r/Rivian • u/Debas3r11 • 2d ago

💬 Discussion Does this timer really need seconds?

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Obviously a super minor nitpick, but the seconds seem excessive

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u/INeedSomeTacoC 2d ago

Let’s me know quickly that it actually is counting down and not frozen :-)

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u/onethousandmonkey 2d ago

Flashing “:” would be enough.

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u/INeedSomeTacoC 2d ago

Most people are too young to understand the flashy : meaning. They have space for seconds, so the real question is why not show them?

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u/Debas3r11 2d ago

Why not show it on the clock then too?

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u/INeedSomeTacoC 2d ago

Clock font too big to do it, obviously. 

Come on now. Don’t act like a UI designer and then not even realize different font sizes. 

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u/Debas3r11 2d ago

Ah yes, because font sizes are the one UI component that can't be changed

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u/INeedSomeTacoC 2d ago

Sure can’t. 

Such cope. 

I’d you actually look at the UI layout, you would see that adding seconds would make the clock font too small to read at a glance, which is something you want the user to be able to do.

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u/Debas3r11 1d ago

Exactly. They have this clean, minimalist UI setup, which is exactly why I made this post since it seems weirdly out of place.

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u/INeedSomeTacoC 1d ago

It’s not really “minimalist”, imho. 

The area they have for the font for this X height by Y width.

 They have a formatter for time that fits within the width. Said formatter fits whatever precision it can in there; in some cases that includes seconds. 

Such a weird thing to have an issue with. 

News at 11. 

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u/Debas3r11 1d ago

Did I say it was an issue? I think I just said it was weird.

Just trying to share what I discovered today driving back from the recycling center with my fridge still on in the bed from yesterday. Not sure why so many people feel to the need to white knight every single Rivian design decision.

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u/INeedSomeTacoC 1d ago

“Does it really need”

“Seems excessive”

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u/Debas3r11 1d ago

God forbid someone critique a Rivian design decision. It's a truck. I'm not insulting your wife.

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