GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 685412
Timer for "Last Benchmarked" in benchmark results is needlessly precise
Last modified: 2012-11-15 18:24:55 UTC
Created attachment 225691 [details] Screenshot of the benchmark dialog with the "last benchmarked" label showing exactly how long ago the benchmark finished In the Benchmark results dialog, there is a label with the time since the last benchmark: "Wed 03 Oct 2012 09:24:24 AM PDT (2 minutes and 22 seconds ago)" The level of precision here seems unnecessary, and it is very distracting because the label actually changes every second. When I look at the benchmark results, my eyes are attracted to that motion, making it seem particularly important to the benchmark results. Initially, when that label first appeared after running a benchmark, I saw the timer and assumed some operation was still ongoing. It took me a surprising amount of time to notice the timer was actually counting up, to be very confused, and then (finally) to read the text around the timer to figure out it was actually just telling me when it had finished.
Good point. This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.