Poor watch faces

[maszop]

@MikeKhachmakhov I hope Suunto watches will never look like the pictures shown here.

[TrailEyes]

@MikeKhachmakhov said in Poor watch faces:

@TrailEyes
So there are two extremes in this world?

There are, in fact, many extremes in this world, as well as many degrees of moderation. I’m not suggesting that anyone here was asking for these eyesores, just riffing off a previous comment in this thread that mentioned a watchface that looked overloaded. And I was lamenting how some watchface designers unfortunately find themselves on a slippery slope of data presentation.

[ChrisA]

@MikeKhachmakhov said in Poor watch faces:

@ChrisA
Who forces you to use them?
What is the problem having a choice?

Nobody has a “problem” of choice, as long as there is a choice. You put a “sticky note” on me, being a person with a certain “mentality”, because I expressed my opinion (which is a fundamental right, where I live), not knowing me at all - which I could ask in reverse what that says about your mentality, but I won’t, because this leads nowhere
Here in the forum and in any intelligent conversation, those are just expressions of everyone’s different opinions about what watchfaces should look like. Having different views and opinions and respectfully talking about those, is the basis of any dialectic approach and this doesn’t mean that someone has any problems. As long as you are easily offended by everything other people express, you create the very different intellectual and social environment , you’re actual looking for.

I can absolutely respect, that you like watchfaces with lots of data on it and would have no problem with Suunto offering one. But I would certainly not use it.

[duffman19]

@MikeKhachmakhov said in Poor watch faces:

What you are saying:
Ignore different people ability to consume data. Say no to diversity. I like this way and it is the only way.

My apologies if my response came off that way. I only meant to point out that Suunto has a particular design philosophy. Many of its users appreciate that and some of us choose the brand because of it. Of course your opinions are valid and, hopefully, welcomed here.

There is also reason to believe [I meant to say, “One could speculate…”] that this aesthetic might change in the future, what with the company’s newish owner and recent movements away from the Nordic region. I personally hope not, but you never know.

[Luis Andés Olmedo]

@duffman19 said in Poor watch faces:

There is also reason to believe that this aesthetic might change in the future, what with the company’s newish owner and recent movements away from the Nordic region. I personally hope not, but you never know.

I also hope not!

[Brad_Olwin]

@MikeKhachmakhov I think Suunto’s philosophy is that watch faces follow the design and use of the watch UI. Simple, clean and useful. I and I think others personally like that. I understand about user choice but resources are limited and I don’t think a lot will happen. However, I do think you will see a few more watch faces/complications and hopefully more choices among complications.

[Luis Andés Olmedo]

@Brad_Olwin said in Poor watch faces:

Simple, clean and useful

And that is probably one of the main reasons for (us) users to buy Suunto.

[timecode]

@maszop Like this?

[GiPFELKiND]

@timecode No please NOT

[maszop]

@timecode Still missing on the screen data from the New York Stock Exchange and current air humidity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

[SODIUM]

I don’t want the watch to be a stock trading board.

[gerasimos]

@timecode data chaos

[runomatic]

@SODIUM Irony isn’t your strong point, is it?

[kriskus]

@MikeKhachmakhov said in Poor watch faces:

The problem with current state is that all watchfaces are the same in the amount of data they show. Only visual design is different.
Date, battery charge, weather, steps.

This is actually not true. As simplistic as they are - you can see more on them. Some examples: sunrise/sunset times, notifications count, HR, moonphase, air pressure, height, personal resources, SpO2, distance covered this week, solar charging status etc.

[MikeKhachmakhov]

@kriskus The point is that you cannot see them simultaneously on the main screen.
People here shows screenshot of the other side of insanity where screen is bloated.
But we could have just 1 screen that has 5 complications

[isazi]

@MikeKhachmakhov some new watchfaces are coming, also some with more complications.

[Arju Ambin]

@isazi said in Poor watch faces:

@MikeKhachmakhov some new watchfaces are coming, also some with more complications.

I’m sure many are excited by this comment

[Egika]

@isazi a maximum of 6 (plus current time)

[Kraisun Tunta]

@Arju-Ambin Oh sure, I didn’t get the Valentine’s Day watch. I’m still waiting for the Songkran Day watchface, the Thai New Year’s Day.

[Arju Ambin]

@Kraisun-Tunta said in Poor watch faces:

@Arju-Ambin Oh sure, I didn’t get the Valentine’s Day watch. I’m still waiting for the Songkran Day watchface, the Thai New Year’s Day.

Haha I’m sure there are many days to be celebrated. Maybe a customizable watch face where the user can change the background using the Suunto app would be more suitable instead of a watch face for every celebration. Some of the other smart/sport watch brands allow for this. That way devs can focus on the quality and usability of watch faces suites to different fitness scenarios rather than focusing on making one suited for a celebratory day.