Feature changed by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #306313, revision 2 Title: show clock and battery status in screensaver unlock window openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: show the current time and battery status in the screensaver's unlock window Test Case: - active the screen lock, check if the current time and battery status is - displayed + activate the screen lock, check if the current time and battery status + is displayed Use Case: When sitting in conferences with a laptop and one actually pays attention to the conference the screensaver often kicks in. Pressing a button only shows the unlock window which requires typing the password. Typing on the laptop might be considered impolite during though so it would be useful if the unlock screen would at least show the current time so you know how long the conference is going to take still. Also the remaining battery capacity would be interesting to avoid having the laptop suddenly shut down. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306313

Feature changed by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #306313, revision 4 Title: show clock and battery status in screensaver unlock window openSUSE-11.2: Rejected by Michael Löffler (michl19) reject date: 2009-06-05 16:00:15 reject reason: no software needed for this use case, a watch would be sufficient Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: show the current time and battery status in the screensaver's unlock window Test Case: activate the screen lock, check if the current time and battery status is displayed Use Case: When sitting in conferences with a laptop and one actually pays attention to the conference the screensaver often kicks in. Pressing a button only shows the unlock window which requires typing the password. Typing on the laptop might be considered impolite during though so it would be useful if the unlock screen would at least show the current time so you know how long the conference is going to take still. Also the remaining battery capacity would be interesting to avoid having the laptop suddenly shut down. + Discussion: + #1: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) (2009-06-05 16:36:54) + Even plain old xlock shows the current time and watch doesn't show the + battery status. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306313

Feature changed by: Stephen Kellat (skellat) Feature #306313, revision 6 Title: show clock and battery status in screensaver unlock window openSUSE-11.2: Rejected by Michael Löffler (michl19) reject date: 2009-06-05 16:00:15 reject reason: no software needed for this use case, a watch would be sufficient Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: show the current time and battery status in the screensaver's unlock window Test Case: activate the screen lock, check if the current time and battery status is displayed Use Case: When sitting in conferences with a laptop and one actually pays attention to the conference the screensaver often kicks in. Pressing a button only shows the unlock window which requires typing the password. Typing on the laptop might be considered impolite during though so it would be useful if the unlock screen would at least show the current time so you know how long the conference is going to take still. Also the remaining battery capacity would be interesting to avoid having the laptop suddenly shut down. Discussion: #1: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) (2009-06-05 16:36:54) Even plain old xlock shows the current time and watch doesn't show the battery status. #2: Kevin Dupuy (kdupuy9) (2009-06-14 21:55:59) Agreed with Ludwig, would be a nice welcome addition to the unlock window. Would someone in the community volunteer to do something like this? (I have no coding knowledge) + #3: Stephen Kellat (skellat) (2009-06-14 23:18:11) + This would be useful when dealing with recalcitrant systems that may + have decided to ignore NTP and fake a vacation in Vanuatu's time zone + instead of the proper one.  A watch on one's wrist does not interface + with the system to tell that.  All that watch tells you is your local + time reference, not the computers. + As for battery strength, that is most useful in an airport setting + where things can be very busy.  The "D" concourse at Dallas-Forth Worth + International or almost any area of McCarran International in Las Vegas + would present distractions.  With power points being either unavailable + or available at very high cost, having such a display can help ensure + effective computing with less stress.  A simple watch on the wrist + tells time and does not interrogate power supplies on devices nearby to + ascertain lifespan.  While the BOFH might have that, I haven't seen it + in the wild yet. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306313