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Ancient Egyptians used the shadow clock (gnomon) to determine correct time. The Greeks used the water clock, or clepsydra. The first mechanical clock appeared in the fourteenth century. Then, in 1929 first electronic timepieces appeared.
As time changes, so do the time-keeping devices. Now, in the beginning of the third millennium, the most precise time can be displayed only by the atomic clock. And thanks to the Internet and AlfaClock from www.alfasoftweb.com, you can have the atomic clock right on your desktop. At first glance, AlfaClock is a regular taskbar clock (sometimes called "tray clock"). But that is just your first impression. This tray clock combines multitude of cool features with stylish design. First, you can set AlfaClock to display time, date and day of the week simultaneously. Second, you can customize AlfaClock to announce this information periodically. And you can set an alarm - a very handy feature, if you frequently keep losing track of time, while using your computer. Atomic Clock Synchronization feature allows you to periodically connect to atomic clock time servers to make sure that your computer displays correct time and adjust it automatically, if necessary. Correct time may be critical to some computer users - for example, to professional eBay bidders, who make their final bids thirty seconds before the auction closes.
AlfaClock has quite a few of extra features that other taskbar clocks don’t have. Like copy time/date to clipborad feature. Or a fully customizable pop-up calendar. Created to ISO8601 specifications, it allows you to change the first day of the week, highlight weekends and holidays.
AlfaClock takes very little system resources and is fully compatible with all Windows versions - Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
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Editor review: Reviewer, 2008-11-11 08:29:00
AlfaClock is a handy taskbar clock with powerful capabilities and stylish design. It comes with Atomic Clock Synchronization feature, alarm, ISO8601 compliant calendar, and date/time announcer.
Pros: The AlfaClock is a taskbar clock but adds the sophistication of the ability to synchronize with atomic clocks( for example alfasoftweb) and keep itself synchronized with atomic time. You can have a clock per user of your machine too. Each of the user can customize her clock the way she likes. Further customization choices are through the language interface. You can choose the interface language and if you choice is not available you could easily create one. You can set AlfaClock to display time, date and day of the week simultaneously. You can customize AlfaClock to announce this information periodically. Besides you can set alarms so that you do not lose track of time. A stylish design added to all this makes the AlfaClock quite attractive. Correct time may be critical to some computer users - for example, to professional eBay bidders, who make their final bids thirty seconds before the auction closes. Accurate timekeeping would be meaningful to those users who bid at eBay 30seconds prior to the close of a bidding session for example. System wide hotkeys make operating the application easy. Automatic web updates are available. You can decide to have the clock on top on the display face. Copy of date/time to clipboard feature makes it easier to export time data and a fully customizable ISO 8601 compatible pop-up calendar adds some useful features. Full support of Windows XP Visual Styles (Themes) lets the AlfaClock accurately determines all taskbar clock settings with enabled Visual Styles (Themes). Toolbar tips contain multi-line tips. Log of all interactions with atomic timeservers are maintained.
Cons: No apparent issues noticed.
Overall a nice, clean clock and calendar application that’s easy to learn and use. This is good for a 5 star rating.
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Download AlfaClock Free Edition 1.99 build March 31, 2009
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