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Re: Petition: Scoring Display needs a TRUE CLOCK!!

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Originally Posted by artdutra04 View Post
If I had to choose between the progress bar and the clock, I would choose the latter. A clock is much better for forming an exact strategy, because then you know exactly how many seconds are left in the match.

But I have a solution that makes everyone happy.

As anyone who's familiar with iPods knows, they have both a progress bar and countdown clocks on the screen that are displayed when playing each song. A very similar concept can be adapted for use on the FRC scoreboard displays.

I looooove this idea. Brilliant!
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