Calorie Remaining and especially the hover able text box is difficult to understand.
The calorie budget on the main page has a difficult-to-understand and slightly confusing text box. I understand it now after playing with the factors that manage its output. Specifically, the language of "deficit" and having negative signs (-) confuses me. If it says it has a "deficit of -200" then that sounds like it has a "surplus of +200". If it were to say "deficit of 200" then it sounds like it has a -200 caloric level. The first and second sentences break this rule too. The first sentence does not have the minus sign but the second sentence does. The "calories remaining" is also confusing as when it's positive then that means I can eat more food. When it's negative then I've overeaten. The last two sentences the of the text box are also confusing as well.
Comments
Thanks for your feedback Normen. The labels with the negative sign were confusing on their own so we added additional text to help clarify whether it is a deficit (under your energy budget) or a surplus (over your energy budget). Then some further explanation in text only, like you've suggested. I'll review your feedback with the team about making this more clear.
Karen Stark
cronometer.com
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I also hate,HATE that defecits are shown with a negative sign.A defecit IS a negative already.
It is needlessly confusing.
Put deficit in brackets (like they do on bills and in banking), then everyone should be happy.
Just get the wording correct and leave out the negative symbol.
The math is buggered up now too.