New ScreenClock Design

[Goose247]

I'm have nearly finished this new screenclock but as I'm not going to be using it I need to know if there will be enough people interested in using it.

As with most of my designs I there is a lot of moving and resizing of certain items so I can only test on a 800x480 unit. I there are people wanting it who have a 1024x600 then I really do need a RELIABLE tester or 2. Previous testers have been shall we say slow in sending feedback and screenshots (I can only make it work for 1024x600 by looking at screenshots and then making adjustments).

Anyway, I have added a poll so that I can get an idea what users will be wanting to use it if any.

 

[psxsnake]

I'm have nearly finished this new screenclock but as I'm not going to be using it I need to know if there will be enough people interested in using it.

As with most of my designs I there is a lot of moving and resizing of certain items so I can only test on a 800x480 unit. I there are people wanting it who have a 1024x600 then I really do need a RELIABLE tester or 2. Previous testers have been shall we say slow in sending feedback and screenshots (I can only make it work for 1024x600 by looking at screenshots and then making adjustments).

Anyway, I have added a poll so that I can get an idea what users will be wanting to use it if any.

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it looke really good
I would like to be tester but can only put in the unit only 2 times a day

 

[NYCAR]

Well, I don't care for that clock at all, but I'd be happy to help you in the testing on a 1024x600.

One thing I would like (don't even know if it is possible) is a sweep second hand instead of one that moves every second.

 

[RabbidHampster]

Not sure if this is something that is even possible but I would love to see a heading function instead of speed (mph/kph). I've got a speedo in front of me that I ignore already and Ive always wanted a display that shows my heading (N, Nw, S, Se).

Liking that digital font. Good job.

 

[dontpannic]

If you don't mind me asking, how are you using a different font? Are you using individual image files for characters?

The reason being, I drive an E46 BMW, and I painstakingly re-drew the numbers used on the other displays in the car in .png format (in fact I went a stage further and did the whole alphabet) in the hope I could build my own Screenclock. which matches the rest of the dashboard displays. If you're using individual png's, would you mind sharing how you did it?

 

[Goose247]

If you don't mind me asking, how are you using a different font? Are you using individual image files for characters?

The reason being, I drive an E46 BMW, and I painstakingly re-drew the numbers used on the other displays in the car in .png format (in fact I went a stage further and did the whole alphabet) in the hope I could build my own Screenclock. which matches the rest of the dashboard displays. If you're using individual png's, would you mind sharing how you did it?

Believe me I tried every way I could think of including re-building the screenclock from scratch including a custom font but just could never seem to get it working.
In the end I cheated, I used a digital font and renamed it to Roboto-Itallic and copied it to the system/font folder. Obviously this will change anything in the firmware that uses that font but I have been using the digital font for a few weeks now and have only noticed a couple of things changed to the new digital font, overall it really doesn't make a huge impact.