{"id":3932,"date":"2015-07-16T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2015-07-16T11:18:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:18:02","slug":"swimming-and-the-apple-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/swimming-and-the-apple-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming and the Apple Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>This report will explore how well the watch works when it\u2019s exposed to water. I\u2019ll also make some recommendations for Apple to improve the usability of its Workout app, especially when tracking water sports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a swimmer,\u00a0it looks like you\u00a0can definitely use an\u00a0Apple Watch to track your activity, with a few usability caveats.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m here, Craig Hockenberry&#8217;s\u00a0thoughts\u00a0on the design\u00a0of the Workout app\u00a0are also spot on:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Then you have to remember that pressing \u201cEnd\u201d really isn\u2019t the end of your workout. I\u2019ve had to explain this behavior to more than one person who\u2019s wondered why the activity isn\u2019t displayed on their green ring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now you have two buttons to press: one is good, the other discards some data you worked very hard to get. These buttons are placed next to each other and your motor skills are impaired.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many times after a ride or run, I&#8217;ve forgotten to &#8216;save&#8217; the workout until the next time I open the app. And if\u00a0I do remember, it&#8217;s annoying\u00a0because I&#8217;m physically exhausted, I&#8217;m\u00a0trying to hit fucking tiny buttons on a tiny screen and if I screw up? All that hard work is gone. Gahhhh<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source-link\"><span class=\"source-link\">Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/furbo.org\/2015\/07\/14\/a-watch-water-and-workouts\/\">A Watch, Water and Workouts \u2022 furbo.org<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This report will explore how well the watch works when it\u2019s exposed to water. I\u2019ll also make some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}