Chess (or Game )Clock
 

I was wondering if anyone could try for a chess clock, for maemo

a simple layout shoud do, for the actual clock, the screen divided in 2, each side with a clock timer. Tapping on either of this sides starts the timer on the other side, as this clocks do.

When time runs out on one of the sides, it shows a flag on that half, sounds should be optional, for the tapping and the time over.


plus a settings screen, wikipedia has the most common things these clocks do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_clock


Would love to see someone trying to do this, i am a chess enthusiast and a portable clock would be very very nice. I can give a hand as to how an actual clock works. It can be used for other things oher than chess, too. Most 2 player games can use it.

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I made a very crude pic, for an idea as to how it would work.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...chessclock.jpg
anyone up for this?

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Though it's for Symbian OS, I found this one that looked really nice. :)
Offscreen Chess Clock Touch v1.0

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4...b5a17e75f8.jpghttp://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7302/52741208.jpg

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Has anybody tried installing xboard, Jin or eboard?

Jin is written in Java.

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I think there is a thread with xboard and eboard. I liked eboard, but for fast chess on the go I prefer my netbook.
Jin shouldn't run, if its Java.
Anyhow this is more real life meets tablet material XD

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eliagp, the less you rely on hardware buttons the easier that will be having your app running in different devices.

Feel free adding this thread at http://wiki.maemo.org/Chess

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There is also the Idea to implement a chess clock function into Miniature (a QT based community project for maemo5) in the wiki. Please feel free to add your ideas.

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Check out this handy apps (for Maemo!):
http://store.ovi.com/content/21558?clickSource=search
http://store.ovi.com/content/22899?c...lisher+channel

Better than nothing I suppose...

It isn't anywhere near the ideal solution, but perhaps you can use the default phone clock as the second one? ;)

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But you need 2 clocks in one screen, one starting after the other one is stopped...

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That's why I said it isn't the ideal solution. ;)

On the egg app I think you can pause the clock, and then you can compare it to the default clock on the N900. I know, it might take more time to calcule the difference than play an entire bullet game, but still, it's better than nothing (or is it?).

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I have written a little chess clock application this summer and it is released in extras-devel repository, announced at
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60932. All feedback is welcome.

http://chessclock.garage.maemo.org/onboard.jpg
Our chess clock on our chess board.

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Nice. I wouldn't try it for even 3-minute chess; I wouldn't want my N900 to take that kind of abuse. But for 10 or even 5-minute games, it looks quite usable.

Actually, come to think of it, it blanks out after a few minutes, depending on how you have the settings. Isn't there a way you can prevent that? It should never blank out in the middle of a game.