LClock Review: A Calendar

Using only 600KB of memory, occupying less than 2MB of disk space, and running without the need of installing it in your system, LClock (Longhorn Systray Clock) is a tiny calendar and alarm that looks and works good. The software have been existing since 2004. Though it may seem to be oudated or unsupported or it does not have a perfect official site, the program is one of the simple but good calendar app around. It enables you to customize the clock style, and allows you to view the calendar in an instant click on the clock, similar to Vista's feature. Users are free to customize a lot of settings particularly the styles of the calendar and the clock.


The small memory footprint and its speed are what attract me most. Unlike those similar ones like Rainlendar which may take way more memory and even clutters your desktop by default. LClock works silently, and can also remind you when you set your alarms and schedules. Things that Rainlendar users will not find in LClock are their favorite To-do lists and some markings on their calendars. For those that do not need those additional features from Rainlendar, LClock is certainly the right alternative.

Perhaps, I will post something on accessibility and usability in the future. LClock does help those with visual difficulties to know the time with ease. Customizing the clock, positioning and including the elements you want, and enlarging the texts are just some of the features present. So here are the two screenshots of the customized LClock that I currently run.

LClock

I can't show you the options screen here, since the panel was disabled when I was setting it up. (but it's present by default). I set my setting using a Notepad, since the setting files are in plain text format. It runs even in Vista.

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