This is so cool , I returned the gift my wife gave me for Christmas!

I work alot, as many of you know and I deal with people from all over the world so keeping time was getting rough.

So I wanted a world time clock for christmas, so I asked my wife and she got me one.

I opened the box, and the clock was really nice and all BUT the numbers were small and you had to spin all this crap it was a bitch......

So ...I was searching the web to find out how to use this thing when I came across this great FREE world time for your desktop and I figured I would share it....

Oh yea like the thread title says...I sent back the one my wife bought becuase this one works on my desktop on all my pc's

Here is the link http://www.qlock.com/

Here is a screenshot




Designed for both business or home use, Qlock takes the world clock to a new level with more features, more settings and more control.






Integrated RSS/Atom feed reader

Stay up to date with the latest times and news from around the world while you carry on working. Qlock fetches your most important news/stock/blog feeds and displays them in easy to read windows. More..

Daily foreign exchange rates

Get daily FX rates for all major currency pairs straight to your desktop. Set Strike prices for each pair to help you keep on top of the market. More..


Sticky notes

These are a useful way of keeping track of to-do items, meetings, phone numbers or in fact anything that you would normally use a small sticky note for. If your monitor/desk is covered in those little things, then this feature is for you! More..

When the time is..

This feature is useful when you want to see other local times for any given time. For instance, if you have a meeting in Los Angeles at 4 pm and want to see what time it will be across the globe, just right click on Los Angeles, select "When the time is.." and set it to 16:00.

All of the clocks will automatically display their local time and date for 4 pm in Los Angeles. As soon as you close the window, all of the clocks revert back to their normal time. More..

Multiple Profiles

Create different Qlock layouts in each profile, switching instantly between profiles depending on what you are working on. This is great if you are a FOREX trader and need to see multiple times and feeds but also occaisonally more detailed information. More..


Qlock Sync

Qlock Sync allows you to synchronize your desktop settings across multiple PCs. For example if you have Qlock set up on your desktop at work and on a laptop, use Qlock Sync to keep both machine`s settings up to date with each other. Your entire layout, feeds, windows, settings, notes, user cities etc. will automatically transfer to our server so that you can keep your desktop upto date on the road, or where ever you are. More..


Multiple alarms per city

Qlock allows you to set up to 5 separate independent alarms per city window. For instance, you can have 3 alarms for New York, 2 for London and 1 for Tokyo.

Creating a new alarm is simple and logical, just double click the alarm panel in the Qlock window, enable the alarm and set the time. After you confirm your settings, the Qlock window will continuously display the amount of time left until the next alarm. More..


Countdown timers

As well as setting an absolute alarm time, you can also set a Countdown time. This will trigger the alarm after a certain period of time has passed and is useful for keeping track of events like meetings, lessons, telephone calls etc..


Transparency

Qlock allows you change the transparency for each clock window. There are 3 transparency settings, Low, Medium and High that give you full control on how opaque the clock windows appear on your desktop.


Finer control

Screen real estate is valuable, it shouldn`t be wasted. With Qlock you can customize each and every clock window to suit your needs and tastes. From a single line for each time right up to the XXLarge quarter screen size.

 

Very pretty but you do realise it was a BIG mistake to return the present you asked for from your wife, don't you?

 

the problem with that its tooo big, im sure theres a more convenient desktop plug

 

Yea...she was upset at first ..Until I told her she could keep the $67.00 from the gift ...na but really she was cool with it....

It actually has 5 sizes,

Small, med, large xxl , xxxl

I have it on large thats why

 

Hahahaha! That's only what she's telling you. Seriously, you will pay for your mistake - and saying she could keep the $67 is only adding fuel to the fire! You think you can buy her off with 'keep the money'? That's an insult on top of an insult!

 

Yea....your right......but the thread was about clock ...

 

Still "mcfox" has a good point at you

it's not cool with a woman to return her gift even if you didn't like it

but u know as her husband, it's hard to hide that you don't like that gift because you will be watched 24/7

I'm happy you found a good - and free - alternative for your problem though

 

This is a clock thread man.......

 

I was just trying to help you getting even with the situation - sorry

 

I agree with this haha.

 

I would have kicked the crap out of you if I were her . I think you should have kept it even if you didn't like it and you would have never used it...but that's just me

 

oh no return the gift..

oh ok,, clock thread. that is cool. i will look, prolly i can use it too.

 

lol ya hes digging a ditch!

 

No it's not. You returned the gift your wife gave you for Christmas so it's a 'returned gift' thread

Okay, if we get down to it, really you are promoting the qlock.com thingy and to do this you said it was sooooo cool and wonderful, it made the 'Christmas present you got from your wife' defunct ... so you returned said gift, alluding to the notion that qlock.com world clock is so darned useful it makes other clocks pale in comparison.

But it's in General Chat in DP with a title including the words 'returned' 'gift' and 'wife'! So that makes it a thread about returned presents!

On the qlock side of things -- aren't you concerned about spyware / crapware / trojans lurking within the application? That always worries me about free stuff on the net - there is normally a price to be paid for free stuff by way of under-the-radar installations of scumware, ergo, I seldom install it. Had my fingers burned before so that makes me extremely wary about anything like this.

 

Hmm... What did your wife feel when you returned her gift? Didn't she feel sad about that? I mean, it was her gift for you last Christmas.

 

haha.......Hows everyone like the clock?

 

Clock is good -- been thinking about finding something similar myself for a while, now you've done it for me - thanks

 

Way too concerned and suspicious about crapware being installed on my computer.

 

Call me stupid but I acnnot find a way to install for free, everytime I get almost there I get taken to /downloads/ which has adverts and one button, Upgrade, upgrade what!? I haven't even got the free version yet :s

Sounds cool but the site annoyed me :s

 

At first that got me to , On the downloads page , look in the ads, you will see the link


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