StopWatch activity

[Benj. Mako Hill]

<quote who="Eben Eliason" date="Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 01:48:44PM -0500">
> I thought about this a bit more, and think that there may be a valid
> split between what might be called Clock and Time (currently
> StopWatch) activities.

I agree with your analysis. There are several important ways in which a
stopwatch and a clock are different.

That said, I'm already finding the number of applications installed by
default in recent builds (nearly three full screen-width) to be
overwhelming. Until we have a better of way to navigate and find
activities in such large collections, I think that reasonable
combinations of overlapping applications is a good idea for this and for
the normal reasons that we avoid duplicating code.

Every time I've used a timer on a phone, computer or watch, it has been
a dual clock/stopwatch. They both count and display time and the
interface is similar. It may be that all of those systems are combining
two things that should be separate. On the other hand, the inclusion of
these separate thing in one activity will at least not be surprising to
anyone who has used a digital watch.

I still think they should be merged.

Regards,
Mako


-- 
Benjamin Mako Hill
mako at atdot.cc
http://mako.cc/

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far
as society is free to use the results. --GNU Manifesto