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A round screen both worries and excites me. I can't think of a nice way to present a website on a circular screen but it would also bother me to waste all that

A round screen both worries and excites me. I can't think of a nice way to present a website on a circular screen but it would also bother me to waste all that space putting everything into a box.

AceJohnny2 13y ago
Do you really think browsing the web will be an important use-case for a watch?
- criswell 13y ago
  No, but I also didn't think people were going to be crazy about browsing the web on a small touch screen. It's fun to think about at the very least.
korzun 13y ago
I would assume app development/etc would be done in 'block' like GUI and the watch will convert it into a round version on the fly.
awalton 13y ago
This is exactly what's wrong with the idea of smartwatches today. People want to do things like put websites on them. Why, why on earth do I need the web on my watch?
- criswell 13y ago
  Why not if it can be done well? Also, I thought the same thing about my smart phone years ago.
  - MBCook 13y ago
    How could you possibly put the web on a screen where my fingertip is big enough to cover up 25% of it at any moment? This seems like one of those cases where less is definitely more.
    - khc 13y ago
      you seem to think that in 3 years there won't be 5" watches...
      - MBCook 13y ago
        Yes. Yes I do.
  - awalton 13y ago
    If flying cars existed, I'd drive one. If pigs flied I'd never leave home without an umbrella. If it could be done, maybe. But I do not think it can be done well. A watch's screen is maybe 2". It's designed to be glanced at and not stared at for extended periods of time. I don't want a watch that has the Web. It fundamentally doesn't do what I want a watch to do.
    - general_failure 13y ago
      I guess a watch in which you can browser is not a watch anymore.
  - laumars 13y ago
    Really? Viewing websites was one of the most demanded features from a smart phone. To the point where feature phones and executive phones had in built web browsers before iPhones and their ilk came to market. It's also why WAP (for all it's sins) was created in the 90s and available on dumb phones.
spyder 13y ago
CSS will need a @media (device-shape: circle, radius: 300px) { … } ☺

A round screen both worries and excites me. I can't think of a nice way to present a website on a circular screen but it would also bother me to waste all that space putting everything into a box.

AceJohnny2 13y ago

Do you really think browsing the web will be an important use-case for a watch?

criswell 13y ago
No, but I also didn't think people were going to be crazy about browsing the web on a small touch screen. It's fun to think about at the very least.

korzun 13y ago

I would assume app development/etc would be done in 'block' like GUI and the watch will convert it into a round version on the fly.

awalton 13y ago

This is exactly what's wrong with the idea of smartwatches today. People want to do things like put websites on them. Why, why on earth do I need the web on my watch?

criswell 13y ago
Why not if it can be done well? Also, I thought the same thing about my smart phone years ago.
- MBCook 13y ago
  How could you possibly put the web on a screen where my fingertip is big enough to cover up 25% of it at any moment? This seems like one of those cases where less is definitely more.
  - khc 13y ago
    you seem to think that in 3 years there won't be 5" watches...
    - MBCook 13y ago
      Yes. Yes I do.
- awalton 13y ago
  If flying cars existed, I'd drive one. If pigs flied I'd never leave home without an umbrella. If it could be done, maybe. But I do not think it can be done well. A watch's screen is maybe 2". It's designed to be glanced at and not stared at for extended periods of time. I don't want a watch that has the Web. It fundamentally doesn't do what I want a watch to do.
  - general_failure 13y ago
    I guess a watch in which you can browser is not a watch anymore.
- laumars 13y ago
  Really? Viewing websites was one of the most demanded features from a smart phone. To the point where feature phones and executive phones had in built web browsers before iPhones and their ilk came to market. It's also why WAP (for all it's sins) was created in the 90s and available on dumb phones.

spyder 13y ago

CSS will need a @media (device-shape: circle, radius: 300px) { … } ☺