CNET Editors' review
Analog clocks are an endangered species, some say, but they're still the best way to tell time at a glance and from a distance. Style-7's Analog Clock-7 is a free screensaver that places a customizable analog clock face on your desktop. It includes a digital display for up close and to display the current time for the analog-challenged.
Analog Clock-7 will install itself as your default screensaver unless you uncheck a box on the installer. We chose to uncheck this box and activate the screensaver the usual way, via the Windows 7 Personalize desktop customization interface. We selected Analog Clock-7 and clicked Preview. The default display showed a stark black background with a neon-green clock face about the size of an elementary school wall clock. Clicking the screensaver Settings tab called up a small dialog with an option to set the second hand and a color swatch that called up the usual Windows color picker when we clicked on it. This limits your color choices to your graphics card and your monitor; any color that can be displayed by your system can be used for the clock face. Buttons let you set Analog Clock-7 as your default screensaver and access the developer's home page, but that's about it. It displays your system time; it's not meant to be an international clock. But what it does, itdoes well: it can let you know what time it is at a glance when you're away from your PC.
Break time is precious, and no one wants to spend it tethered to the computer. Analog Clock-7 can give you the time of day from across a crowded room, and for free, too.
Publisher's Description
From Style-7:
"Analog Clock-7" is screen saver that displays the current time. Settings: base color; show seconds: off, normal, full back; show current date.
What's new in this version: Version 2.1 shows current date.
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"It does what it suppose to do. Nothing special."
Version: Analog Clock-7 2.0
Pros
As I said before, it works as advertised
Cons
It needs the date added to it
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"Retro Cool"
Version: Analog Clock-7 1.0
Pros
Works. Dark background, huge analog clock hands.
Cons
4 stars because of static nature of image - could improve by changing colors regularly.
Summary
Great to have an analog clock Somewhere, and on the PC is perfect - so retro! An eye-catcher for its simplicity and 'cool' factor. A little concerned that the tick marks never change, so potential for burn in - improvement would be changing the color of the clock (not the background) regularly or cycling the luminosity, or anything to prevent pixel burn-in.
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