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Number off is utterly useless.
It's actually very easy to have the number off and still get full functionality.
I just made a 100 page booklet that shows each battery level graphic alongside the percentage, so when I want to check my battery level, I just pull out the book and flip back and forth until I find the right icon, and bam! I know my exact battery level in less than 5 minutes.
counterpoint: these numbers are guesswork anyway. why pretend, you just want to know that it's not red
Counter counter point: I want to know whether it's at 90%, 75%, 60% or 45% without counting pixels
Can you not just glance and see approximately? Can't think visually, must convert to numerical?
Yes, I must have the exact number. I need some certainty in the chaos of this universe.
Yes, if I give the screen a lil' kiss with my eyelids I can probably see that the icon has 8 pixels in height instead of 11.
That is not what I would call a "glance" though; I can, however, just glance and see approximately, by looking at the first digit of the number.
Why glance and see approximately when you can glance and see exactly?