kde 4.3.>5 plasma applets battery

[Chani]

I did some googling, and now I really do have some new information :)
it's still inconclusive, though, so don't bother reading the rest of  this if 
you have something better to do. :P



it seems HP removed time estimation from vista[1]. there are people on the 
interwebs upset about this, naturally, and writing alternative battery 
monitors. there's one report that the feature was actually removed from 
hardware[2] (huh?) and another report that linux can estimate the time just 
fine[3] (ahh, interwebs, you have all the answers! both yes and no to every 
possible question!)

one person was ticked off enough to return his laptop and buy a dell[3].
of course, this doesn't tell us how many people might be out there thinking 
"finally, the computer isn't making up numbers!"

there seem to be plenty of papers on battery time estimation, but I couldn't 
find any on the wisdom of showing or not showing such estimates.

so, we do know that there exist people who want a battery estimate, and 
products available for windows to satisfy them. we don't know what the rest of 
the HP users think of their lack of battery estimate.

just to confuse the issue more - how someone says they feel about something 
might not even be right. you'd have to actually observe their behaviour as the 
battery gets low if you want to know how they really react. :P maybe they 
think they care but they don't act like it; maybe they think they don't care 
but they get all stressed out.


also, now I want a plasmoid like this:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-level-indicator-now/id323395912?mt=8

and if you're extra bored, there's an interesting paper on battery life 
estimation: 
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:eCID4OGF_8wJ:esdat.ucsd.edu/~dpani/esdat/battery/battery_vlsi01.pdf+battery+time+estimate&hl=en&sig=AHIEtbRTaLTbECIJIiFCde7kG7SHpUPUYQ&pli=1


1: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19265433-HP-dv6500t-laptop-battery-meter-
doesnt-show-time-estimate
2: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=440400
3: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-
US/tabletandtouch/thread/7e0d4456-8073-44ed-bdef-755a03aa88d2

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