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user_timo commented on Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock clocksimulator.com/... · Posted by u/user_timo

elteto · 19 days ago

Very clean and polished! I love how smooth the seconds hand move.

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.

user_timo · 14 days ago

This is now doable

https://www.clocksimulator.com/?tz=UTC,Europe/Helsinki,Ameri...

user_timo commented on Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock clocksimulator.com/... · Posted by u/user_timo

nikolas_sapa · 16 days ago

any change you want to suggest. no hard feelings just want to improve

user_timo · 16 days ago

Im not in anyway UI specialist. Your site looks smooth, I like dark theme, a lot of information is available with howto-videos. Continue building it like you visualize it and know how it should be!

user_timo commented on Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock clocksimulator.com/... · Posted by u/user_timo

nikolas_sapa · 16 days ago

wow bro, it seems that you are in this game a long time now. keep up the building, I am always here to help and support you!

user_timo · 16 days ago

Thanks! I really appreciate the support. You keep building also, visited your site and looked great!

user_timo commented on Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock clocksimulator.com/... · Posted by u/user_timo

nikolas_sapa · 17 days ago

what other ideas do you have in your mind to do after this one

user_timo · 17 days ago

I have done within year few sites what are not taken any interest. Who knows what comes to mind next and if anyone likes that. I have bigger macOS-memory-benchmark(ARM64 assembly routines etc) project on my GitHub what I have been developing almost a year now. I believe that will continue nicely to the future.

This domain I paid up to 2036, so we will see clocksimulator.com long in the web. Just released v1.0.15 of it, introduced local storage for saving settings if user so wants - that will follow my goal to keep site as clean as possible. I love open source and not fan of todays webpages filled with all kind a bloat.

Thank you for coming back to commenting, this thread has been very exiting me to follow and see how people like the page. This brings me memories from the 1994 when I programmed small program to Amiga, then shared it in the BBS and saw it in monthly most download list. This HN Show has brought me close to that awesome feeling again.

user_timo commented on Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock clocksimulator.com/... · Posted by u/user_timo

maratc · 18 days ago

It's as horrible as I expected it to be, great work!

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.

user_timo · 18 days ago

That weight really makes it look like our kitchen clock, but sure it will not look like expensive clock. That feature sure will divide opinions I think.

user_timo commented on Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock clocksimulator.com/... · Posted by u/user_timo

user_timo · 18 days ago

Features added to clocksimulator after posted it here:

- 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:)

user_timo commented on Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock clocksimulator.com/... · Posted by u/user_timo

nticompass · 18 days ago

I like that you can switch the second-hand to "tick" or continuously move. I have multiple analog clocks in my house and since most of them are battery-powered quartz, the second hand ticks. But, I have one that's from the 60s and needs to be plugged into the wall; that one has the second hand continuously move!

user_timo · 18 days ago

Thank you for your nice comment!

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drzaiusx11 · 18 days ago

It's like https://clocks.brianmoore.com, but good

user_timo · 18 days ago

Thank you :)

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bartread · 18 days ago

Very, very cool.

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.

user_timo · 18 days ago

Thank you! Awesome video from old times.

user_timo commented on Show HN: Clocksimulator.com – A minimalist, distraction-free analog clock clocksimulator.com/... · Posted by u/user_timo

lowlevel · 19 days ago

I laughed, but then I saw the l. Nice job though...

user_timo · 18 days ago

Could you tell more about "but then I saw the l" when you mean by that?