ShuttleClock v1.0f Readme file Author: Pierre Dragicevic 1. Description ------------------------------------------------------------- ShuttleClock is a personal shuttle schedule manager that uses the SpiraClock vizualisation technique for short-term events. This version contains the regular schedules of Schuttle-UM from monday to friday as displayed at http://www.umd.edu/shuttle Contact: Pierre.Dragicevic@emn.fr Web: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/spiraclock The 'Always on top' feature is developed by Oliver Pfeiffer (http://www.mysrc.net/eng/). 2. Changes since v1.0e ----------------------------------------------------- * The 'Always on top' option is now implemented (Windows only). * Ability to move the window using 'shift' key. 3. Known bugs -------------------------------------------------------------- * Moving hands too far (i.e. several months) will throw an exception while they return to their original position. 4. Requirements ------------------------------------------------------------ Java 1.3 or higher. 5. Installation ------------------------------------------------------------ * If you don't have JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment v1.3 or higher, install it from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/jre/ * Unzip shuttleclock.zip in your application folder (e.g. Program Files) * Make sure you are connected to internet so that ShuttleClock can download shuttle schedules. * From the command line, go to shuttleClock directory and type: 'java -jar shuttleclock.jar' You should have all the bus schedules listed. * Type 'java -jar shuttlecock.jar -help' to have a description of command line options. Making a shortcut to shuttleclock (Windows): * Search for the file 'javaw.exe' in your java bin directory. * Make a shortcut to this file and rename it, e.g. 'ShuttleClock'. * Open 'ShuttleClock' properties window, and add in the text field ' -jar shuttleclock.jar' together with schedule options (leave quotation marks on the left, if any). Set the start directory to be shuttleclock's directory. Using ShuttleClock offline: * Download last ShuttleUM schedules from http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/spiraclock and save the file in your shuttleclock directory. * Launch shuttleclock using -file option. 6. Using SpiraClock -------------------------------------------------------- * Spiraclock Applets and Applications: - Looking ahead/backward in time: Drag the minute hand. - Fast looking ahead/backward: Drag the hour hand. - Resetting to current time: Move the mouse out of the component. - Changing time extent: Drag the spiral toward its center or its border. - Showing/hiding the digital clock or current date: use the contextual menu (right button in Windows). * SpiraClock Applications only: - Adding/removing window borders: Double-click inside the window. - Resizing the clock: Drag window background toward spiral's center or outside. - Moving the window: Shift-drag window background. - Using the contextual menu, you can also add/remove window borders, close the window, or set it to be always on top. This last feature works only in Windows platforms. Some window managers have this feature built-in.