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Just a thought regqarding the second picture - could you XOR the text to use black on green and white on black so that easier to read?
 
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Originally Posted by Fargus View Post
Just a thought regqarding the second picture - could you XOR the text to use black on green and white on black so that easier to read?
just added the XOR version for you to compare
 

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Originally Posted by rapante View Post
made a better graphical representation of my proposal acordingly to statwranglers idea (thanks ), added them to solution #1 as well as to the first post in the thread
My, but you are fast! I like it. But I like even more the long sound bar in the upper right: tiny icon, long, informative bar -- but, in the battery case, with percent in text added. (((No need to use space for the text "Battery"; the icon is universal.))) The sound format, but with percent added, would seem to me to make the best use of space.
 
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Originally Posted by statwrangler View Post
My, but you are fast! I like it. But I like even more the long sound bar in the upper right: tiny icon, long, informative bar -- but, in the battery case, with percent in text added. (((No need to use space for the text "Battery"; the icon is universal.))) The sound format, but with percent added, would seem to me to make the best use of space.
Rephrasing statwrangler's idea a bit, how about having the charge percentage be the "speaker icon", then use the rest of the space for the graphical bar? Then we also don't have to worry about changing the text color like in the screenshot on the first post.

I agree on dropping the "Battery" text too.

Does anyone know if we can actually replace the stock battery status widget? It would be a shame (and a waste of a slot) if th original can't be replaced and we have to run two indicators.

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I'd advice against using the same size as the sound bar, as it would

1. make it look crammed, sometimes it is better to leave a bit more space between the different elements to better convey the information they are carrying.

2. leave space for another element that someday might need space (always think into the future )

3. just look a lot better in my opinion
 
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Originally Posted by statwrangler View Post
Why not add a continuous horizontal bar behind the text in the battery display in the first post? This is commonly done elsewhere. A continuous bar would graphically represent the percentage more precisely than the current discrete (limited resolution vertical) display. Some folks like numbers, some like pictures. I suggest giving both.
The problem with this is that it makes the text less readable.
 
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Originally Posted by rapante View Post
just added the XOR version for you to compare
Thanks for that - exactly what I meant
 
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Could you edit the pictures and the solution so that the bar is green on >65%, orange for >32% and red for <33% (or maybe more steps)?
 
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Anybody knows how to get that info?

As n900 does not have a bios we do not have /proc/acpi and its counterpart in /sys/. Where is the battery info located?
 
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Originally Posted by admiral0 View Post
Anybody knows how to get that info?
Code:
$ hal-device bme | grep 'percentage\|current\|design'       
  battery.voltage.design = 4200  (0x1068)  (int)
  battery.reporting.current = 1222  (0x4c6)  (int)
  battery.voltage.current = 4088  (0xff8)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.percentage = 96  (0x60)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.design = 8  (0x8)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.current = 8  (0x8)  (int)
  battery.reporting.design = 1269  (0x4f5)  (int)
More info: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=432336

Last edited by strank; 2009-12-23 at 10:19. Reason: added info link
 

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