Watch Faces - we need new

Tomas5

@Cyclepunk it depends on what you expect, if you want to have photorealistic tree with lights emulated by raytracing than yes this is really bad watch face, but i think lot of people like its simpicity, even AOD version is elegant and minimalistic.

I hope infuture suunto would open API for general public to develop own watch faces. It would allow to satisfy everyones needs.

Horizontal_2

@Tomas5 Suunto has released an update for the Race (1) or the Run where you can add a picture as a watch face, right? That’s a start

Tomas5

@Horizontal_2 that can be interesting

GiPFELKiND

@Horizontal_2 only for the RUN at the Moment

JebClydeNC

Just to throw a thought in here, as a (newly minted) Run user: the barometer field needs some help. In Imperial units (which I as American have a love hate relationship with) it shows to the ones place for inHg—literally useless information because it would be the equivalent of showing only to the hundreds place hPa! And whats worse, the barometer trendline (far more useful, and a staple of suunto watches across decades of product lines) isn’t an option at all, despite showing up in the preview (alongside value, in the same field) for “Concentric Analog”. Not sure if that could be fixed faster since it applies uniformly to all existing watchfaces, but man alive is it annoying…

As for needing new designs, I agree with many on this thread that have pointed out a lot of the designs work quite well, and a lot of it comes down to taste. However, as the OP pointed out, there’s some very minor tweaks that could help tremendously, including functional changes like my above noted barometer problem…

vinc14

I agree,
we need new watch faces, or the existing ones need to be much more flexible and adaptable. We would need much more variables where you can simply define whether you want something or not, or in a different representation.

Tomas5

@vinc14 i imagine that now when there is kind of “store” with watchfaces in suunto app and we can choose one to install to watch. There must be some universal API that this watch faces are using. I hope one day suunto will open it to public, provide some tools to develop them. Than comunity can handle it and provide hundreds of watchfaces.

I know some will say that bad watch face can cause problems, battery drain, crashes maybe. But proper API would prevent 99% of priblems. And than still suunto can allow to users to publish comunity watchfaces with some tag that is comunity watch face and state that comunity watch faces are not covered by warranty and customer support.

And i hope same for Suunto Plus apps.

suzzlo

Sorry to disagree, I don’t need new watch faces.

More specifically, I prefer that Suunto developers focus on developing new functionalities and bugfixes in watch/app.

If they release a SDK so 3rd party people could develop new watchfaces, I will be happy to use new ones… but since only Suunto devs can do them, I will prefer they focus on new functionalities/bugfixes

BR
Ion

Tomas5

@suzzlo totaly agree with this. For me current watch faces are enough, but i would like to try develop own if it was possible.

2b2bff

I used to be in the camp of „there are enough nice watch faces“. But lately I wanted to turn my Race S into a dress watch. So, I need a watch face that is elegant and tuned down. The only one that fit the job is Simplicity Analog. But I think it could be more elegant with more realistic looking hands or so.

So, yeah. Room for improvement…

safari

@Tomas5 Okay, so how does wfhub.net design and sell its own watch faces? Couldn’t we create our own watch faces using the Suunto app without knowing any software?

brechtvb

@safari to add, there should be more flexibility in the complications.

We can design or modify the activity displays in the Suunto app; so should be the watch faces.

Tomas5

@safari how should i know, thats question for suunto devs.

Adrian.S

Personally, I like minimalist watch faces without dynamic animations that just drain the battery + some data statistics like steps, calories, date.

I’m using this V1 watch face, but who knows why the lock icon isn’t in the center! XD Why is it designed so poorly?

Egika

@Adrian.S Just guessing, that the room on the left is reserved for some other symbol. Like the storm warning or similar.
Until we know the answer I would not call it poorly designed.

Tami999

@Egika said:

@Adrian.S Just guessing, that the room on the left is reserved for some other symbol. Like the storm warning or similar.
Until we know the answer I would not call it poorly designed.

That’s my first guess. Charging icon, phone sync or something else

Matúš

@Tami999 said:

@Egika said:

@Adrian.S Just guessing, that the room on the left is reserved for some other symbol. Like the storm warning or similar.
Until we know the answer I would not call it poorly designed.

That’s my first guess. Charging icon, phone sync or something else

Considering your point of view, I’d say that the storm warning icon is triggered how many times in a month? Very very few… The charging icon, only when the watch is on charging; equally, the phone sync icon appears only for a very limited time, let’s say, for moments. So, I’d better put along the watch axis the locking icon that, ideally, for someone that always lock the watch, is always on display.

jmolenaar2

@Adrian.S said:

Personally, I like minimalist watch faces without dynamic animations that just drain the battery + some data statistics like steps, calories, date.

I’m using this V1 watch face, but who knows why the lock icon isn’t in the center! XD Why is it designed so poorly?

First world problems. Your red line is also drawn poorly.

Why is the steering wheel from your car not in the centre? Like on your bike? Probably because there is a reason for it.

Have a nice day!

Matúš

@jmolenaar2 said:

Why is the steering wheel from your car not in the centre?

Well… It depends on the car you own.

@jmolenaar2 said:

Like on your bike?

It can be a xxx€ Decathlon bike or a xxxxx€ Colnago, but I’d say the handlebars are always centred.

Mister PYC

@Tami999

Helmo Tamo99
Please do not take it bad
for me your proposal make a far too complex sceen which will be impossible to read

for me one of the beauty of SUUNTO is the simplicity of the screen and in the same time their beauty
there are not too much informations in the screen and for me who is impaired and need a X2 glasses to read from near … I still can almost see all whtout my glasses …

with yoru design I will see nothing
so what to say in case the reading conditions are worth