On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:12:12 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> said:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:03:07 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > The colours work for me, though it's still too big. > > While we are at it, MM/DD/YYYY isn't correct for my locale. Being a > fellow aussie I'm sure I don't have to tell you what is correct. > Nothing pedantic about that, it's just wrong. :-P set your locale to en_AU... the code just uses strftime to print the "date according to locale". :-P > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:55:08 +0000 Rui Seabra <r...@1407.org> said: > > > > indeed. right. :) seriously - it's zero trouble reading it for me - > > it's not even barely an effort. > > > > > Riiight. > > > > > > Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > > > > >On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:42:32 +0000 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra > > > ><r...@1407.org> said: > > > > > > > >> You may be very right from an engineering point of view, but > > > >> from an usability point of view you're quite wrong as the end > > > >> result is quite dark and hard to read: > > > >> > > > >> http://files.1407.org/shot-dark-clock-on-dark-bg.png > > > > > > > >i'm reading it incredibly easily. in fact not even reading - just > > > >glancing at > > > >it and i can read the time just fine. > > > > > > > >> Rui > > > >> > > > >> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:55:29 +0900 > > > >> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:40:34 +0000 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra > > > >> > <r...@1407.org> said: > > > >> > > > > >> > > As of today, some 10 hours ago old tree, the clock is almost > > > >> > > unreadable, being dark blue on dark grey is not good... > > > >> > > > > >> > the day that it dark blue, is the day the sun is deep purple. > > > >> > this isn;t a subjective thing - it's provable via rgb values > > > >> > (and lets > > > >say > > > >> > you define dark blue as < 0x80 intensity of the maximum > > > >> > element). > > > >> > > > > >> > > Rui > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:24:19 > > > >> > > +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <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 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. > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > Greetings, > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > Many people came crying in #e about the new dark digital > > > >clock > > > >> > > > > and those unreasonal scribbles in the numbers back. > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > It looks cool and artistic but it is hard to > > > >> > > > > read :( making > > > >it > > > >> > > > > unusable as a module (at least in its digital form). > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > After a brief discussion about it cipher (Haris > > > >> > > > > Antonatos) decided to give it a try and create an > > > >> > > > > alternative set. > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > I think of it as pretty neat and matching with the > > > >> > > > > overall > > > >feel > > > >> > > > > please have a look at it as a possibly viable > > > >> > > > > replacement of > > > >the > > > >> > > > > current digital look. > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > http://postimage.org/gallery/f4doc1s/ > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > -- > > > >> > > > > Best Regards, > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > Alex-P. Natsios > > > >> > > > > (a.k.a Drakevr) > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" > > > >-------------- > > > >The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a > > > single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, > > > databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day > > > Free Trial. 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