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Post by larryjwhite on Dec 21, 2013 14:17:36 GMT -6
With my old eyes, I find it much easier to read Black on a White background rather than White letters on a Black background.
Would it be possible to add a toggle switch on the management page to switch between the two options?
Or
Will you be releasing a Black on White version?
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Post by Mano on Dec 21, 2013 22:07:51 GMT -6
Sure, I'll release a black on white version tomorrow.
Thanks for the feedback.
Regards
Mano
Team Pebcast
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Post by Mano on Dec 22, 2013 10:34:36 GMT -6
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Post by larryjwhite on Dec 22, 2013 12:17:49 GMT -6
Thank You for the Black on White background. The white background and larger message font definitely makes it easier to read.
Since no Good Deed should go unpunished I have a couple more suggestions for you.
Could you shoehorn in the Seconds after the Hours and Minutes. I frequently find it handy to have the seconds displayed without having to switch to another Watch Face.
Also in the Stock Quotes could you throw in a carriage return between each stock and between each message?
Right now everything is all mashed together and it would make it easier to read if each stock and message was started on a new line.
It might require a few more advance presses but it would make it more readable.
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Post by Mano on Dec 22, 2013 12:41:00 GMT -6
Adding seconds means the watch has to wake up every second and refresh its screen, and that will consume more battery (instead of waking up 60 times in an hour, it will end up waking up 3600 times, it is that worse). I haven't measured the battery consumption with seconds hand, will try that out, but it will take days to find out, since the only way to find out if pebble battery has run out is to wait for it to happen.
I'll try the carriage return today, that's a good thought.
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Post by larryjwhite on Dec 22, 2013 14:01:16 GMT -6
I'll be interested to learn if the 3600 vice 60 wakeups an hour makes a significant difference. I know that E-Ink doesn't have to use power for a static screen except when it needs to change the screen. I did a little research online and found this article about the display. www.sharpmemorylcd.com/resources/Polarizer-free_Reflective_LCD_White_Paper.pdfSince the Pebble uses a specialized LCD e-paper display I thought it had to continuously refresh the screen anyway but if I read the article correctly it actually takes 50% more power to make a black pixel than leave it in it's default state of white. So a Black on White display actually takes less power. I try to learn something new every day. |
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Post by Mano on Dec 23, 2013 13:09:44 GMT -6
Thank you Larry. Power to paint screen is one aspect, waking up also consumes CPU resources, I wonder how much though. I have uploaded one with seconds hand, please download from mypebblefaces, and let me know how that works for you. www.mypebblefaces.com/apps/8700/8210/8489/Thanks, I also formatted the stock quotes, rounding off some insignificant digits, and starting every quote on a new line. Thank you for all your feedback and support. |
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Post by larryjwhite on Dec 23, 2013 14:03:22 GMT -6
That's what I call speedy customer service.
I charged up my Pebble overnight and with the MoonTile watch face I was getting over a week before the watch needed to be charged.
I'll let you know when I have to recharge it.
Of course your app does a lot more stuff.
With the larger message font I don't even need my reading glasses and the trimmed stock quotes fit nicely on two lines.
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Post by larryjwhite on Dec 29, 2013 11:03:02 GMT -6
My Pebble watch finally ran out of power this morning and turned off the display at about 8:45 AM PST.
I installed PebCast Black on White with large fonts and seconds about 10 AM PST on Monday December 23rd so that is almost 6 days before I had to recharge.
I think that is pretty good.
With a few exceptions the only Watch face I ran was PebCast and the standard Notifications.
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Post by Mano on Dec 29, 2013 11:16:36 GMT -6
Thank you Larry for the timing. So, you were right, the seconds hand doesn't consume much battery after all !!!
I wonder why I lived without it for so long...
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature
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