Timeline for Best Representation of Countdown Timers like "Deal Expires in MM SS"
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| May 31, 2019 at 12:00 | comment | added | Kish | Yes, like @yo' said, what if its a screenshot or something that is shared by one user to another. the mm:ss cannot be identified without motion. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 11:49 | comment | added | yo' | @JAD What's the chance that the automatic update of the timer does not work for the particular user? I believe you shall take this into account. | |
| Jun 7, 2018 at 13:30 | comment | added | David Richerby | @maxathousand I think it's a fair point. The answer is written in the style of "Whichever one it means, the user will be able to figure it out." My criticism is "If it means hours and minutes, it's a pain to figure that out" but JAD's response is "OK but in this case, it is minutes and seconds, which is easy to figure out." | |
| Jun 7, 2018 at 13:26 | comment | added | JAD | @maxathousand the user sees that in a second. That's exactly my point. In this specific case, where the update speed is 1 second, the user can see it update frequently enough to infer that it is mm:ss. | |
| Jun 7, 2018 at 13:26 | comment | added | maxathousand | @JAD The user doesn't know that. | |
| Jun 7, 2018 at 13:26 | comment | added | JAD | @DavidRicherby in the question it is about mm:ss though. | |
| Jun 7, 2018 at 13:23 | comment | added | David Richerby | Update speed isn't good unless it really is minutes and seconds. If you just say "59:59" and it's not updating once a second, figuring out if it updates slowly or not at all is really tedious. I really shouldn't have to wait a minute to see it change. Actually, wait, was that really a minute? I guess I should check my system clock. OK, so it's 14:21 now. But when it ticks over to 14:22, that might only be 30s, so I'd better wait until 14:23 and... Just tell me what the numbers mean. My time isn't amazingly valuable but I prefer to do something interesting with it. | |
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| Jun 7, 2018 at 10:56 | history | answered | JAD | CC BY-SA 4.0 |