Watchface : BigTime

Welcome to

BigTime

FEATURES

Time (12/24 hour), multi-format date, day of week, seconds. Battery indicator, bluetooth/vibrate/tone/alarm/sleep/notifications/activity icons(see see secreen shot) , distance (KM/mile), kilo calories/joules, steps taken/steps goal, steps progress bar and movement reminder bar! Highly configurable through user customisation (via the Garmin app)!

USER GUIDE

Want to know how to get the best out of BigTime or have a question, why not take a look at the User Guide here

BUG REPORTS AND FEATURE REQUESTS

Please don't leave bug reports and feature requests when leaving feedback, please visit the Issue Tracker here

Before you report bugs please check you are on the latest version of the firmware and GPS. NB: The only way to get latest GPS is to update via usb and a computer.

VERSION HISTORY!

Full version history is available here

IN CONCLUSION!

I am an independent software developer. I'm also a dedicated runner, passionate about my health/fitness and been an owner of many Garmin devices over the years (305, 310, 910, vivofit to name a few). If you like BigTime and want to find out more please visit www.boiledsweets.com/garnin.

Now go, go run...

Thanks! :)

enki42ea over 10 years ago

The problem with everything being white like that is that it starts to look too busy and your eye isn't drawn to the few fields that are more glance important. For example 66% battery life is nice to know so love having it but if you're just taking a quick glance at the watch you generally wouldn't care about the specific number as the bar gives a good generally idea of how much power is left. If you really want to know the exact power left then you can spend the time to look at something that doesn't stick out as much. In my mind the time, date, and current step count should be the only things that are white as those are the only fields you want glance access to.

ruperthawkes over 10 years ago

Please see above - I've just updated again!
You might think the step count is important but others might think the distance is important so have to find a common ground...

enki42ea over 10 years ago

I'm not saying not important, just not something you need very quick access to. The S in the top left above is "COLOR_LT_GRAY" right? So how about the miles, calories, "/5000 st" being in light gray to? Would still be easy to read, but gives priority to the reading so the screen is less busy looking. Thanks

ruperthawkes over 10 years ago

They are all LT_GRAY, see above...

In fact maybe it would be better in the actual value part was white but the text part LT_GRAY so the data part stands out.

enki42ea over 10 years ago

Sorry, guess its hard to tell with a screenshot since my monitor doesn't really look the same as my watch. I'd agree with data being white

ruperthawkes over 10 years ago

v0.10 is out! :-) See initial thread post for details.

illdie4u over 10 years ago

I think nothing about your WatchFace, this is great work!

But I noticed the following:
Connected to the USB craddle the watch says 100%, but after removing the WatchFace reads <100% (97% in my case).
Leaving the watch inside the craddle the percentage still seems to rise. Will wait until also the WatchFace reads 100%

ruperthawkes over 10 years ago

Thanks for your feedback. I can only presume that it's a bug with the Garmin firmware as all I do it display the state of the battery level. Does it do the same with a native Garmin app? If so then could you pls raise this with Garmin? Thank you.

illdie4u over 10 years ago

Hello RUPERTHAWKES,

is there a special reason for the size of the battery bar graph?
For me it seems to be a bit too big, maybe I'm the only one and others like the size.

Here I tried to "photoshop" a comparison

Maybe some other users of your brilliant WachtFace chime in here.

Many thanks,

Daniel

ruperthawkes over 10 years ago

Yes, I think a smaller battery is more consistent. Will change it.