On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:03:52 +0200 "Alex-P. Natsios" <apnats...@gmail.com> 
> said:
>
> massively worse than whats there. in the same way its also blurry and
> unreadable too (using that term the same way). in addition, a serif font where
> everything else is sans-serif in the theme? that's like walking around in a
> pink suit with green shoes and expecting to be taken seriously in a business
> meeting. :)

The font was actually used as a showcase test and can more than easily change.

> the clock is mimicing a blue version of a "tube clock":
>
> http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/nixie-tube-clock-1.jpg
> http://gadgets.boingboing.net/filesroot/nixie-tube-clock.jpg
> http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q146/atbglenn/Nixie%20Clock/MyNixieTubeClock.jpg
>
> as such it's a pretty good reproducion of such a thing as it was done by hand,
> and its perfectly readable. people claiming it's not readable are the kind of
> people who use that word to simply say "i dont like it" - it has nothing to do
> with readability. you can read is just fine without any problems.

Tube clocks are awesome and i love the fact that it mimics it so good
as certainly many others do but between sheer beauty and ease of
use/productivity i do bet people tend to like making a compromise in
favor of the productivity side.

--
Regards,

Alex-P. Natsios
(a.k.a Drakevr)

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