Adding a clock in the welcome screen....

Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid i've ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock. I think it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged in and have the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under stand the Alpha bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature removed?


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Because it is more commonly part of the Sidebar.

"chrisg1990"

Most people wear wrist-watches, so I do not see the need of having a clock on the welcome screen to tell what the time is.

William

chrisg1990 wrote:

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:46:29 -0500, William wrote:

I stopped wearing a watch when I started wearing a Cell phone with atime display. How hard would it be to include the time on the pre-logon screen saver/ login bar? Sure would be a lot more useful than just the floating"Windows" tm

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:22:40 -0700, Steve Urbach wrote:

Having the login screen display a clock is nice - after all people dousually install wall clocks in their offices. This would be just a formof wall clock, essentially.

You "wear" a cellphone?

That would be pretty trivial. You can set the scrolling text screensaverto be a clock, but it won't be a nice analog one. That's the mainproblem. I guess you could download a 3rd party clock.-- Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

Well the early 3xxx bulids had one, why was it removed?

plus you have it in the sidebar, taskbar, why not add it to a 3rd spot in the OS?

"Steve Urbach" wrote:

Haven't worn a watch in years. Cell phone gives me the time and I don't have to change it when I cross time zones. That said, I see nothing extravegant about the poster's question or desire to have a clock on the Welcome screen.

Lang

"William"

if you guys are so focus on not having a clock in the welcome screen. becuase you wear a watch. then why have it in the taskbar and sidebar. its the same thing...."Lang Murphy" wrote:

It may not be needed to have a clock on the login screen, however there should be an option for people who do want it. It should at least be in some part of the code, that way skinners can add the feature to their login if they choose to do so.

"chrisg1990" wrote:

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:51:02 -0700, Tony wrote:

I expect they considered any running code before the login to be asecurity risk and that's why it was eliminated. Although, if a hacker canupload a compromised clock to the system, then I'd say the system isalready compromised.

It would be nice to hear the back story on the clock though.

/still misses the way picking a timezone worked in W95.-- Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:04:33 -0500, Michael Cecil wrote:

WRONG (ish)In my last few jobs over 20 years1)The only visible clock was at the Secretary station over 100 feetaway. Vi sable, yes, a round splotch on the wall.2)On the reception desk (personal), Presidents office (one of thoseawards that has a clock)3) In the Hardware store. In places not visible from the computer On my belt of my trousers (that is what a belt clip is for).I used to WEAR a Watch on my wrist.Does the screen save marquee work if you LOG OUT?IIRC it only works if you LOCK or hit the preset timeout.

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:08:03 -0700, chrisg1990 wrote:

When NOT logged in?

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:36:02 -0700, chrisg1990 wrote:

*I* wear a cell phone.I don't know what time piece, if any the OP uses.

I see no good reason for a time display NOT to be includedon the pre-logged in screen.It *is* inconvenient to 'glance' at my Cell phones time display.I see no useful purpose in those miss named things called "screenSavers". They neither save the Screen nor save Energy when enabled.At least displaying the time might be a useful function.

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:12:09 -0700, Steve Urbach wrote:

Yes, it can if you set .Default to use it.-- Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

It isn't quite the same thing. The clock on the taskbar and the sidebar are visible when you are using your computer... not just sitting there, inactive, waiting for a simple password to login. The whole point of the login screen is to login, not to keep you occupied.

How long do you sit there staring at the logon screen anyway? There isn't much to look at, and a clock would just be clutter (like adding more life boats to Titanic...)

There is nothing wrong with adding a setting to add the clock, should you want one. However, it is easier to just enter the password. It doesn't take that long to sign in.-- Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"chrisg1990" wrote:

Screen savers are way legacy. You're right screen savers serve no real purpose anymore.

A clock on the pre-load 'welcome' screen is just added clutter, imho.

"Steve Urbach" wrote:

A script could be run also. A clock wouldn't be a make or break scenario.

"Michael Cecil" wrote:

ok, now whats the story behind the clock in bulid 3683.

http://winsupersite.com/images/reviews/lh_alpha_004.gif

now i know that was an alpha bulid but still part of the vista life time......and I appreate the answers that are real. so thatnks to the ones that gave me those...for the ones that didnt i don't care about the titanic or watches or cell phones.....

It was just a sugestion, a little convo....

"M@dhat3rr" wrote:

I see. I was wondering where they would put a clock, because the way they have it now a clock would look weird just stuck somewhere.

I like the clock from that screenshot, but where would they actually put it in the current login screen? Looks like they would have to completely re-do the login screen.-- Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"chrisg1990" wrote:

I'd say the bottom left (or is it right), by the accessibilities button. Suppose a digital clock, with a transparent background wouldn't be to yuck. I just hate having huge amounts of clutter... 10 years from now, the OS will probably have as much clutter as the retail boxes *shudders*

"firth" wrote:

wheres the clutter?

1. the user accounts go from left to right now..... < or did they change that ? 2. small power icon bottum right corner3. the small accessibilities icon bottum left....4. center the "windows vista logo"

make the logo smaller, but still readible and add it wome where to the left or right.....

we get the OS is vista, dont need an logo the size of the start menu... juust like that new line logo you have, i'm glad you made it less nosie

"M@dhat3rr" wrote: