SlimBatteryMonitor: free battery monitoring utility
updated 11:20 am EST, Wed February 4, 2004
SlimBatteryMonitor 1.0b
is a free replacement power gauge that monitors both laptop batteries and many UPS batteries. Users can select different views for when powered, charging or on battery even instruct SlimBatteryMonitor to automatically hide itself in some circumstances (e.g. while fully charged). A graphical icon in the Mac OS X menu bar shows the power remaining (along with an optional text description that indicates the battery charge in percent, or time remaining. Colors indicate whether the system is fully charged, charging or on battery. "In some cases, SlimBatteryMonitor can be 70% slimmer than Apple's system meter."
