Now that you've updated the site..

teeheehee..... i've finally won something.... YAY! I see the clock now.... And by the way.... Computers don' cost several thousand dollars you silly.... Maybe 5 years ago they did, but now you can get a pretty good computer from dell for only a mere $400 or less.....

But yeah..... I don't find a point in the clock.... In fact, it doesn't even have to refresh on it's own.... What kind of person just stares at the clock to watch it update? Mopst people on FFR, especially in forums, are just clicking around and always on the move, so what if the clock just refreshed with every page refresh.... That way it only refreshes if you click on anoter link, so if you play FFR, it won't update at all......

Obviously it depends on what you buy. If you buy a low end desktop, then yes, those are easily obtainable for under $1000. If you buy a high end laptop like I did (and it was a Dell, BTW) it's not that difficult to get the cost up around $3000. I prefer laptops, they will be convenient when/if I need to travel and give presentations for work, and I don't buy low end models because I want to be able to do work on it and that can be computationally intensive stuff. So yes, it does cost me a few thousand dollars for a new computer.

Oh god how observant are you people? It was only after reading this thread that i noticed the clock. Kudos to you zajac! I guess this also stressed how redundant the clock really is. It's not that important to update it so regularly so why bother?

The clock was the first thing I noticed. How could you not notice? It's there ticking away at the top of the screen. I always notice moving things first.

I agree with zajac... the clock should just update with refresh. I mean, that clock updating every second must be using some sort of javascript or something.

You just need a little server-side scripting such as PHP to make the time reload with each page. Plus the browser doesn't see any difference between it and any other text on the page, so it does not increase loading time or lag anything at all (unless of course the server starts lagging, but that's different). This sort of thing is the utmost of simplicity with PHP.

The clock was the first thing I noticed when the page was updated. Other than the new design, of course. I think updating the clock once a minute is enough, or even just update with refresh is fine. The only thing I would use a clock for on FFR is to check how long ago I last visited the forums. And thats not even part of the clock we're talking about.