Openmoko Bug #1697: [Battery] No Alert message when battery is low
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Tue Aug 12 01:16:04 CEST 2008
#1697: [Battery] No Alert message when battery is low
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Reporter: regina_kim | Owner: raster
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: high | Milestone: Om2008.9
Component: E - Illume | Version:
Severity: minor | Resolution:
Keywords: pm | Blocking:
Blockedby: |
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Comment(by raster):
ok - reason why "config" is involved:
the battery gadget is e's own default battery meter - the same one i see
on my laptop. same code. exact same thng. it just has a different theme in
illume (on ASU). that exact same code ALREADY can pop up a warning dialog
if the battery reaches X percent or Y minutes left until empty. that code
has been there for years now. that is configured to be DISABLED in ASU.
there is a configuration dialog to enable/disable this and set the time or
percentage at which to show it. the problem is that ASU is set up in such
a way that the mechanism that has existed for years to do just this is not
available to a user. so there is no need to "add" a dialog... it's already
there! (in ASU it doesn't have a nice theme - but it would work... if you
could turn it on). so to me this is a design issue as design wanted to be
very particular about exactly what configuration is available and how. all
the existing code E has had for years and infrastructure to expose this
and make it accessible to users has been ignored, so i can't really do
much. (the start of the whole exposure thing. must be in python etc. etc.
i made a point of this but it was not my call) :)
i probably need to say "i told you so" in that life will just get harder
and everything be more and more work the more design tries to fight
against existing infrastructure and code. :(
anyway - as for battery going red - that is possible. it's just part of
the theme. but as design is to be pixel perfect, until design specifies a
red battery - i can't do it, as it's not specified in the design :(
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