Battery Monitor

Developed for the Yahoo! Widget Engine, Battery Monitor is a small widget that displays the current status of your notebook battery. It can be easily installed and set up.

The interface of the tool is represented by a tiny frame that you can move to any position on the screen with the help of the mouse cursor.

If the notebook is not currently plugged in, Battery Monitor shows a progress bar with the battery level, together with the remaining minutes till it is depleted. Otherwise, the meter shows the estimated time till the battery is fully charged.

Plenty of configuration settings are available through the Widget Preferences screen. For example, you can enable the widget to beep every 5 seconds when the battery is about to be depleted, adjust the frame size, as well as specify the "low battery" and "depleted" warning levels.

But you may also establish the auto-level default setting (when the battery is charged or charging, along with the charge and discharge time (when the battery time compatibility mode is enabled).

The simple-to-use widget is low-demanding when it comes to the CPU and system memory, so it does not interfere with the runtime of active processes. However, Battery Monitor may take a while to calculate time until the notebook is fully charged or discharged.

Other than that, we have not experienced any problems throughout our testing. Battery Monitor comes packed with plenty of settings to satisfy the entire audience.