To avoid a continuous updates and making the console log unsteady the uptime could be used as a timestamp of console messages. This would have several advantages:

• nothing to update or calculate in the background
• no visual updates in console screen except new message arrive, there for more steady screen
• the added uptime in the top windows would provide interesting additional information to the user

Discussion:

• Either use PanelDue Uptime or Reprap Uptime?

Idea:

• Add uptime to top window frame
• use uptime for console logs