Review Request: Add a tooltip to battery monitor applet

[Chani]

On October 30, 2009 18:24:03 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On October 30, 2009, Chani wrote:
> > percentages are the bogus number :P it's like giving a latitude and
> >  longitude instead of a street address.
> 
> except my street address doesn't change just because i drive there in a car
> instead of walk.
> 
> a more accurate analogy would be offering a travel time ("travel for 13
> minutes, take a left and travel for 14 more") instead of a street address.
> what if there's traffic or i speed? what if i'm biking instead of driving?
> what if i'm walking?

damn metaphors... ;P
maybe that's part of the problem here, actually. I *do* often give and use 
directions in units of time instead of distance. if you tell me to go 50 
meters north I'll end up in *completely* the wrong place (has happened, long 
argument ensued about who was using silly units), but walking for half an hour 
or taking a 10-minute bus journey works for me, so long as I have a few 
landmarks to keep the error under control.

> 
> giving numbers that are "guestimates" which is what these numbers can
>  probably ever be is a great way to reinforce in people that "computers try
>  to be smart but are fragile and wrong, especially mine" which IME is a
>  huge reason why people like them less than they should.
> 

I still don't believe people dislike their computer because it tries to help 
them and isn't always right. everyone I've talked to *likes* the time 
estimate.
we also provide time estimates for downloads, even though those can easily be 
wrong too (especially with torrents).
and if the time estimate is really bad you can always turn it off. oh wait, it 
was off by default iirc.

in any case... we could argue this until we both expire - or someone could 
fork the plasmoid and provide an alternative for people who find the time 
estimate easier to work with. :)

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