Sunday, May 4, 2008
Opinion... displaying time
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Let's say someone is playing some piece of music (say a really long track), and as a developer you want to convey the present time of total time to them. Which is better:
0:09:36 / 1:30:11
or
9:36 / 1:30:11
And change the present time marker to add a digit when needed? You see, then the time display actually shifts in position because of an added digit, but maybe that's the most inviting way of displaying it?
0:09:36 / 1:30:11
or
9:36 / 1:30:11
And change the present time marker to add a digit when needed? You see, then the time display actually shifts in position because of an added digit, but maybe that's the most inviting way of displaying it?
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Paul Mayne said...“The first one. The second option seems simpler, but it actually makes you think for a second, "is that 9 hours? is that of 1 minute? nope."”


