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Clock plugin: 24-hour analogue clock looks odd

Bug #508547 reported by Marius Vordal
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Docky
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Robert Dyer

Bug Description

There seems to be no way to have the on-hover pop-up display the time in a 24-hour format while at the same time having a normal analogue clock with a 12 hour dial. Setting Docky's clock to display time in a 24-hour format automatically forces the analogue clock to display time on a 24-hour dial, which is a very uncommon way of displaying time on a dial, even in countries where the 24-hour clock is used. I realize this is a bit of a luxury problem, but in my ignorance I casually presume this wouldn't be too hard to fix.

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Robert Dyer (psybers) wrote :

Say it with me: feature bloat!

What you want is just one more option than I'm willing to support. Either we support 24 hr time (and themes) or we dont. I do not see the point in having a 24 hour tooltip and a 12 hr clock. Or a 24 hr digital clock with a 12 hr analog.

Changed in docky:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
assignee: nobody → Robert Dyer (psybers)
status: New → Won't Fix
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Daniel Schierbeck (dasch) wrote : Re: [Bug 508547] Re: Clock plugin: 24-hour analogue clock looks odd

In Europe, using 12-hour analogue clocks with 24-hour descriptions is
the norm. *Only* in English-speaking countries do you use the AM/PM
system. The better part of the world doesn't.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Robert Dyer <email address hidden> wrote:
> Say it with me: feature bloat!
>
> What you want is just one more option than I'm willing to support.
> Either we support 24 hr time (and themes) or we dont.  I do not see the
> point in having a 24 hour tooltip and a 12 hr clock.  Or a 24 hr digital
> clock with a 12 hr analog.
>
> ** Changed in: docky
>   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>
> ** Changed in: docky
>     Assignee: (unassigned) => Robert Dyer (psybers)
>
> ** Changed in: docky
>       Status: New => Won't Fix
>
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> Clock plugin: 24-hour analogue clock looks odd
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508547
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Marius Vordal (mariuslv-gmail) wrote :

Again, I realize what I am talking about isn't particularly important in the grand scheme of things, which is probably why my suggestion elicited such a terse response (viz: "Say it with me: feature bloat!") from mr Robert Dyer.

However, as made clear by Daniel Schierbeck's comment, what I am suggesting isn't really a new feature. I am merely pointing out that dials divided into 24 hours are in fact a very uncommon way of displaying time even in countries using the 24 hour clock system, and that it therefore would make a lot of sense sense to simply let the analogue clock dial remain unaffected when the user selects the option "24-hour clock". As far as I can tell this wouldn't only be more in line with the norm as well as drastically increase the readability of the clock dial, the removal of the patently abnormal 24-hour dials would actually be a simplification rather than "feature bloat".

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