![]() Just because something is compatible with Windows, doesn't mean this is the subreddit for it. Posts completely unrelated to Windows 10 will be removed. Keep the discussion related to Windows 10 This is not a tech support subreddit, use r/WindowsHelp or r/TechSupport to get help with your PCġ.Welcome to the largest community for Microsoft Windows 10, the world's most popular computer operating system!.With almost every computer time display using a synchronization scheme that will place them within a few seconds of any other clock in the same time zone, and all based on either an atomic clock or the adjusted UT0 standard which are again very close together, there's no sense in limiting the number of places from which you could get the time, and similarly very little sense in trusting a $5 wall clock and its similarly-inexpensive quartz oscillator.Heck, even my TV's DVR at home has a well-synchronized clock (for good reason). I don't wear a watch, because there are many other convenient time displays in my daily environment, including the phone in my pocket and the computer at which I sit. ![]() I receive reminders on my phone as well as my desktop, but they're within a second or two of each other. The computer time display shows the definitive time for the office, around which meetings and appointments are scheduled.The desk phone clock gets the same updates, but not any of the wall clocks (and as I said there's not one in view from my desk). The time display on my computer is synchronized with all other computers on my company's WAN through an NTP server, and so is within a second of everyone else's desktop clock throughout the office.I don't stare at my phone (desk or mobile). I look at my desktop pretty much all day.The only other time display I have available at a glance from my desk at work is on the IP phone next to it.My objections to your assumptions are as follows: To have one watch for each timezone is completely infeasible, and it is normal for users to often have multiple clocks on their desktops instead - these are extremely handy when having to schedule meetings or appointments for calls between two parties over different time zones. Moreover, it is becoming increasing common to have offices and workspaces spread globally across various time zones. For instance, if he is to schedule a task, say at 10PM on a particular date, how can he be sure that the system will execute that task at exactly 10PM of that date? The only way then would be to have the system's time synchronized to his own sense of time, and have it visible and available at all time for confirmation and surety. The user of the system obviously knows the date/time (from his own watch or phone or otherwise), but he also expects to be reassured that the system he's working on is following the same date/time. The desktop clock, or for that matter even the calendar, are primarily meant as a reflection of the date/time that the system is currently following. Run an observation on many different personas and you'll find the same applies. People often check the time (user need), and if in front of a computer (context), a small clock on the screen (design solution) is the quickest and most accurate way for them to do so. He goes about how it can save the need to buy, maintain (batteries), and calibrate wall clocks on all rooms which have computers in them. You propose it to Carlos and he thinks it is a genius idea. In addition, how about clicking on the clock will reveal date information (which Carlos checks less regularly)?.Not only this, but the desktop clock will also be synced to a time server (the machine is connected to the internet anyway), providing Carlos with the most accurate time.We provide Carlos with a small clock in the top bar of his screen (which he looks at most of the day anyway), so he only needs to move his eyes to see the time?.How about we save Carlos the need to reach his pocket, fetch the phone, look at the time and put the phone back in his pocket. " It ran out of batteries 2 weeks ago and no one is asked to replace them." A Revolutionary DesignĪnd then you have a moment of enlightenment: You ask Carlos why the clock isn't working. You further observe that behind Carlos there's a wall clock stuck on 2:40. " Because my iPhone clock is automatically synced to a time server and thus it is more accurate than my watch." He spent 6 hours and 42 minutes in front of his computer screen.Īs you observe Carlos, you see that in order to check the time he uses his iPhone instead of his watch. In the specific day you observed Carlos, he checked the time 21 times. How long has he been replying to emails?.How long has he got before the 11:00 meeting?.User ObservationĪs Carlos goes on about his daily tasks, every half an hour or so he checks the time. He is a very busy man who spends most of the day in front of his computer. ![]() ![]() He is an academic course-coordinator in a university.
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