CrossGL Surface Clock

Windows makes it easy to be up to date with everything when it comes to time, given its simple clock in the tray area. Needless to say that there is an abundance of alternatives which can be found and downloaded from the web to enhance the clock. This is where CrossGL Surface Clock comes in handy, and offers several customization options.

One advantage in particular is portability, which means you can even have it stored on a thumb drive so it can serve as your personal desktop clock, regardless of the computer you’re working on. Registry entries are not modified on the computer it’s used, so you can rest assured that the health status is not put at risk.

In terms of visuals, the application depicts an analog clock, and it’s configured by default to show system time. Sadly, you can’t set it to display time from a different region. Indicators are updated in real-time, and there’s even an option to smoothen movement, at the cost of a little more CPU.

Hovering the cursor over corners reveals function buttons, such as to close the program, resize the window, rotate it, or access the settings panel. Don’t expect a great deal of customization, though, but there are several options which can make the style a bit more suitable to different types of environments.

Apart from the indicator smoothing option, it’s possible to have the window kept on top of everything else, animate the background, snap to edges of the screen for better alignment, adjust level of transparency, and a few more. Unfortunately, the application doesn’t come with an alarm option, so it’s purely informative.

All things considered, we can state that CrossGL Surface Clock might not come to your desktop in order to enhance overall practicality, but it does manage to bring a little style to the clock. The design is neat, with high-quality textures, while options at your disposal add a bit more possibilities.