#8542 LOW Opportu: Perhaps flash red battery LED for final minutes before blackout.

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Thu Sep 18 05:40:34 EDT 2008


#8542: Perhaps flash red battery LED for final minutes before blackout.
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 Reporter:  thomaswamm           |         Owner:  cjb          
     Type:  enhancement          |        Status:  new          
 Priority:  low                  |     Milestone:  Opportunity  
Component:  power manager (OHM)  |       Version:  not specified
 Keywords:                       |   Next_action:  communicate  
 Verified:  0                    |     Blockedby:               
 Blocking:                       |  
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 I find myself ignoring the steady red battery LED warning because blackout
 is not imminent enough (familiarity breeds contempt).

 If possible, perhaps flash the red LED for the final 1% of battery life,
 to tell the user "Save your work NOW you fool!".

 Another idea:  Instead of an abrupt power-down blackout that wipes the RAM
 and loses work-in-progress, maybe do a suspend with red flashing power
 LED. Then the user still has some hope of getting to a power source in
 time to save work-in-progress, before a final blackout is imposed.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8542>
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