02-29-2012, 09:01 AM | #1 |
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I updated of Yifan Lu's customer screensaver and it shows a Date and Time instead of loaded image. The Kindle Touch sleeps for one minute in screensaver mode, awakes after that and refreshs a date and time. The main idea is to refresh a screen every minute and to save power. It is a demo, and i haven't tested it properly. It could be extended to have the alarm in KT.
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02-29-2012, 09:07 AM | #2 |
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A custom note under the time and ability to switch to the old screensaver version through Launcher would be awesome |
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02-29-2012, 09:35 AM | #3 |
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I think after 24 hours (24 * 60 min = 1440 refreshes) the battery would be depleted anyway...
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02-29-2012, 10:16 AM | #5 |
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02-29-2012, 10:34 AM | #6 |
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i think, it will be better to develop a test and to check how many refreshes could be on full battery )))
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02-29-2012, 10:44 AM | #7 |
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I think it should show time like "fuzzy clock" on KDE. It shows a less accurate time in plain english like "quater to five" and the likes
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03-01-2012, 03:49 AM | #8 |
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It shouldn't. When I read I turn a page, say, each 15-20 seconds. And I think that I read for at least 40 hours from one charge. So it may live 3-4 days showing this "screensaver" I think.
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03-01-2012, 04:46 AM | #9 |
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03-30-2012, 12:32 PM | #10 |
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Is this available for Kindle Keyboard? I know this thread is old but still this is epic
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03-30-2012, 01:05 PM | #11 |
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Great idea!
Could you try prepare a version with calendar, which will change everyday? |
03-30-2012, 01:10 PM | #12 |
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agree... calendar will work very well on Kindles.
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09-08-2012, 01:57 PM | #13 |
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Oh my gosh, it is absolutely what I am looking for! … almost.
Sadly I have to start with demands (or wishes if you will ) right away: There absolutely has to be a landscape mode. Next, the date has be removable or off-turnable in order for the clock to be full screen and thus as big as possible (my eyes are not that good and I would really like this). Lastly, if there is a date, then you must provide us with a way (for instance via a txt file) to set our languages labels for month and day names. And about the discussion with battery life: I searched the internet and came up with a Kindle Touch test, which said with a full charge the Kindle holds for about 45.000 page turns. Now we divide this through the number of minutes per day and get 45.000 / ( 60 * 24 ) = 31,25. O_O So with a full charge, your kindle can be a clock for a full month!!! OK, let’s say a full page refresh only happens every 6 pages, but that still leaves 31,25 / 6 = 5,2 days. Though you could optimize the screensaver in various ways, like always only partial screen refresh, and have a configurable battery saving mode (for instance during night refreshing only takes place every 10 min. or so). Of course you also have to subtract the actual reading, but I think at least one week with a full charge should be no problem. So what’s with the whining about battery life, everyone? |
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Sounds like a great feature set.
Be sure to let us know when you have it ready for testing. |
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Any source code?
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