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Listening to music while going to sleep (It's "Power Saver" but with longer hard disk off, shorter display off, and shorter hibernate than my custom 'Default' so that it shuts off after the playlist is done). I use two modes, both custom: 'My Default' for regular use (ORIGINALLY** this was the "High Performance" plan but with a longer hard disk off, longer display off, and hibernate instead of sleep) and 'Sleep' mode for when I'm I figured out a way to fix it (kind of), at least if you only use 2 custom plans and you want those two on your battery meter - base one of the plans off of the official "Balanced" plan. I don't even mind the 2-plan limit (though i'm sure other do), but i simply hate the fact that there is 1 or 2 options permanently welded in place. So if i have any need for battery saver, high performance, or possibly another customized plan, i'm stuck. Ok, so that plan and balanced are shown in the menu. For example, I made a "power source optimized" plan because i want these settings adjusted based on if i'm plugged in or on battery.
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For example, screen brightness, automatic sleep mode, and password prompt on wake-from-sleep.
There are things other than CPU power that are controlled by the power plans. Limiting the options is just an annoyance for us 'power users' while adding no advantages for 'idiot' users. The average 'idiot' user that MS is targeting just opens IE, Word, Outlook, Excel, etc and doesn't touch anything else. If the average 'idiot' user ever touched anything in the tray, they wouldn't have a history of having 50 stupid icons down there. The average 'idiot' user who MS is trying to simply this for never clicks on that icon to change the power settings in the first place. The battery options are already "out of sight, out of mind" because they're hidden behind the icon and in the control panel. how about a "Rename" link right next to that "Delete" link? Or at least a note when creating a plan that the name is permanent ? Frustration is maximized by allowing the user to feel they can almost do something but actually making it impossible. Also, how about letting me delete an active power plan, or at the very least, instead of HIDING the option, explain why I cannot delete it. If you must limit it to N entries, then hide the least recently used plan when N is reached, and for Pete's sake, if N is 2 then make it registry-tweakable. When I activate a hidden plan, change it to "Show". How does hiding a just-used plan make any UI sense whatsoever? Instead, when I click "Change power settings", give me a link that says "Show on battery meter" or "Hide from battery meter", depending on its current state. The current logic can hide the plan you were using just now - based on something I can't even see (namely, which plan it was originally derived from). Automation that does the wrong thing is much more annoying than no automation. Here's a tip: scrap the broken auto-guessing of what to hide or show. But hey, some very smart guy thought 2 was enough. Here's a very useful-looking UI feature, now if only I could actually get the power plans I want to use to stay there, now that would be just marvellous. #BATTERY METER GADGET FOR WINDOWS 7 DOWNLOAD HOW TO#
Frankly, the "Power plans shown on battery meter" is a perfect example of how to maximize user frustration. Now that we have only two, usability has shot up through the ceiling. Three options were so incredibly hard to use. Really, UI designers, thank you for making it easier to use the power meter in Win7.
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