Re: [NTLK] Stopwatch or timer app for Newton?

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 12:59:47 EST

On 11/19/01 12:33 PM, "Grant [Irradiated] Hutchinson" <grant_at_splorp.com>
wrote:

> In a previous message, Laurent Daudelin typed vigorously:
>
>> Just wondering a bit. What is the use of a stopwatch that goes down to 1/100
>> of a second? I mean, unless your Newt is plugged to some detection device,
>> you'll have to tap the screen with your pen to start/stop the timer. By the
>> time your pen tip touches the screen, there might have been 200 or 300
>> 100ths of a second that passed. I guess my real question is what's the point
>> to get such a precise timer when the mode in which you start and stop it is
>> so imprecise?
>
> Hmmm... I'll have to ask the fellow who was looking for this in the first
> place. Even if there was a slight delay created by the time it takes for
> your stylus to touch the screen and for any UI widget to highlight,
> wouldn't the delay be the same when starting the timing as when ending
> the timing? The two delays caused by these particular user events would
> cancel each other out, and you would end up with a reasonably accurate
> timing. And how would this be any different than the delay involved with
> clicking a mechanical button on a handheld stopwatch?

BTW, be careful what you reply to my other message, Grant. I'm watching you
over your webcam!!!

-Laurent. 

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