Alwact Freeware Clock

Mp3 Alarm and Keyboad shortcuts are the latest features in Alwact 1.3

2008-04-19T11:51:00.000-07:00

The Pre-Release version now features an mp3 alarm and keyboad shortcuts for changing skins, zoom, opacity, seconds hand refresh delay. It also brings a better install/uninstall experience.

Now Accepting Donations

2006-11-06T00:05:00.000-08:00

I recently added a new Donations link on this blog page for those who want to make a donation for Alwact Clock. Thanks in advance.

Version 1.3 under development

2006-10-31T00:18:00.000-08:00

Version 1.3 will feature Click-Through, Date display and more Opacity values. Take a look at the Pre-Release version.

Alwact Custom Edition

2006-08-09T21:19:00.000-07:00

An environmentally friendly version of Alwact Clock is available in on El-khadra (plugins section), a website dedicated to sharing news and views on Tunisia’s sustainable development.

New section on SkinBase.org

2006-07-29T16:29:00.000-07:00

A new section hes been added to skinbase for Alwact skins, feel free to have a look and to download/upload skins.

Skins links

2006-07-20T11:40:00.000-07:00

Here is the list of skins that was truncated from the skin list on Alwact website:

Glass skin : Download

Classic Skins (Version 2): Download

Hands Only Skins : Download

Railway Station Skin : Download

Apollo Skin : Download

Alwact Website 500 error

2006-07-14T08:56:00.000-07:00

My webhost (atspace) seems to be having problems with some of my pages. I don't know exactly what is going on, but I hope this will be fixed very soon.

Actually the problem is apparently due to some of my web pages exceeding ~5kb, I fixed this by truncating these pages to reduce their sizes, this is obviously not the best way to do it, but I prefer this to having '500 Internal Error' messages.

Alwact 1.2 released

2006-06-06T12:21:00.000-07:00

Alwact Clock 1.2 has been released.

I have whitened a little bit the square glass skin so that it does not disappear completely when the background is black. I also added a notice to mention that Alwact Clock uses libpng to load PNG files(it is used only when gdi+ is not available, though).

Alwact website new look

2006-05-26T14:51:00.000-07:00

The look of Alwact website was ... too basic.

I found a very interesting article about making a better looking web site using rounded corners (without images).

I used it to create a better looking website for Alwact.

Future features and directions

2006-05-25T13:05:00.000-07:00

As version 1.2 of Alwact Clock will be released (currently Beta), I am trying to find out what are the most interesting features to add in future versions, here is a list of the features I am currently thinking about:

Alarm.
Calendar.
Quick launch programs.
Clipboard monitoring and logging.
Drag&Drop files on the clock widget: Copy to a specific location/Open by a particular program.
Mini MP3 player.
Cool widget move effects.

Welcome

2006-05-25T02:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Alwact Clock blog !

Alwact Clock is an analog desktop clock freeware featuring skins, transparency and zoom. It is possible to set the refresh delay ranging from a few milliseconds(continuous second hand rotation) to a minute. You can also make your own skins using any image edition software supporting PNG.