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Dynamically adjust the display precision of countdowns to increase dramatic tension
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Request: have the ability when editing a countdown to specify what of day / hours / minutes / seconds is shown in the UI.

Root problem: we have a couple countdowns on our default dashboard and some people on our team say it is quite distracting to have these seconds always updating.

Note: It's kind of a fun touch to have seconds and tenths of seconds displayed, but it's most likely never needed. Maybe this could be shown if Phab is not in serious business mode?

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swisspol created this task.Feb 27 2017, 8:01 PM
epriestley added a subscriber: epriestley.Feb 27 2017, 8:05 PM

Maybe:

  • If the date is a day or more in the future, show days + hours + minutes.
  • If the date is an hour or more in the future, show hours + minutes + seconds.
  • Otherwise, show minutes + seconds with THRILLING TENTHS OF A SECOND.
swisspol added a comment.Feb 27 2017, 8:35 PM

I like that, sounds like a very good compromise.

epriestley renamed this task from Allow to control units shown in countdowns to Dynamically adjust the display precision of countdowns to increase dramatic tension.Feb 27 2017, 9:28 PM
epriestley triaged this task as Low priority.
epriestley added projects: Countdown, Contributor Onboarding.
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rbalik added a subscriber: rbalik.Mar 16 2017, 5:10 PM
rbalik added a comment.Mar 16 2017, 5:14 PM

We've started using countdowns on our dashboard as well and it's a little distracting/stressful to have that keep updating. It would be cool to have it fully customizable but the compromise plan you posted about would work well for us too.

epriestley moved this task from Backlog to v2 on the Countdown board.Apr 9 2017, 10:28 AM
johnny-bit added a subscriber: johnny-bit.Apr 9 2017, 10:55 AM
epriestley edited projects, added Phacility; removed Contributor Onboarding.Apr 9 2017, 10:55 AM

Actually, this will probably take longer to provide guidance for than to implement.

epriestley mentioned this in T12525: amckinley's Onboarding.Apr 9 2017, 1:46 PM
epriestley edited projects, added Customer Impact; removed Phacility.Apr 12 2017, 3:12 PM
epriestley moved this task from Backlog to Requests on the Customer Impact board.Apr 12 2017, 3:28 PM
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