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Bug 88679 - Clock applet shouldn't display seconds by default
Clock applet shouldn't display seconds by default
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: clock
2.0.x
Other All
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-07-20 12:49 UTC by Christian Rose
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Fix for this bug (18.76 KB, patch)
2002-07-20 18:39 UTC, Dennis 		none Details | Review
This is the right patch! (1.24 KB, patch)
2002-07-20 18:49 UTC, Dennis 		none Details | Review

Description Christian Rose 2002-07-20 12:49:28 UTC 
The clock applet currently by default shows seconds, and thus updates every
second.

From a usability prespective, I don't think it should, since this constant
changing constantly demands and attracts visual attention and thus acts
distracting from other tasks.

Also, the exact second information probably isn't that useful in the
majority of use cases of the panel clock. At least not useful enough to
warrant it to be displayed by default.
Comment 1 Hasbullah Bin Pit 2002-07-20 12:57:48 UTC 
on slower PC like my P75, it might consume too much CPU and likely to
crash. (crashing panel)
Comment 2 Dennis 2002-07-20 15:48:22 UTC 
CPU usage doesn't trigger a crash and besides i've got 10
clocks running with seconds at they nearly do use any cpu.

(10 clocks just to test btw.. i am not insane.. a bit)
Comment 3 Dennis 2002-07-20 16:51:14 UTC 
Should this be fixed yes or no ?
Comment 4 Christian Rose 2002-07-20 17:50:33 UTC 
I asked on usability@gnome.org. Jeff sort of agreed that this was a
problem, at least for him, so I think it's safe to change the default
for this.
Comment 5 Dennis 2002-07-20 18:39:29 UTC 
Created attachment 9981 [details] [review]
Fix for this bug
Comment 6 Dennis 2002-07-20 18:40:05 UTC 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
that wasn't suppose to go here! SORRY ignore that last submit
Comment 7 Dennis 2002-07-20 18:49:55 UTC 
Created attachment 9982 [details] [review]
This is the right patch!
Comment 8 Dennis 2002-07-20 18:51:34 UTC 
This should be the right patch!
Comment 9 Seth Nickell 2002-07-26 21:49:48 UTC 
I would agree with this patch, I think the seconds are more
distracting than they are useful.
Comment 10 Mark McLoughlin 2002-08-11 12:52:56 UTC 
Patch committed to HEAD. Thanks Dennis.