Re: Cool count down timer sourcecode updated

In message <1162434931.736820.150010 (AT) b28g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>, Wed,
1 Nov 2006 18:35:31, HeroinNO.4 (AT) gmail (DOT) com writes

There is a general rule that anything described as "cool" by its
anonymous author will be juvenile trash.

var today = new Date();
var startday = new Date();

You don't seem to use those values, and new Date() is time-expensive.

var secPerDay = 0;
var minPerDay = 0;
var hourPerDay = 0;
var secsLeft = 0;
var secsRound = 0;
var secsRemain = 0;
var minLeft = 0;
var minRound = 0;
var minRemain = 0;
var timeRemain = 0;

I doubt whether you use those values either.

startday = new Date("November 06, 2006 00:00 GMT");
startday.setYear("2006");

It will already be 2006. setYear calls for a Number; why give it a
String?

today = new Date();
secsPerDay = 1000 ;

An unreasonable value for an identifier called that. Likewise the next
two.

minPerDay = 60 * 1000 ;
hoursPerDay = 60 * 60 * 1000;
PerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;

It's not worth trying to read code with mis-named variables.


It's a good idea to read the newsgroup and its FAQ. See below.

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