Battery 2 [===========] 100% ------------------------------------ Preferences ------------------------------------ Help About Clicking on an item should bring up more detailed information about that battery. Like so perhaps: Battery 1 [======================= ] 60% Charging | Discharging | Fully Charged 1 hr 13 min until charged|empty Condition: This battery holds 30% of the capacity it did when it was new Details V (expander) Current capacity: 9000 mWh Type: LiION Model: IBM-08K8193 Serial Number: 23206 Max capacity when new: 47520 mWh Current max capacity: 14950 mWh Current rate of use|charging: 7180 mW
I like this idea :-)
Looks good to me.
Not sure that a "bar" belongs in the actions menu. Doesn't seem right. What about just a "info" item that shows you the state of all the batteries on the system?
either way would be fine with me. Having status for each individual battery in either the popup or top-level menu would be prefereable though as it would require one less step.
Wouldn't worry about using a bar, we also use them in network manager, for example. I recall there being some minor caveats about exactly how you add them to the menu, but its working great now.
Created attachment 61009 [details] example i'm working on What about this as a start?
Looks like a good start.
Created attachment 61034 [details] new screenshot, with new stuff 2006-03-10 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> * src/gpm-info.c, src/gpm-power.{c|h}: Add capacity, vendor, model, serial number, technology and product into the device information fields. We get this from HAL when the device is added or coldplugged.
Well, dunno what you mean as a start, but I would rather recommend just doing the items I suggested (in the layout suggested *grin*)... more information is not necessarily a good idea. The goal is *not* to list a bunch of kewl technical facts just because we can get them, but to highlight the two aspects of battery people might really care about: 1) To see a larger view of battery charge state with slightly more information 2) To find out if their battery is in poor condition The other details we can provide in an expander on the page, though even there I'd suggest just doing the label: value layout instead of using a tree/list.
>The goal is *not* to list a bunch of kewl technical facts just because we can >get them Well, thats what people are asking for... >The other details we can provide in an expander on the page Yes, we can hide some details, but I need to think on the UI some more. I'm not keen on having a bar in the menu like n-m.
>Yes, we can hide some details, but I need to think on the UI some more. I'm not >keen on having a bar in the menu like n-m. I think both would be great.
Anyone want to dig-around NetworkManager and work out how to do that bar?
How does that look? : http://www.hughsie.com/applications/Coppermine/displayimage.php?album=9&pos=2 I vote don't do the [xxxxx ] bar idea, as now the info page looks pretty.
screenshot looks nice. I'm going to have to agree with Seth that the status bar would be nice. Maybe make it an optional setting.
any progress on this, guys?
Yes, have a look at the current CVS. There is a drop down, but no bar for each one. We do display the indervidual icons tho, but maybe the bar might be cool.
Closing for now. I think what we have in CVS is a nice compromise.
any screenshots of the current CVS, or is the one from 3/10 still current? (The 4/20 hughsie.com link doesn't work)
Created attachment 74567 [details] what i've done What is in CVS. Tell me what you think.
Looks good. I'm assuming Battery Bay is a single battery. For example if I swap out the optical drive on my laptop with a 2nd battery then both the primary and secondary batter would be listed individually.
Yes, that's the case.