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- finjetsu, on 10/11/2007, -180/+21I like, looks well cool!
- crackah, on 11/14/2007, -38/+835I dont know, This,
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~wcherowi/clock.gif
Is very easy to read
(and why cant it be a widget for vista as well) you know, it does have them - ACrazyGerman, on 10/11/2007, -15/+203Yeah this is really the easier in fact at first look its rather hard.
- fober, on 11/14/2007, -9/+468This clock is a conspiracy funded by my chiropractor.
- Anrkist, on 11/14/2007, -11/+1060To hard.. I need a clock that just talks... doesn't even need to tell me the time, just talk to me. I'm so lonley.
- DiggDawgg, on 10/11/2007, -9/+68Not really any easier than this:
http://www.time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf - chriscohoat, on 10/11/2007, -8/+73none of these are easy to read for us often-discriminated against colorblind folk.
- Orangutan, on 10/11/2007, -6/+172i like my clocks to just say in large letters "the time is now"
- MeNaCe942, on 11/12/2007, -3/+98it is right up there with the binary clock for ease of use...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/59e0/ - pixelsoup, on 10/11/2007, -8/+626Upside down text is NOT easy to read.
- ACrazyGerman, on 10/11/2007, -8/+34@Myself
Wow I gotta reread my comments before I post them and use the edit option. - afx1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+82if by easy you mean hard then yes, quite easy
see pixelsoup's comment above - Splizxer, on 10/11/2007, -3/+431having 10:04pm in the bottom right corner is pretty ***** easy to read.
- bobbob1016, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17I think it looks cool too, reminds me of the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy menu system, well, the new one's menu system.
- underrun, on 11/12/2007, -2/+154Neat, yes. Easy, no.
(Buried as conflict of opinion.) - elnerdo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Menace, the only downside to that binary clock is that it's bright enough to read by in most rooms. I usually need to turn mine so that it faces out into the hallway so that I can get to sleep.
- Hickeroar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+71How so? It took me 5-10 seconds just to figure out what it was trying to do. A straight-up digital clock will always be easier to read than that crap...
- nuclearpotato31, on 10/11/2007, -17/+8@crackah: I think he means the new Web Clips widget, which Microsoft hasn't copied yet.
- zweben, on 10/11/2007, -2/+120I believe this is the easiest clock to read ever:
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/seniorshops_1948_317488 - rosefu, on 10/11/2007, -10/+4Utter wankery, yet anyone who does not call it brilliant will likely be immediately seen as an idiot.
- L4WL3RS34L, on 10/11/2007, -17/+3@Splizxer
You mean bottom left? - rebopper, on 10/11/2007, -8/+65http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html
Easier yet. - Incidents, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13Real life version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk588Bg6PY
They are VERY similar in that sense. - hoovcluck, on 10/11/2007, -29/+11Mac users are so helpless they can't read regular clocks.
Steve Jobs is a genius! - ahmadazwa, on 10/11/2007, -5/+28What does this have anything to do with mac users??
- Saiing, on 10/11/2007, -1/+74"Very cool clock that I can't wait to use"
You can't wait to use..... a clock? Dude, you *really* need to get out more. - DephexTwin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12@mrbuttersworth
Okay, Herbert Kornfeld. - jim1977, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9hmm. if they faded out the seconds bar when it goes round to 0 it would look a lot smoother
- jesstech, on 10/11/2007, -8/+11Actually, this clock is very usable. You don't really need to read the 'upside down text' everyone's complaining about. In just one glance, based on color and position, you get an instant picture of the current fuzzy time in your head. For instance, currently I can tell we're halfway through the month though the week has just started, and earlier I knew the day was coming to a close in just a short while.
Of course, I don't need a clock to tell me that. - MrVandemar, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3I prefer the chrono lisa
http://www.krotek.com/javagl.html - medecau, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5flash can brake your neck
- amphoterous, on 10/11/2007, -8/+4@ ahmadazwa
Apparently when you buy a Mac, it doesn't include a clock. 0_o - snoozevmw, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Hey, if it animated a 'refresh your beer' at appropriate times, then it would be the 'easiest' clock ever' otherwise move eyes to appropriate corner of screen
- dyvbond, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3http://billychasen.com/clock/
A human clock! - pifko87, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Although I like the design of the clock, it's not very user friendly.
This however:
http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
Also, that polar clock thing should have a year core on the outside. - GoDawgs7, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2this would be awesome on the chumby!
www.chumby.com - taboam, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5It would make a good screensaver
- SamKellett, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5There's a version 2: http://blog.pixelbreaker.com/upload/polarclockv2/polarclock.html
I've had this as my wallpaper on XP for months. - Asianwaste, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5"Easiest Clock to Read EVER."
No it isn't - Zippo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I've got a digital wristwatch that displays the time, day, month, and date. Doesn't get much easier than that.
And can we please stop with the Comic Book Guy headlines now? - 4degrees, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1i dont like that the text at certain times is upside down...
- L4WL3RS34L, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@Myself
"You mean bottom left?"
I'm a complete idiot. It was like 4 in the morning, too tired to tell the difference between left and right. - M3RCINIAN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Why the FSCK does the text go around with it? It should stay at the damn start. It would mean I wouldn't have to read upside down text.
- crackah, on 11/14/2007, -38/+835I dont know, This,
- Akintunde, on 10/11/2007, -16/+3Trippy.
- cynicalhat, on 10/11/2007, -12/+0even more "trippy" if you change your system time when its displayed. however your CPU wont like it.
- jimsterbell, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5First off, cynicalhat your CPU sucks mate.
Secondly, its pretty cool if you change your system clock to december 31st 11:59 - cynicalhat, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4yeah it does, its a ye olde athlonxp 3200, aside from gaming though, i see no need to upgrade it and everything else.
- LikwidFlux, on 10/11/2007, -6/+158Looks very cool, but I have to say it's not that "easy" to read. I mean it's idiot proof, but you have to contort your neck just to read hours, minutes, and seconds for most of the time.
- berb, on 10/11/2007, -15/+6***** this hard to read *****.
Nothing beats: http://gfx.download-by.net/screen/166/166123-xclock-digital-clock-screen-saver.jpg - FiP0, on 10/11/2007, -21/+8You're not supposed to READ the text... Haven't you noticed that the bar get bigger ? That the colors change ?
Anyway, it looks good, especially since i like everything related to information aesthetics*
* see http://www.infosthetics.com/ for examples - KSUdesigner, on 10/11/2007, -4/+16All you gotta do is look where each bar stops. Now picture a regular dial clock. The hands on the dials would be exactly where those bars stop. I don't think this is any easier to read than a regular old clock though.
- A14049752, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15"You're not supposed to READ the text... Haven't you noticed that the bar get bigger ? That the colors change ?"
Not supposed to read the text? So, you mean to tell me that you can look at the clock, know which is the minute hand, what color (and exact size) 23 minutes after the hour is? Sorry, the text is MUCH easier to read for most people than the color or size of the bars. Without the text, it's still pretty easy to read, granted....just even more so WITH the text.
On the note of the topic...this really isn't the easiet to read EVER...try not to be so dramatic with your headlines, eh? - eAi2k, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Its not exactly the same place. The hours are a 24 hour clock - so a full cycle is 24 hours, rather than 12. Hence its probably even harder to read for anyone used to a normal clock, i.e. everyone over the age of 5.
- pdbailey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6It's just like the US date system of month/day/year, there is no apparent order to the rings, so if you took away the text it might not even be recognizable as anything other than (bad) modern art.
- element21, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2i think the hours should be on the inside, then minutes and the seconds going around the outside - thats what confused me at first
- lfernandez91, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2can't you read upside down?
- whattimeisit, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@LikwidFlux
Actually only half the time.
- berb, on 10/11/2007, -15/+6***** this hard to read *****.
- sportbikepilot, on 10/11/2007, -1/+41Polar Clock v2 screensaver
http://blog.pixelbreaker.com/flash/polar-clock-v2/- searayman, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1i think the 1st one is easier to install
- penncon, on 10/11/2007, -12/+5Versions for Windows and Mac but no Linux??!! It doesn't matter. Linux has always had the coolest (and most) screensavers.
- PueSi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+86Who still uses Screensavers? That's such a waste of energy, just shut the damn monitor off!
- staffrocket, on 10/11/2007, -14/+6LOL ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE MONTH THING DOESN'T EVEN MOVE SO YOU WOULD HAVE THAT BURNT INTO YOUR SCREEN!
- Bamborzled, on 10/11/2007, -13/+6"LOL ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE MONTH THING DOESN'T EVEN MOVE SO YOU WOULD HAVE THAT BURNT INTO YOUR SCREEN!"
Are you still using the VGA monitor that came with your Windows 95-bundled PC? Or are you using a plasma screen as a computer monitor? Either way, you're stupid. - B13ND3D, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5Bamborzled: There is this thing called image persistence that happens to even the most modern LCDs(mine less than 1 year) when something is left on for too long. It is usually difficult to see unless you have a solid colored screen, grey seems to work best. But regardless, it cannot be healthy for the LCD.
- TRENT310, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6"Bamborzled: There is this thing called image persistence that happens to even the most modern LCDs(mine less than 1 year) when something is left on for too long. It is usually difficult to see unless you have a solid colored screen, grey seems to work best. But regardless, it cannot be healthy for the LCD."
I've had a LCD screen on 24/7 for months and months displaying the same drab login prompt in my server room and it has never shown any signs of burn in.
Anyway, if your LCD does experience image persistence, it is always temporary and goes away after a few hours at the most. LCDs don't have any phosphor or neon cells to degrade, so they never do. The backlight (and inverter) is more prone to failure, even.
Maybe the problem shows up more with SuperTwistedNematic/Passive Matrix screens or something.
- searayman, on 10/11/2007, -11/+4any way to get this screensaver to work on linux, ubuntu?
- kbeeveer46, on 10/12/2007, -4/+132I had to tilt my head about 10 different ways to read it all. How the hell is this easy to read?
- Dumbledorito, on 10/11/2007, -0/+22Perhaps the article submitter has one of those ball-bearing clocks in the plastic case. By comparison, this COULD be easier to read.
- FiP0, on 10/11/2007, -20/+4You're not supposed to READ the text... Haven't you noticed that the bar get bigger ? That the colors change ?
Anyway, it looks good, especially since i like everything related to information aesthetics*
* see http://www.infosthetics.com/ for examples - dogarms, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6@FiP0
Firstly, stop spamming - both your comment and your 'infosthetics' website.
Secondly, colours and bars are not significant information enough to tell the time with this. Firstly, when you look at it for the first time, how are you meant to know a bar represents without reading the text? It would take a long time having this clock around before you would be able to recognise a bar's value without automatically seeking out the text.
Thirdly, there is no unified "maximum value" for any of the bars. You'd need to think about the max value for each bar before it's length becomes a source of information. Example: I look at the month bar without the text, it's about 1/8th around the dial. I have to think of what this month is, work out how many days in that month, and then divide by 8. It's too much effort for a clock!
I love the look, and the idea is good, but it still needs work. My first suggestion to improve would be to make the text always appear the right way up. - element21, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3what is an appealing way to always make the text appear the right way up in an animation such as that?
if it was one letter it could possibly always stay horizontal, but a word that curves around is impossible to keep the right way up the whole time without ruining the look of the clock.
The Text fits the clock perfectly for its design. it just not an easy design to read. - FiP0, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@dogarms
sorry about the "spamming". I didn't meant to send the same comment twice, I made a mistake.
I agree with your observations, I simply thought that "it's not simple to read because the text is upside down" wasn't a strong flaw in the design.
Again, sorry about the spam. - markforbrains, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@Dogarms - I see your point, but I also see the irony in you trying to explain why this is confusing in a convoluted ordered list.
"Firstly...secondly...firstly...secondly...thirdly..."
- SBelyea, on 10/11/2007, -2/+34This is perhaps the most difficult clock I have ever tried to read. What is wrong with an analog clock? Or even a fuzzy clock? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1742
- LADIESCREVICE, on 10/11/2007, -9/+4WOW CLOCK, DIGG
- sally00, on 10/11/2007, -1/+34Easy? I beg to differ...
- LucasVB, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Agreed. The only thing easier than a digital clock is a clock that telepathically tells you what time it is.
- LordByr0n, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11A clock that telepathically tells you time? I wouldn't even have to open my eyes in the morning.
- ChrisF79, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3That is a pretty ugly clock in my opinion. In actually looks like it could be the new symbol for the "Artist formerly known as Prince" when he changes his name again.
- reed311, on 10/12/2007, -3/+41You've got to be ***** me. This is about as easy to read as a sun dial.
- Dumbledorito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+36Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
- idonthack, on 10/11/2007, -2/+27I bet you guys have no idea what he said, you're just digging him because you think latin is cool.
</me_too> - quick1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar.
- feralkid, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2I think it's biggest feature is the amount of CPU it eats just to display a cool clock. Admittedly this is on my laptop where I have throttled the CPU to 600MHz, but 66% of my CPU being used for a clock?
Still, it does look cool. - shawnz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6should be able to click a bar and have the entire clock orient in real-time so that the text of that bar is right side up
- mrpink.137, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11If it's polar, wouldn't it rotate the other way?
- sharkbaitbobby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40Pretty cool, but doesn't seem that practical.
It reminds me of this:
http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf- sishgupta, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9except that one is actually easy to read.
- inputname, on 10/11/2007, -8/+0I have a version of that in my house in Second Life.
- viva162, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3if the timeline had funky colors and didnt make me dizzy it'd be just as cool.
- GeorgeStone, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14I've never had such a hard time reading the time, and I've read a binary watch.
- jdllama, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You know, for some reason, I look at this and I think how awesome it would be to have that as a Netvibes / iGoogle widget. But, of course, properly able to size.
- WhiteKong, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2it only hard to read half not most of the time but i think that it is a cool screen saver
- piwy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5***** this. Fuzzy clock ftw. Nothing is easier to read that a simple "ten to ten".
- KragTheDigger, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9meh, it's missing the year :(
~K- dreadstar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9How would you suggest they add the year?
- Javlington, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Unfortunatly, that's impossible to display with a system like this clock uses.
- Bob042, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21Well it would be easy, so long as you know both the first and last years in existence.
- arjie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Well, it all ends in 2038 anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem - RodLightning, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10 A.D. thru 2012 A.D. Now you know.
B.C. can be omitted.
- gfair, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1This is one of the hardest clocks to read because you have to tilt your neck at odd angles to get all the info, in which case it sucks.
- t1da1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Very interesting design concept.. I wonder how long till somebody converts this into a sidebar widget for vista :)
- Xinareiaz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6It's linked to your computer clock so you can change the month and stuff and watch everything spin around :) woot!
- billybibbit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13...and there go the next 2 hours of my life
- PhireN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13@billybibbit don't worry, you can always set your system clock back.
- homagenz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Have you ever met a girl?
- Javlington, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12This is only fun on Sunday, December 31st, 11:59:59pm, and even then it only lasts a second.
- JaredXM, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2It's alright I guess. Would be better if when the minute, hour, etc was completed it would just keep going around in a circle instead of backtracking to the beginning of the circle.
- Warptera, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Eh, not so easy to read. It's pretty and all, but numbers are faster.
- kavery, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Dugg down for yet another inappropriate use of the word 'EVER' in the title.
- m00nmaster, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If only he had spelled it "EVAR". or 3V3R.
- TheNameless88, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I believe the person was on methamphetamines when they were making that incredibly over-complex clock. Seriously. I don't need to tilt my head to read my clock.
- Xinareiaz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8You really have to tilt your head? you cant read things that are upside down? I'm sorry..that must suck lol
- gregdogum, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14http://blog.pixelbreaker.com/upload/polarclockv2/polarclock.html A bit updated I think...
- one321, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The way this version is organized makes it easier to read then the one posted.
- mynameisdave02, on 10/11/2007, -0/+36Brought to you by Seagate?
http://www.elitebastards.com/hanners/seagate/seagate.gif - merdiesel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Easy for who?...
Just looking at that thing gave me a headache. - Kiel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1way more usable:
http://www.objectpark.org/FuzzyClock.html - mombof, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1not easy to read
- Insomniac33, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26Posted by Crackah: I dont know, This,
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~wcherowi/clock.gif
Is very easy to read
(and why cant it be a widget for vista as well) you know, it does have them
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That clock doesn't even work! I was staring at it for 20 minutes and it didn't change at all! Buried for inaccuracy. - xlar54, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26This clock is not the easiest to read EVER.
And Im sick of everything being the best EVER.- TheMattrix, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19Best comment EVER!
- RocketSeason, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20Best comment to a comment EVER!
- spyker3292, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0It's been updated so it's for Mac and PC now. And it's a screensaver not a widget for OSX 10.4 TIGER, not leopard. Leopard isn't out yet, Tiger has had widgets for over a year now.
blogs.pixelbreaker.com - Broelke4, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1I want that as my desktop.
- ThisIsBob, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2This is the best toolbar clock:
http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/index.htm - steveng, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Is it just me, or am I the only one bothered that the day, not the month was on the outside?
- Lumiras, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Fun and interesting? Yes
Easiest clock to read EVER? Absolutely not - blup3ace, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3set it as your desktop!
save http://blog.pixelbreaker.com/upload/polarclock/RingClock.swf to desktop and add it to active desktop!
then maximize. really cool.- ioannusdeverani, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6If you have windows...
- Bossy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4geez people, we all know it's not easy to read the clock so stop posting all these comments whining about it. Just digg up a comment that expresses your opinion.
- cglisson, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0Wow, guys come on... don't take the post so literal...
- MadNuke, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Shouldn't the month be OUTSIDE of the date?!
- dvsbastard, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It would look much better if the current time was in the static position (rather than the initial date of Jan 1st, 12:00am)... It would still look cool, but would actually be easy to read!
- TheClassic, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0Neat, but not easy to read
- Switchnig, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2i almost threw up just looking at it
- MikeWanDo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1It would be very nice if the text would make itself always right-side up. I don't know how much harder that would be but it would make it a lot nicer.
- elitexero, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2How is that easy to read?
- jpkones, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4worst. clock. ever.
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