You know, back in win3x days, there used to be so many good add-ons that
used the titlebar. [1]
Now it seems everything is tray-fixated, with the titlebar area forgotten
and abandoned. I've seen a few exceptions; but overall, rare, unfortunately.
Would wish to see more...
Yes, I used to like those. Titlebars and toolbars waste a lot of
space now, but I'm usually too lazy to do a lot of rearranging in
every application. I even saw someone with a skin that added
information to the scrollbar. And then a few applications floating
around the web that float the time on the screen near the mouse cursor
(see below). I don't have the CPU cycles for that even if it weren't
distracting. Transparency might make it visually acceptable though.
Now I just have to work on filling in the useless area under the Start
button. I usually autohide a 3 high task bar/tray. A perfect
location for day/date and time or a micro-calendar.
As for a clock, I found a little round LED digital clock that runs for
years on a watch battery at a $1 type store (pkg of 3?). It makes use
of my otherwise useless (except for postits that eventually fall off)
monitor bezel.
(Donning hardhat and flamesuite for daring to suggest spending money,
even in passing.)
A quick search found these cursor clocks.
Cursor Clock
http://www.noah.org/cursorclock/
"Spare-ware" - an amusing few paragraphs to read =
donationware/careware/postcardware/distributeitware/...
VB5 source posted Win95 to Win2k. WinXP?
This page shows the javascript used to create the cursor you will have
while on this page -- full date circling an analog clock as a mouse
trail. I didn't see a license but I didn't look very hard since this
is obviously intended to be copied.
Black Dog's Time on the Move Clock #2
http://www.blackdog.net/games/clock/move/move2.html
BillR