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a complication is each thing the watch does, so a date would be a complication, a moon phase, etc
by kraig 9y ago
a complication is each thing the watch does, so a date would be a complication, a moon phase, etc
- dheera 9y agoWhy don't they just call it a feature?
- chadash 9y agoComplication is just a watchmaking term for what others might call features
- stephengillie 9y agoThe use of domain-specific language signals membership in the domain. Such as "pushing to origin" instead of "uploading to the remote Git instance".
- iaw 9y agoWatchmaking likely predates the usage of 'feature' as a general term for the same concept.
- ddingus 9y agoBecause the mechanism and it's purpose; namely, keeping track of time, is further complicated when doing something else.
- topspin 9y agoIt occurs to me that 'complication' is a better engineering term. Next to 'complication', 'feature' seems like an unfortunate euphemism.
- ddingus 9y agoI think so too. Given a mechanical context, a complication is very significant. People should think in those terms as there are no freebies. Overly complicated mechanisms tend to be less robust, perform more poorly,require more energy, and more.