battery meter with percentages - Page 7

xunknownx · #61 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 09:07 PM

if you look at the screenshot, thats how mine is. sometimes, the time will show, sometimes the battery meter will show. and yes, i installed the nurom driver.

senatorface · #62 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DrSuSE

I just wish I could get the batter indicator to always display in the title bar, it goes away during phone calls or with apps open (basically only see it from withint T3D). First born child for a fix! lol

this is exactly what i want. i read somewhere sktools has an option for that, but i don't want to install it. it's probably just a regedit too...

**drexappeal** · #63 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by senatorface

this is exactly what i want. i read somewhere sktools has an option for that, but i don't want to install it. it's probably just a regedit too...

You can always get the aerial battery indicator. It's just an exe file that you put in the startup and it will show on every screen and you can actually position it wherever you want on the top bar.

profroopchan · #64 (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 12:07 PM

Does the Vista Hide and Batti move everything down, thus reducing space on your screen by 3 pixels or does it use 'unused' pixels at the top, which seem to already be there, but just have black color on my task bar at the top?

I am concerned about it using up some of my screen's real estate that is limited.

**itouch24** · #65 (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 01:07 PM

with batti u can customize how many pixels u want to use for battery meter.... i have mine set to 3 and see no great difference in screen loss ..

**drexappeal** · #66 (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by itouch24

with batti u can customize how many pixels u want to use for battery meter.... i have mine set to 3 and see no great difference in screen loss ..

When I tried increasing it to a larger number, it actually is significant. For those that aren't familiary with batti, you can adjust how much from the left margin it shows and also the horizontal height.

**drexappeal** · #67 (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by profroopchan

Does the Vista Hide and Batti move everything down, thus reducing space on your screen by 3 pixels or does it use 'unused' pixels at the top, which seem to already be there, but just have black color on my task bar at the top?

I am concerned about it using up some of my screen's real estate that is limited.

I posted screen shots in the today screen thread:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...&postcount=216

If you look at my first pic in that post, you'll see the batti indicator at the top (customized color for my personal taste). Dark blue portion on the left is the charging meter (background) and Light blue portion on the right is the full battery indicator (foreground). Once it reaches full charge, the entire bar turns green.

Compusmurf · #68 (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 02:40 PM

I tried Batti, but I noticed while viewing CPU activity, Batti was consistantly using 13% all the time.

Off it went.

profroopchan · #69 (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 03:29 PM

So, this DOES use some pixels at the top. I see that there are some unused pixels that could be reallocated to Batti or VistaHide though.

Where would the percent usage show up if I use either Batti or VistaHide? I am leaning towards Batti for its additional functionality, but if it is using up more resources, then I would have to think about that.

**1999TL** · #70 (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by drexappeal

You can always get the aerial battery indicator. It's just an exe file that you put in the startup and it will show on every screen and you can actually position it wherever you want on the top bar.

Plus +1. Very small app. Works great as well. Doesn't drain the battery. Written in native code.