Decent watchface for the Vivoactive

Former Member
Former Member
Hello guys.

I am disappointed, bordering on being appalled, by the fact that to this point it appears there's NOT A SINGLE decent watch-face for the Garmin VivoActive. :mad:

And by decent I mean: a) graphically pleasing by efficiently working with the watch's rectangular face and b) presenting actually useful information on a watchface and not cramming all sort of auxiliary data data which is just a swipe away anyway.

In more detail, here is what I mean:
1] alarm set symbol (not the time the alarm is set for, just a symbol that shows only if an alarm is set and is off if it isn't)
2] bluetooth on symbol (not showing is there's no bluetooth connection)
3] battery status (graphic symbol maybe displaying a thin red line on a hollow battery when level below 10%).
4] * sleep on indication would have been nice but I understand this is not (yet?) possible to implement at this time because the Garmin VivoActive firmware does not allow for another watchface other than the default digital one to be displayed while the watch is in sleep mode :mad: (rather crap if you ask me - why is it a problem on the Vivoactive but very well possibe on the Fenix3?)

Please take the attached sketch "with a grain of salt" as it's just a rough indication of what I mean and not an elaborate version with graphically coherent symbols.



Anyone interested in collaborating into making this happen?
Looking forward to your enthusiastic replies... :o
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 9 years ago
    All I'm hearing is whining and self-entiteled complacency.

    a) no one was forced into doing anything. if anyone offered to participate it means they too had a interest in the idea and no one owes them any gratitude
    b) only because you do something for free does not mean you're above or beyond criticism.
    c) having done something for a long time is NO guarantee you do it well.
    and last but not least
    d) fair dues on mentioning that my tone or manner of approaching tasks might not be particularly "likeable" - I apologise for that.
  • All I'm hearing is whining and self-entiteled complacency.

    a) no one was forced into doing anything. if anyone offered to participate it means they too had a interest in the idea and no one owes them any gratitude
    b) only because you do something for free does not mean you're above or beyond criticism.
    c) having done something for a long time is NO guarantee you do it well.
    and last but not least
    d) fair dues on mentioning that my tone or manner of approaching tasks might not be particularly "likeable" - I apologise for that.


    Thanks for proving my point - again. Read your intro sentence and then your point "d)".

    Compare and contrast!
  • This thread is more proof that "designers" don't have a clue about what developers do (and probably vice versa).
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 9 years ago
    Vivoactive 2.91beta update: now with added drama!