Hi,<div><br></div><div>I read through the thread provided by Marco and I'd like to give in</div><div>my bit of suggestion:</div><div><br></div><div>We clearly do not want to mislead the user by giving him a misleading</div>
<div>number (the remaining time). I agree with Aaron that this will make</div><div>the user trust his computer less. What I suggest is let the user know</div><div>down right that the number might be inaccurate before he chooses to</div>
<div>use the feature. So in the config ui, put a warning in the brackets</div><div>beside the config check box: (Warning: the reported remaining time of</div><div>the battery will be a predicted value, and hence may be inaccurate).</div>
<div>Now when the user is aware that the remaining time might be misleading</div><div>he will keep that in mind whenever he sees the information and whenever</div><div>it is wrong, he won't blame his computer.</div><div>
<br></div><div>I'd generally not give my suggestion in a burning discussion, but since</div><div>we all agree this is a good feature to have and knowing that the only</div><div>roadblock in shipping this feature is the inaccuracy of it, I thought the</div>
<div>above suggestion might work out to "kind of" dissolve the road block,</div><div>while relevant people can continue working on making the numbers</div><div>more accurate.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Viranch</div><div><br></div>