ONGOING DEFAULT THEME CONTEST!!!

[hhannah]

good point. maybe I need to come up with symbols that leave less room for interpretation?

My suggestion would be to make the "on AC power" icon not actually be a battery at all. Just a plug on its own, or with a non-battery shaped surrounding.

Well icons can be interpreted differently by different people, that's a fact; whatever is done with them (or not), I just think that cabbiev2 shouldn't lose the ability of showing when the battery is fully charged; I just thought that the second icon -amongst the available icons- would represent that better (and apparently ZincAlloy too), but I'm aware it could perfectly be as yapper and Llorean put it.

[ZincAlloy]

I wouldn't comprimise a feature. But we do need to make these icons less confusing.
I really like Llorean's suggestion. what symbol should we keep for "charging"? the battery with the bolt of lightning or the battery with the plug symbol?

[DancemasterGlenn]

A plug icon would probably make the most sense, and look nicer than just a lightning bolt. Maybe when it's fully charged it could blink/change color? Or given the sleek look of the theme, perhaps a plug with a "glow" around it for fully charged?

[ZincAlloy]

Llorean's suggestion of a just plug symbol without a battery makes much more sense imho.

[yapper]

what symbol should we keep for "charging"? the battery with the bolt of lightning or the battery with the plug symbol?

I would say stick with the bolt of lightning, as it implies 'activity' (at least to me)

[ZincAlloy]

but with a plug symbol for "on AC power" the battery itself would imply activity as well

[hhannah]

Llorean's suggestion of a just plug symbol without a battery makes much more sense imho.

That would be absolutely clear. "Plugged + battery fully charged" is a bit harder to represent with that clarity; for me it would be enough to display just that, "plugged" + "Full charge" in one icon, but that would be the plug inside a fully charged battery again (maybe it was just that the "lightning" icon would leave room for different interpretations)

[Llorean]

I think "Plug alone, no battery" for fully charged, and "Battery + Lightning" for charging means the least ambiguity, personally. If you have "Plug alone" and "Plug + battery" it's still slightly confusing. "Does the plug mean charging, and when it shows a full battery with it, it's done?" kinda thing.

[hhannah]

I think "Plug alone, no battery" for fully charged, and "Battery + Lightning" for charging means the least ambiguity, personally. If you have "Plug alone" and "Plug + battery" it's still slightly confusing. "Does the plug mean charging, and when it shows a full battery with it, it's done?" kinda thing.

Plugged alone wouldn't say anything explicit about the battery, so some of us wouldn't read it as "it is plugged and the battery is fully charged"

[crzyboyster]

How about we get rid of the confusing icons altogether? Instead, we could write "CHG" for the icon that shows the battery as charging, "DNE" for the icon that has it plugged in and completed charging and just leave the full battery indicator alone?

We could use the same font used in the "Now Playing" titlebar.

(Note: The initials/names I gave were just quick examples that are debatable)

[Llorean]

Plug in with no picture of the battery when the battery is always previously displayed would say "The battery status is no longer being talked about" meaning simply "We're running explicitly on AC power." In some cases this is true (players you can shut off the battery and still run) but it would also mean "the battery is no longer involved in the power chain" which is what happens when it's done charging.

I don't see anything about removing the picture of the battery so that only AC is shown as NOT indicating that the battery is now not in use. It's far more obvious than two pictures that are both suggesting of electricity on top of a battery.

Text is probably worse since it becomes far more difficult for a non-English speaker to even guess what they mean.

[yapper]

I think "Plug alone, no battery" for fully charged, and "Battery + Lightning" for charging means the least ambiguity, personally.

I agree.

[soap]

I think "Plug alone, no battery" for fully charged, and "Battery + Lightning" for charging means the least ambiguity, personally.

I agree.

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[AlexP]

I think "Plug alone, no battery" for fully charged, and "Battery + Lightning" for charging means the least ambiguity, personally.

I agree.

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Me too

[DancemasterGlenn]

Llorean's suggestion of a just plug symbol without a battery makes much more sense imho.

That's what I said, I was agreeing.

Anyhoo, fourth'D.