Some points/issues to discuss about the desktop (Wifi+Battery Applets)

[Mark Shuttleworth]

Jeff Waugh wrote:

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>>Would displaying nothing be an improvement?  This could potentially be as
>>simple as replacing the ``not available'' artwork with a 100% transparent
>>icon of the same dimensions.
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>It's not just an icon though. Basically, the goal is to make these things
>appear if you have the hardware they're useful for. But because of the way
>the panel works, that also means they need to disappear when you don't have
>the hardware they're useful for.
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And, of course, if the user actually asked for them to be there then 
they need to be there even if they themselves think they shouldn't.

So, in the "automatic deployment" scenario, the battery applet decides 
there is no battery to manage and silently removes itself. In the 
"manual" scenario, the user has added the battery applet to his panel 
and expects it to be there and display an error if there is no battery 
(for example if ACPI or APM fail to report the battery correctly).

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