[Icon-tech] RE: {Icon-tech} New Clock Interface

[Chase Crispin]

Hey guys, 
This is the tech list, not the beta list! 

Chase
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:21:37 -0500, David Tanner wrote:



>Yes, I didn't remember seeing any announcement about a build 61!!! David Tanner 
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>10/24/2008 2:49 PM >>> I'd be more interested in where she got the update. I 
>don't see it<grin>. -----Original Message----- From: 
>icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws [ mailto:icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws]  On Behalf 
>Of David Poehlman Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:23 AM To: john at valar.com; 
>Icon technical discussions. Subject: Re: [Icon-tech] New Clock Interface I'm 
>not janina, but this fabulous device is discussed at: 
>http://www.screenlessphone.com ----- Original Message -----  From: "John Esak" 
><john at valar.com> To: "'Icon technical discussions.'" <icon-tech at mulcahy.ws> 
>Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:19 PM Subject: RE: [Icon-tech] New Clock 
>Interface HI, Just saw your signature. Where can I go to learn more about the 
>screnless, talking cell phone? John > -----Original Message----- > From: 
>icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws [ mailto:icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws] > On Behalf 
>Of Janina Sajka > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:49 PM > To: Icon technical 
>discussions. > Subject: [Icon-tech] New Clock Interface > > I'm failing to 
>connect to the ticket system, so I'm posting this now, as > I will soon be 
>offline while returning home to the U.S. ... > > I've only spent a little time 
>with the new clock interface on beta 1.2 > build 61. Seeing the International 
>Date Line as the default time was a > shock! > > The time setting for London, 
>Dublin (etc) is incorrect.These cities are > not GMT. They are BST, and 
>currently are BSST (British Standard Summer > Time) until this coming Sunday, 
>26 October. So, it's actually GMT/GMT+1. > > I haven't checked for other 
>errors--but that one jumped out at me. > > I would really like to still see the 
>TZ identifiers, even if they're > added onto the city list, e.g. CET (where I 
>am now); EST/EDT (where I > will be late tomorrow), JST (where I was last 
>June). > > One more request, since this seems in active development ... Why not 
>run > an automatic time sync whenever wifi is started? I realize this can get > 
>a little tricky, meaning that a route to the net isn't necessarily > available 
>when the connection is first made. Typically, a hotel, such as > where I am 
>now, will require me to start my browser and authenticate--so > my suggestion 
>is that a sync be scheduled every 60 seconds or so until > it succeeds whenever 
>wifi launches. One less thing to do by hand would > be helpful. > > And, once 
>we get GPS, it can even set the TZ corectly that way! > > Janina > > -- > > 
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>talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and > Canada > Learn more at  
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>Linux Foundation  http://a11y.org > > IPv6 is the answer! > > 
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