Otherwise, thanks for the praise guys, appreciated.

I’ve filed a bug about the link on the notification as I think this is a good idea: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346036

Thanks,

Richard.

If you ARE a laptop user and KNOW you have a battery, you probably EXPECT a popup to show ‘your battery is full/empty’

As with other users, some apps seem to just popup information with no apparent reason why the user should act on it, or it is about a user action wich only requires action for more advanced users.

We need to try to not confuse the majority of users.

Looking at the icon should be enough feedback without breaking workflow. Only important information should break your workflow. Like if you don’t plug in now you are going to lose your work.

BTW a you’ve got mail popup would drive me crazy. Also we have color coded levels. I think the hurt more than help.

I’m on site somewhere, with my laptop plugged in, and I need to go somewhere where I don’t have power, I check my battery status (80%), so I continue working on the repport/mail I was doing.

Suddnly, a popup flashes: you’re battery is full, so I unplug my laptop and run to the hartless (or more like cordless) area that requires my (and my laptops) attention….

A bit far fetched I know, but could easily happen.

Also: what harm does a “battery’s full” popup do? is it really that much worse than a “you’ve got mail”?

David.

P.S: you could also add a color coding to the messages (like what distinguished warnings from messages for a while), to allow people to triage what their system sneds them.

P.P.S: Also , why not impliment a filter, so that you can decide what level of messages you find interesting enough to see?

1. What if we asked the user whether to show the message again? Battery full! Dismiss and don’t show me this again.

2. What about a scheme similar to syslog with varying degrees of severity and then giving the user the ability to only see messages of a severity level or higher?