#2778 NORM Opportu: A clock "device" in Sugar could be useful to many

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#2778: A clock "device" in Sugar could be useful to many
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  Reporter:  YChao             |       Owner:  Eben       
      Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new        
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Opportunity
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:  Build 542  
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:  clock      
  Verified:  0                 |    Blocking:             
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Comment(by bemasc):

 The choice of an analog clock seems quite bizarre to me.  I would never
 set the clock in my deskbar to analog.  Children have great difficulty
 with analog time.  In fact, the younger generation now can barely read
 them at all, since analog watches are more expensive than digital ones.

 Analog clocks are more difficult to read at the same size, more ambiguous,
 more prone to error, and less culturally universal.  On a computer, they
 are a digital simulation of a particular mechanical device, instead of
 what is really desired: a display of what time it is.

 I understand that some have worried that the increased precision of a
 digital clock will make life worse for the children.  I find this absurd.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2778#comment:14>
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