Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 01/12/08 16:28

Harlan Messinger wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> Where can I get an analog clock for my web pages?
>> Is it a good idea or not putting that thing in the pages?
>> I have seen it in some sites....
>
> I don't see that there's any point. I don't know about other operating
> systems, but Windows displays the time in the lower right corner of the
> screen anyway, and most people already have the time on their wrist or
> somewhere within easy view. For those people who don't already have
> ready access to the time, their need to know the time probably isn't
> greater when they happen to be visiting your site than it is at any
> other time. So, assuming your web pages exist for some purpose, why take
> up space you could be using for that purpose to display something
> virtually useless instead?

Also whose time are you going to display?, Your time, the server's time,
the clients time...

Unless your site is

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/time.htm

I cannot see the need...

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Take care,

Jonathan
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