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. 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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