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Leopard dashboard clock takes sweet time changing timezones

by Michael Rose Nov 28th 2007 at 11:00AM


Here's a subtle treat in the Leopard Dashboard: the Clock widget, never really the source of much excitement ("Oooh, look -- it's 4 am in Tangiers!") now does a little dance, makes a little love, and gets down tonight when you change time zones. As in the movie above, you can watch the hands whirl about to the new time; the clock face gradually switches from black to white to indicate daylight hours in the new zone. How cute!

Update: Just to clarify, what's new in Leopard is the movement of the clock hands. The white/black clock face swap was present in 10.4 as well, although it was instantaneous instead of smoothly animated.

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GD

Actualty, the most enjoyable little peice of eye candy in leopard is undoubtedly the new zoom animation in preview. Its so much more fulfilling than just a normal zoom

November 28 2007 at 9:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
macinfo

I also like those little things, that make a Mac a Mac!

November 28 2007 at 4:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Wadhah

this is the same in Tiger.. Leopard never changed the clock

November 28 2007 at 4:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adrian vG

But does it animate the change as it does in Leopard?

I love this, and also think it was totally worth a blog post. It's the small things in life, guys!

November 28 2007 at 3:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Flanagan

A PC user would like to play with a fucking clock.
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November 28 2007 at 2:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

#13... how did you guys get past the BSOD to defrag?

November 28 2007 at 2:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nations14

Actually, the clock changed from black--> white in tiger also, it's not new.

November 28 2007 at 2:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gg

Or defragging.

November 28 2007 at 2:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Goomba

Yea, like reformatting.

November 28 2007 at 1:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mobilehavoc

And here is a perfect example of the difference between Mac and PC users. PC users have more important things going on in their life than to play with a fucking clock.

November 28 2007 at 1:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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