https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481234
Jakob Petsovits <jpe...@petsovits.com> changed:
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--- Comment #1 from Jakob Petsovits <jpe...@petsovits.com> ---
Thanks for taking time to bring up also the little confusing things. There was
some discussion around this message when we reworked that settings page:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/merge_requests/214#note_748726
Quoting myself on when we should stop nudging the user:
> "Pretty high" is obviously debatable, my latest revision makes it show for a
> threshold between 86% and 100%. iFixit suggests keeping it between 40-80%
> ideally, while Battery University looks at several scenarios and still
> considers 25-85% a decent tradeoff.
Point taken though, I can see how a clear "call to action" (button with a
setting that works for most people) would improve the user experience. We may
also want to consider introducing a checkbox for turning charge limits on
(letting the user configure values if the system allows it) or off (always
charge to 100%).
The main challenge I see here is that there is no right or wrong answer about
what the percentages should be, it's really the user's call how strongly they
feel about using the full capability of their battery vs. slowing its
degradation. We want to provide a little incentive for the user to set their
charge limits to a sensible percentage. But we can't be too specific or
prescriptive either, because we're not battery specialists and we'd like to
avoid stuffing the dialog full of information that may eventually get
superseded by new and improved research or battery tech.
The current iteration of this warning tries to strike a trade-off.
I'd be interested to hear specific suggestions about how to phrase the text /
new button and how to tweak the hiding/showing behavior.
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