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117•awaaz•2h ago•14 comments

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312•isitcontent•1d ago•39 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: A macOS clock that stays visible when coding or binging in fullscreen

https://cornertime.app/en
56•muvich3n•6mo ago
Have you ever wished you could see the time while coding or watching videos in fullscreen or when your menu bar is hidden? Corner Time is a minimalist macOS app designed for those who value a clean desktop but still want the clock to be always visible.

Unlike other widgets or solutions, Corner Time sits unobtrusively in the corner of your screen as if it were a native part of macOS—even when you’re in fullscreen mode or using auto-hide for your menu bar. The app is highly customizable: you can choose your preferred date format, adjust the style, match your system language, and use it seamlessly across all your monitors.

My personal use case is using it on my MacBook with TopNotch, along with always auto-hiding the menu bar and dock, to create a maximized, distraction-free workspace.

Corner Time has quickly become a favorite among digital minimalists and power users. Many users describe it as a long-awaited solution, praising its simple but thoughtful design.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome!

Comments

shinycode•6mo ago
I’ve never ever liked working with the full screen mode. Very hard to do multi tasking with it. Curious to see how much people use it
macintux•6mo ago
> Very hard to do multi tasking with it.

I think that's one of the appeals to full-screen mode: the ability to focus with limited distractions. I don't think it's designed for multitasking.

muvich3n•6mo ago
Agreed. I personally reduce distractions and maximize screen space by setting the dock and menu bar to auto-hide, and by maximizing windows to achieve a full-screen-like effect while still allowing quick window switching with Cmd+Tab.
nomel•6mo ago
No, many of my colleagues do this, using desktops. They use the four finger swap left/right to switch between the different fullscreen apps. It's their main multitasking method.

I think it's partly because alt + tab does not exist on Mac. Command + tab is between applications rather than windows. Command + ~ is between windows within an application. I had to downloaded HyperSwitch to get the same functionality.

edit: HyperSwitch is free. HyperDock is what I paid for.

muvich3n•6mo ago
In full screen mode, there’s even a split-screen feature.
shinycode•6mo ago
I use shortcuts to split windows with rectangle app all the time it’s really more powerful than split screen
notpushkin•6mo ago
https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ (free, GPLv3) is one of the first things I install on any macOS setup.

(and of course, ⌘ ` opens the terminal on all of my machines)

shinycode•6mo ago
Fwiw I discovered rcmd a few years ago and it changed my workflow to attribute an app to a shortcut. I switch through cmd-tab less often and I’m really more productive. I can’t live without it now

https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/

notpushkin•6mo ago
Losing right cmd isn’t great IMO (e.g. if you want to press ⌘ P, you need both hands now). I’ve tried doing both cmds for launching apps, but settled on ⌘+⌥ (and use it for very common apps only: browser, mail, Telegram, Finder).

Both variants (and of course an rcmd-like setup) are easy to do with Karabiner (free, Unlicense): https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/

Edit: looks like rcmd also includes a quasi-modal app switcher - if it works like I imagine (type the name of the app you want), that’s pretty neat. But not that different from just typing it into Spotlight I guess?

shinycode•6mo ago
Yes I sacrificed the right ⌘ but the gain I have all day compensate for the few times I have to do ⌘ + p in one hand. You can cycle through and have a switcher yes. It’s really instantaneous to switch apps for me and I gain so much time for the main apps I use. You can summon them from any screen and virtual screen and it goes right to it without an other modal in the middle. All other tools I tried didn’t offer the same flawless UX
pxeger1•6mo ago
Three/four finger swipe is unbearably slow for me. I'm ready to interact with 0.3s but then I have to watch the image slide the last 10 pixels for another 0.3s before focus switches (and if I use the keyboard before it's finished switching the input goes to the now-99%-invisible app that was previously focused!!)

[numbers made up, I don't know the exact values, but the general point still stands, and you can't change the speed!!]

muvich3n•6mo ago
Actually, I also don’t use it very often. Sometimes I turn on full screen mode when recording or watching videos. My reasons are quite similar to yours. Switching to other apps when there is an app in full screen mode is so inconvenient. However, after the product launched, I realized that more people use full screen mode regularly than I expected.

But I set the menu bar and dock to auto-hide to create a less distracting, more focused workspace. Therefore, Corner Time is very important to me, as it allows me to check the time without repeatedly hovering over the menu bar.

ct0•6mo ago
full screen + multiple virtual desktops is the way. I do it on windows most of the time, and its helped my multitasking experience.
muvich3n•6mo ago
not sure if windows' virtual desktop is different from macOS's space, but the cmd+tab experience on macOS is not good when in full screen.
dham•6mo ago
This. Multiple desktops and full screen plain just doesn't work if you're used to getting around an OS with the keyboard.
whalesalad•6mo ago
the full screen animation when you want to jump back and forth between apps is such a time waste. when I see people swiping across multiple full screen apps I just think you are not a serious person.

I use the mac app sizeup to get actual keyboard shortcuts to properly maximize a window, and also get split left/right top/down etc too. Mainly use it for legacy "fullscreen" convenience.

nottorp•6mo ago
If you stick to 16:10 monitors you have space for the menu bar, dock and a 16:9 content window.

Of course you don't get 12k pixels at 4800 fps or other large numbers and can't be blinded by misguided HDR, if you care about that.

entrepy123•6mo ago
Fullscreen (or, as is my preference, "hide menu bar automatically" and "open window to maximized not true fullscreen mode") is useful for presenting a full display cleanly, when the contents to present is exactly 16:9.

Otherwise, the menu bar makes the contents not truly 16:9 or awkwardly shows distractions/leakage in the form of the menu bar.

Critically, if contents being presented is true pixel perfect 16:9 ratio and the window is not "fullscreen" or "maximized with hidden menubar", then the aspect ratio gets messed up, ruining what is otherwise perfection through a slice of "missing" content along one edge.

Indeed, more for presenting than actual task work IME.

Nice thing is this clock can show on other displays, too, in multi monitor setups, e.g. when auto-hide-menu is enabled. So sweet.

cuddlybacon•6mo ago
I use fullscreen mode a lot.

For work I will have VS Code and a web browser side-by-side. Every ticket I work on gets its own instance. I find it keeps me organized so I can focus on the work.

If Apple ever got rid of fullscreen mode I could probably just do this with normal virtual desktops. But this is slightly better than that.

muvich3n•6mo ago
Makes sense. My colleague also uses the IDE in full screen mode to keep focused.
lurking_swe•6mo ago
That’s the appeal to me. I like to _focus_ sometimes without distractions. I work with a single 5k 27” monitor. I accept that i’m human and do better work when i limit my distractions. Especially when writing code.

Research shows that almost everyone performs worse when they multi task, even if they THINK they are doing things better / faster. It’s an illusion. The hilarious thing is everyone thinks it only affects other people. They’re a special snowflake or something haha.

But sometimes multi tasking is needed, like if you’re in a zoom meeting, referencing docs, slack messages, graphs, etc. In that case i’ll just have multiple windows on my desktop and resize them as needed. Or if it’s just for a few seconds, then i’ll jump between full screen windows.

codepoet80•6mo ago
Reminds me of the SuperClock days: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/superclock-404
elisiariocouto•6mo ago
Nice little app, even though I don't use fullscreen ever. Side question: what "stack" did you use for the website? It's beautiful!
muvich3n•6mo ago
Thanks! If you set the menu bar to always auto-hide (not just in full screen), it works just as well. This is actually my use case. This website was built using Next.js, with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui for styling, Motion (formerly Framer Motion) for animation.
hk1337•6mo ago
I like it, it looks really nice.

I wish there were a way to adjust the positioning, maybe change the corner, change the margin from the edge of the screen, or a add a background?

https://i.imgur.com/BxanupM.png

*EDIT* It seems to work okay for the main macbook pro display. I'm guessing because something in the fullscreen is automatically handling bumping it down for the notch for you but on the second monitor I do not have the notch.

muvich3n•6mo ago
Thank you!! I do need to optimize its positioning on the external monitor. I’ll prioritize adding an optional background to improve readability to ensure the experience on monitors without a notch.

Is there another corner where you’d like to place it?

hk1337•6mo ago
Bottom right or left maybe. I cannot think of much that occurs on macOS at the bottom corners on either the laptop screen or an external monitor.

Thank you for replying.

entropie•6mo ago
like a decade ago there were an xosd library for xorg which were dead easy to use. I used it to show song information and the time on one display. It was very no disruptive. I used a fifo to pipe information to it but the xosd_fifo/ruby library eventually broke.

I should investigate if there is something similar now

muvich3n•6mo ago
I will check it out. I'm curious about its extensibility and non-disruptive experience.
blef•6mo ago
why is there a press kit for a clock app? also it triggers me a bit that the clock is not exactly aligned with the MacOS clock
muvich3n•6mo ago
Because some media outlets that also advocate for digital minimalism have shown interest in the app. That’s why I prepared it. For example, it has been featured on websites like: ifun.de, digitalminimalist.com and apptisan.substack.com

Are you referring to the position not being exactly the same? It’s true that the alignment isn’t perfect yet at the moment, especially for MacBooks without a notch.

If you’re willing, could you share a screenshot or screen recording?

thatscot•6mo ago
There is so many devices this is an issue on.

Different states that garmin watches get into, that you just can't see the time. I feel a watch should just always show the time somewhere on the screen haha.

Happens on IOS too.

muvich3n•6mo ago
AGREED. But I haven't noticed this happening on iOS.
muvich3n•6mo ago
I noticed that sometimes live activity on the dynamic island will cause the time to disappear.
entrepy123•6mo ago
Hey, this is really good for when "automatically hide and show menu bar" is enabled.

The only problem with "automatically hide and show menu bar" was that the clock was not there.

Which is actually very nicely solved now.

Well done!

muvich3n•6mo ago
Appreciate it! It means a lot to me. That’s exactly why I made this app.
hirvi74•6mo ago
You set a keybinding for hiding/showing the menu bar too. I keep mine hidden and show it when I need it.
entrepy123•6mo ago
Done and done. Thank you, sir.
otsaloma•6mo ago
Something similar for GNOME: https://github.com/ghi59/floating-mini-panel

Been using it for a couple weeks now and find it really nice. Tried some auto-hide panel extensions before, but this is much better.

diimdeep•6mo ago
LOL, it is as if 2011 and people are still doing 100 lines of code MAS apps for $1.99

In meantime I have became so frustrated and disillusioned with Apple breaking API and walled garden model that I refuse to even open Mac App Store.

Guess how many similar apps are still functional and maintained there released way back, as many as nearly zero.

Could have been 100 lines widget for https://tracesof.net/uebersicht-widgets/

Meantime there is things like this out there, free as air https://github.com/Jean-Tinland/simple-bar

avinassh•6mo ago
huh I didn’t expect the price to be $1.99

it’s less, but good for me :)

muvich3n•6mo ago
Thanks! How much do you think it would be?