Thanks a bunch albright!! I've tried out your "on demand" battery % indicator and it works great! I've switched to using it instead of battery-status mainly because I really like the unobtrusive little bubble. I've even set up a hotkey shortcut (Ctrl+B) to enable me to be able to check battery % with a couple of button presses while using any other app.

I haven't had a chance to test the <10% battery warning script yet - but should be able to get that low today. I think I might like it to warn me at 15 or 20% though - no rational reason really, I just prefer more warning. Can't I just replace the <"10" with <"15" and have it work?

Thanks again!