Comment by wkat4242
Totally agree. I do the same.
The only reason we have analog clocks is because digital ones were much harder to build. That time is of course over for good. It was a compromise imposed by limited technology.
Totally agree. I do the same.
The only reason we have analog clocks is because digital ones were much harder to build. That time is of course over for good. It was a compromise imposed by limited technology.
Tell that to my glasses. At any sort of distance where this could be an advantage, the clock is just going to be a blur anyway.
Not to mention, how often are you in a situation where you want to know what time it is, but the nearest clock is far enough away that it being analogue becomes an actual advantage?
Interesting, I also have glasses and am short-sighted, but for me light-emitting objects blur much faster than solid objects. It depends very much on the light type, frequency and brightness, but most LEDs, which most digital clocks use, tend to have an overgleaming effect, which makes them unreadable due to being a block of light.
> Not to mention, how often are you in a situation where you want to know what time it is, but the nearest clock is far enough away that it being analogue becomes an actual advantage?
All the time? Being in a train station, sitting in a (class)room (during exam), in the kitchen, walking on the street, etc.
> All the time? Being in a train station,
Phone. Or a wristwatch if you're that type.
> a (class)room (during exam),
My last 7+ exams were all done on a computer. That clock was a lot closer than any that happen to be on a wall.
> in the kitchen, walking on the street, etc.
Phone. Or wristwatch again.
Not really, analog clocks are readable over a much longer distance, because seeing an angle needs much less information, than parsing glyphs.