StopWatch activity

[James Cameron]

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 02:45:31AM -0500, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote:
> 2.5. Download: http://dev.laptop.org/~bemasc/StopWatchActivity-1.xo

Tested on build 625 on a B4, works okay, problems you probably already
know about:

1.  the Start/Stop text legend disappears when the cursor is over it and
the stopwatch is running, and the keyboard up and down arrows are used,
perhaps just white text on white background,

2.  the icons for the Start/Stop and Zero buttons are not there, perhaps
these are in the later builds,

3.  with the activity shared, but one XO active, stopping a stopwatch
may result in a reduction of the displayed value, more likely to occur
if all stopwatches are running,

30% CPU used on B4 with ten stopwatches running.  Switching to text
console causes this to stop, as you state.

My opinion is that the number of significant digits should be
selectable, and a younger kids version could have a single stopwatch
with a bar graph, stopwatch clock face, and digital display.

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