Version: (using KDE 4.0.83) OS: Linux In the default dark KDE4 theme, switching the panel clock to an analog clock make the clock difficult to read. The dark colours are all too similar and one must squint to read it. In addition to using different colours, I suggest that the clock be designed such that the minute hand is as distinctive and as long as possible, even it if means obscuring the number indicators somewhat. Otherwise, the clock (and thus, the entire panel) must be enlarged to ridiculous proportions just to be readable. Thanks.
can you provide a screenshot of the problem with the colours being too dark? thanks.
ah, i see! yes, this is a theme issue and it's pretty well resolved in trunk imho.
This issue is far from resolved! Sitting a reasonable distance from the monitor, I cannot read the time on the analog clock. I must squint and push my face forward to read the time. See this screenshot from the Kubuntu bugtracker, with the clock in the corner at the bottom: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23997520/video_smearing.png
May be the SVG shadows can be hidden, and the clock hands can be enlarged when the analog clock size is < some small size ( like when it's in a Panel ), to improve readability.
Created attachment 32283 [details] Proposed simple patch. Enlarge clockhands if the rect is < 120px
Created attachment 32284 [details] Screenshot: Small clock on panel with the patch applied
SVN commit 941717 by darioandres: Enlarge the clock hands if the rect size is < KIconLoader::SizeEnormous (currently 128px) Improves readability on small analog clocks Patch approved by notmart BUG: 165199 M +5 -0 clock.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=941717
Thank you Dario, the clock with the patch is much easier to read. Why not increase the size of the whole clock, and trim the upper / lower portions of it that are not essential to reading the time, as proposed in this bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165416
I'm going to mark this as fixed as the originally reported bug is fixed now. Bug 165416 is another proposal and it should be discussed (that isn't something I can do alone now...) Thanks
SVN commit 941722 by darioandres: Backport to 4.2branch of: SVN commit 941717 by darioandres: Enlarge the clock hands if the rect size is < KIconLoader::SizeEnormous (currently 128px) Improves readability on small analog clocks Patch approved by notmart CCBUG: 165199 M +5 -0 clock.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=941722
Thanks, Dario!