#8645 NORM Not Tri: Battery icon de-coloring intention is missed by users (was: 763: Battery is white)

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#8645: Battery icon de-coloring intention is missed by users
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   Reporter:  bert       |       Owner:  marco        
       Type:  defect     |      Status:  reopened     
   Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  Not Triaged  
  Component:  sugar      |     Version:  not specified
 Resolution:             |    Keywords:               
Next_action:  never set  |    Verified:  0            
  Blockedby:             |    Blocking:               
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Changes (by HoboPrimate):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 For the uncolored=unused metaphor to fully work out, the bug garycmartin
 pointed out must be fixed: #8707, i.e., when the battery is fully charged,
 and you are on AC, it gets colored, when it should stay uncolored.

 Plus, please provide the extra information that, while the battery is not
 being used by the user per se, it is _doing_ something for future benefit
 of the user, i.e., recharging. So, I propose some form of conveying
 visually that extra information to the user, discussed at #8253 .This
 would also help avoid users thinking that something wrong (a bug, or
 visual glitch) happened with the battery icon.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8645#comment:6>
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