Since it's been in Extras-testing since the 11th June and my patience is wearing thin:



Simple applet; tells you the current strength from 0-10 in the status area of your Wi-Fi connection. This doesn't work with connections through your mobile telephone network (I figure the cellular level bars is enough in this case...) and nor with ad-hoc connections - I don't know if ICD gets the level for those and I can't be arsed to set one up just to find out. So, it only shows if connected to an Infrastructure Wi-Fi network.

It checks, by default, every two seconds but I've provided a Control Panel applet from which the timeout can be configured.

I figure checking when you can't actually see the thing would be pointless so it stops checking if: (surprise!) the status area isn't visible; you happen to be viewing the Dashboard; your N900 is in a fullscreen app etc.; the display is off and if you aren't actually connected to a Wi-Fi Infrastructure network.
(If you're pedantic, check by taliling /var/log/syslog and grepping for IPHB).

Due to a lack of appreciation for the arts from its creator, it doesn't use images but rather text that is generated internally from the applet. The colour and font are dependent on the theme you're using.



Thanks, testers!