user_timoa day ago
It takes current time from client browser and shows it. No adjustments or alarms.
This is for (maybe): - kids to learn - for second monitor - old tabled on shelf - ..
Themes and screen wake lock buttons with auto-hide. Goal is to keep it as clean as possible.
This possible makes no sense, but for a domain of $10/y this is cheap site for me to keep and see how it lives on.
You're covered (down to the stalling second in some models): https://mondaine.com/
Kudos.
I work in an environment where we look at the time across many different timezones around the world. A couple of feature requests if you are ever in the mood:
1. Make it possible to specify the timezone.
2. Make it possible to create a grid of clocks, each with different timezones.
3. Persist the grid/timezone state in the URL so links can be easily shared.Good ol' days spirit
The only clocks I know of with such a motor are station clocks, like the Swiss one mentioned already, or the German variant (same manufacturer). But these have a twist: the minute clockhand does not run continuously, but also ticks. The seconds are running a little bit faster until the clockhand is in the upper position, then waits for a signal from the main clock. Only then the minute clockhand jumps one minute and the seconds are starting again.
An example can be seen here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnhofsuhr#Technik
Consider other hideous features, like having the second hand miss the marks because of its "weight" - so a bit forward at 3, a bit back at 9, gradually disappearing toward 6 and 12.
There is also a time announcement if needed.
I felt quite proud of myself, since she often got confused about whether it was 6am or 6pm on her analog clocks at home. (Alzheimer's can bring a loss of the sense of time.)
But while she thought it was a great idea, every time I came back, she had turned off the dedicated tablet we set up for the purpose
I ended up just buying her an Alzheimer's clock — a 24 hour clock with pictures indicating the time of day, for $15 or so. That one stayed where we put it!
Related, I made a clock with a moire pattern (10 years ago now) and still love coming back to it.
The hands all spin with css transitions and I remember there was a Safari bug where if I zoomed in, the rotation would reset itself
Also maybe see if you can get yours linked to clockfaceonline.co.uk
They have a bunch of analog clock visualizations. I particularly like the magical themed one:
xclock -analog -update 1 -norender -hl grey -fg grey -bg black
Brits of a certain age will recall (and might appreciate) the clock faces available at https://625.uk.com/tv_logos/flash2.htm#clocks too.
Also cool: https://sunclock.net
I enjoy running clocks on this 5" inch circular touch screen IPS display from Waveshare: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C14CZ2GG.
The content is provided by a Raspberry Pi 4, and these Javascript/CSS/SVG clocks can be quite taxing. Especially a smooth running seconds hand often causes visual stuttering. Chrome had the best FPS I recall.
If anyone knows of other large circular displays, please post here.
The new BMW Mini has a gorgeous 24cm circular OLED display, but that's not generally available, OEM only [1][2].
[1] https://www.mini.com/en_MS/home/new-family/a-digital-quantum-leap.html
[2] https://www.bhtc.com/en/news/bhtc-entwickelt-erstes-rundes-oled-display-fuer-den-neuen-mini
In a similar vein, somebody posted a version of the old timecard clocks from BBC and ABC channels in the 70s and early 80s that they'd built:
https://www.mubd.net.au/tv-history/tv-clocks.html#bbc1-1981
Author can be found in the settings avialable via the cog in the bottom right hand corner, which also allows you to select the timecard you want, and alter visual settings.
I need to find the time to do a bit of research into whether it's possible to use a web page as a screensaver because I'd love to use one of these for that.
EDIT: I think it's $15 TJALLA[0] and it mentions "No disturbing ticking sounds since the clock has a silent quartz movement."
[0]: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tjalla-wall-clock-silver-color-80540882/
[0]: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tromma-wall-clock-white-30557078/
- Screen burn-in protection(use dark mode)
- Tick movement for seconds hand
- Mechanical movement for seconds hand
- Timezone URL parameters
- Numbers on the clock cannot be selected with mouse
- Iframe embedding feature
Most of these are suggestions what came up here from you all, thank you:)
I like seeing the vanilla JS. Clean and simple. I don't think that vanilla JS is always the best approach, but I think that for this case it certainly is.
If I use any analog clock simulator in the future, it will be yours.