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> , I suspect that most people read the time then do the arithmetic rather than imagining a pie chart. depends how the person was trained, my friend.
by mellavora 4y ago
> , I suspect that most people read the time then do the arithmetic rather than imagining a pie chart.
depends how the person was trained, my friend.
- drdaeman 4y agoOf course, yes. And I merely "suspect" rather than have some concrete statistics to back this up. I have this suspicion based on a few anecdotal data points plus the fact that digital watchfaces are becoming more and more common (phones and computers specifically), and people love to do things in an uniform manner. But I'm very biased here (and thus could be wrong), because I strongly dislike classic analog watchfaces. I'm certainly for novel approaches - I do like Apple Watch's "Solar" watchface (the digital version), as it has a digital reading centered in essentially a gauge that shows the Sun's motion, allowing to see the time relative to the daylight. Similarly, I enjoy calendar and weather widgets that show the day as a timeline, so I can see how events or weather conditions approach. But I'm always asking myself "what time is it now?" first (and "ok, how long until...?" only comes after, even if it was the original intent) - it was my mental model for as long as I remember myself - so I strongly prefer digital 24-hour displays.