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rasmarc	2013-11-10 , 16:59
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minor bug:

situation: a dish is set on start and another dish or just a time is set from the dropdown menu. when adjusting that time to zero it shows that dish set on start instead of "choose dish".

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ade	2013-11-12 , 20:07
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Originally Posted by rasmarc

1. it's not fully satisfying that the countdown has no mark that shows it's in "testing mode". why not give the yellow color to the running countdown already! and furthermore switching could be able before the countdown is started and marked by a yellow start button. would that even have a better look and feel in your opinion? switch yellow switch green...

I like to stick to the principle: green = countdown, orange = pause and yellow = stopwatch. What I changed, is that a small alarm icon is shown next to the remaining time if the stopwatch function is activated.

You can't activate the "testing mode" earlier, as the buttons are disabled at start (you can set it when the time remaining color is red). As I like the disabled effect, I leave that as it is.

2. when pausing in testing mode a leading sign would be useful. i suggest a negative sign when countdown is paused (that would be the amount of time you have to subtract) and a positive sign when stopwatch is paused.

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3. switching stopwatch on/off can be disabled when the stopwatch is already running.

That was known to me. It should be clear is has no function, as we are already past the point of stopwatch activation. But it is now disabled in this situation.

situation: a dish is set on start and another dish or just a time is set from the dropdown menu. when adjusting that time to zero it shows that dish set on start instead of "choose dish".

Good spot. It was introduced with, and only noticeable with preloaded dishes. Fixed.

And version 0.0.4-10 uploaded to extras-devel

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rasmarc	2013-11-13 , 13:42
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Originally Posted by ade

I like to stick to the principle: green = countdown, orange = pause and yellow = stopwatch. What I changed, is that a small alarm icon is shown next to the remaining time if the stopwatch function is activated.

that indicator should be visible even when the stopwatch starts although it isn't a necessary information anymore. as the counting process (countdown and stopwatch) is one event and the mode didn't change one may wonder why it isn't shown anymore.

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1. bug: unpausing/pausing quickly leads to multiple signs.
2. request: open a dialog "set time for <dish>: yes/no" by double press on the orange time counter bar in testing mode.

edit: The banner label might be changed then into "adjusting mode (de)activated".

edit2: i'm not sure anymore. That humble small bell is an unobtrusive reminder. The stopwatch looks good without it.

It might be clear that yellow means enabled adjusting. who knows? I'm excited - i've got those timers for cooking and this and that. It helps organizing.

Last edited by rasmarc; 2013-11-14 at 03:14.

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sixwheeledbeast	2013-11-13 , 17:44
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Well I have not "played" with cooktimer for sometime (only used my default pizza setting)

I am just getting the hang of the stopwatch mode. Very good work BTW, cooktimer's becoming very versatile.

I know it's possibly pushing cooktimer out of scope a bit but it could be handy to use a stopwatch for some recipes.
Therefore would it be possible to long press a button to start stopwatch mode from 00:00:00?
Another useful idea I had was an option for a global adjustable "beep" every 'x' seconds each stopwatch counts.

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rasmarc	2013-11-14 , 14:51
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@ade

please ignore my request for a permanent alarm icon. i like it very much as it is now.

Originally Posted by ade

You can't activate the "testing mode" earlier, as the buttons are disabled at start (you can set it when the time remaining color is red). As I like the disabled effect, I leave that as it is.

How about long pressing the start button starts the countdown and activates a stopwatch in addition?

Originally Posted by rasmarc

request: open a dialog "set time for <dish>: yes/no" by double press on the orange time counter bar in testing mode.

My idea is confirming that dialog leads you to the "edit dishes" config screen with the actual time of the respective dish readjusted. So one can round down if desired. And when just a time was counting down a new dish with the actual time adjusted is created.

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rasmarc	2013-11-14 , 15:12
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bug:

- create a dish with a short period of time (10 sec) for testing perposes
- set it on start
- restart cooktimer
- start that countdown and activate testing mode
- wait 20 sec (or 2 times your adjusted period of time)

-> an alarm banner is shown

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sixwheeledbeast	2013-11-14 , 19:21
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Originally Posted by rasmarc

bug:

- create a dish with a short period of time (10 sec) for testing perposes
- set it on start
- restart cooktimer
- start that countdown and activate testing mode
- wait 20 sec (or 2 times your adjusted period of time)

-> an alarm banner is shown

I think I have come here to report the same thing.
If you set a timer and switch on stopwatch mode, after the alarms have triggered and you are now in stopwatch mode the alarms ring again at the same periods.

I hope that makes sense.

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rasmarc	2013-11-15 , 03:00
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1. bug: unpausing/pausing quickly leads to multiple signs.

This behaviour occours in the second and third timer. The first timer deletes the leading sign immediatly after unpausing, the others don't.

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rasmarc	2013-11-15 , 18:51
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Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast

I know it's possibly pushing cooktimer out of scope a bit but it could be handy to use a stopwatch for some recipes.
Therefore would it be possible to long press a button to start stopwatch mode from 00:00:00?

It could be done when cooktimer would only deactivate the start button if no dish is chosen and automatically activate the stopwatch for a dish when its time is set to zero.

edit: let me start from scratch please.

One possibility is to activate the start button when selecting a dish whose time was set to zero and furthermore automatically activate the stopwatch function for such dishes.

Last edited by rasmarc; 2013-11-16 at 04:09.

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ade	2013-11-16 , 10:21
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Originally Posted by rasmarc

1. bug: unpausing/pausing quickly leads to multiple signs.
This behaviour occours in the second and third timer. The first timer deletes the leading sign immediatly after unpausing, the others don't.

Forgot to add some code to the second and third timer. Now I did.

bug:
- create a dish with a short period of time (10 sec) for testing perposes
- set it on start
- restart cooktimer
- start that countdown and activate testing mode
- wait 20 sec (or 2 times your adjusted period of time)
-> an alarm banner is shown

Did not notice that as I use no startup dishes. Corrected.

Request: open a dialog "set time for <dish>: yes/no" by double press on the orange time counter bar in testing mode.

Too lazy for a few clicks

? Could very well be too much work for something I won't use. If it looks like a simple addition: maybe later.

The banner label might be changed then into "adjusting mode (de)activated".

Stopwatch mode, testing mode, adjusting mode .... from now on I will refer to "Continue mode"

Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast

Therefore would it be possible to long press a button to start stopwatch mode from 00:00:00?

My intention was to not go that way. But as we already went in that direction a bit and did not effect the original cooktimer look and feel: why not?
Long pressing the time picker button (the middle button) will now switch to stopwatch mode.

Another useful idea I had was an option for a global adjustable "beep" every 'x' seconds each stopwatch counts.

I can't really imagine a purpose for that myself. Just maybe in a later release, who knows...

With all this "hidden" long-press features, I also decided to add an help page to explain them globally.

Verions 0.0.4-11 in the repo.