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Originally Posted by Ciege
OK, got a chance to look at it. Here are my thoughts...
1) Start/Stop button would be preferred over the entire screen being a start stop. I can see people reaching for the phone to see current time (or whatever) and accidentally hitting the screen to stop the round.
2) Vancer asked for this "The app needs to stop at the expiration of a round due to being in the middle of a hand". In true tournament play, there is no stopping the timer at any time even if a hand is underway. If you want to implement this I would request having a config option to turn this on or off.
3) Definitely need to be able to change/save the blind schedule.
4) Feature suggestion - At the end of a round may also make the screen toggle colors (ie black to white) since I can envision the timer sound not being heard in a loud room.
5) Feature suggestion - Add ability to set and show antes.
6) Feature suggestion - Add a display for what the next rounds Big/Little/Ante is going to be.
All in all it is a great start!
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1 - I don't want a button if I can avoid it. I think that looks too kludgy. Would you be happy with touching the main time as a start/stop? That should avoid accidental presses, allow for screen press, and prevent having an ugly box.
2 - It is in there as an option and is set to be off by default.
3 - See previous posts
You can edit the blind schedule in Program Files\PokerChrono\Blinds.xml. It's likely much easier to modify on your PC for the time being. If you do change these, back them up as they may be wiped out on future installs for now. In the future I'll try to make it more intelligent so that it won't over-write if the file already exists, but for now I may yet change the structure of the file, so I will continue to stomp any changes with new installations.
4 - I like that idea. I'll do that. Keep in mind that it won't do much good once the screen turns off, but for those that leave it on, it'll be very helpful.
5 - It's already there. Set the Ante for the round to anything greater than 0 and it'll show up. I just hide it when it's 0 for the round.
6 - I'm trying to keep a simple UI, but I do think that is helpful, so I will look into how I can add it without making it too cluttered.
I notice a lot of timers keep a total time ticker. Does anyone want this? Again, I'm trying to keep the UI as clean as possible, so I'm not really a big fan of including it. But if you guys want it, I'll add it.
Thanks for the input!