Current version is 4.7.4

This is unplanned release! But due to new macOS (Mojave) release which brings a lot of problems and a lot of problems with their dark theme and a lot of Windows users (especially who upgraded to 1809) complain about "stay on top" feature, I decided to make this maintenance release. Upgrade is strongly recommended for all users, especially for Windows 10 1809 users.

Some reported bugs are still not fixed, sorry. Some of them is not trivial or require additional investigations. So please wait new release. I hope it will happen at the end of January.

Warning! macOS users! Required minimum OS version was increased to macOS 10.12 (Sierra). This is related with Qt upgrade to get dark theme work.

Windows users! Installer was slightly changed. Due to this, app shortcut in Start Menu may disappear after installation. If it happens, just run installer again (without uninstall).

Linux users! I changed my build environment (switched from Ubuntu to Debian). So if you experience any issues, don't hesitate to contact me. Even I tested my clock on a mainstream (or well-known) Linux distros, but I can't cover all cases.

32-bit builds are no longer provided (both for Linux and Windows), but Windows portable version remains 32-bit. If you still want/need in something else - build it by yourself. But it is very likely that with next minor release (i.e. 4.8.0), portable version also become 64-bit since Qt 5.12 will not provide 32-bit builds anymore (according to currently available beta releases).

Source archives also is not available for downloads here anymore. If you want source, just clone the repository.

Quick start

Nothing special required to start using this clock. Just launch it and enjoy! When it starts, apart the clock itself, small tray icon appears (where system tray is available). Tray icon appearance depends on operating system, in most cases it is black, but on Windows 10 and macOS with dark panel theme it is white. This tray icon can be used at least to call clock configuration dialog. Also configuration dialog can be called using context menu, which appears on right click on clock. In environments without system tray (such as GNOME 3) this is only the way to call configuration dialog. But be ware: when "transparent for mouse" option is enabled, you will be unable to click on clock!

Notes

Windows

• Installation instructions
• Sound playback doesn't work on any Windows 'N' edition
• Installer version depends on Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017. Installer does not install it automatically (for now, but maybe this will done later). It must be installed manually before running (or installing) this program. Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 installation must be done only once.
• Minimum Windows version supported by installer is Windows 7 SP1. Constraint is inherited from Microsoft Visual Studio. All questions 'why?' - to MS.
• Portable version may work on older Windows versions, but this is not really tested and correct work is not guaranteed (since it has compiled with Windows 7 SDK). I have no plans to support obsolete Windows versions.

Linux

• Installation instructions
• Sounds playback capability depends on installed gstreamer1.0 plugins/codecs. Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly to play mp3/mp4 files.
• Any version before 4.5.1 has issues with sound playback on Ubuntu 16.04 and newer (also maybe on other modern Linux systems).
• To use Talking clock plugin install speech-dispatcher package.
• Application restart may be required after some settings changes.

macOS (OS X)

• Minimum supported macOS (OS X) version is 10.12 Sierra, constraint is inherited from Qt framework.
• Any version before 4.5.1 has issues with setting saving on macOS Sierra.
• Application restart may be required after some settings changes.

Whats new in 4.7.4

Features

• Windows: keep clock window visible after Win+D (show desktop)

Core

• Qt 5.11.2 for Windows and Linux
• Qt development branch for macOS
• Linux build compiled with GCC 6 on Debian, used OpenSSL 1.1
• macOS build compiled with Xcode 10.1 (SDK 10.14)
• macOS: cleanup Info.plist
• added another workaround for "always on top" problem on Windows
• fixed unstable crash on clock move
• fixed bug with position saving when "show clock in fullscreen mode" is disabled

GUI

• slightly decreased tray icon size
• added Portugal (pt-PT) translation, thanks to Rui
• configurable snap to edge threshold (see Experimental tab)
• configurable window refresh interval (see Experimental tab)

Installer

• Windows: added shortcut to documentation
• macOS: created pretty dmg

read full changelog

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You are welcome to suggest any ideas or translate my clock to any other languages.
Any issues and suggestions can be reported through Tickets or directly sent me to e-mail.

If you suggest something, you may receive no answer, but be sure that your suggestion almost always will appear in few releases. But this releases may happen very rarely.