Big Ben

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by grafio

V2.0 Aug 14, 2006 10:05:02 AM

The most famous clock in the world ...on your desktop.

The most famous clock in the world.
Now you can put it on your desktop

Version 2.0 changes:
- better and more accurate look
- new awesome "wireframe" skins
- with sound enabled Big Ben sound is played every hour (unfortunately sound doesn't work in a zipped widget, unzip the widget and open config.xml file in Opera if you want to hear it)

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Having lived in England for many years, it was a pleasant surprise to find this beautiful widget of Big Ben. So, I downloaded it and everything was fine until I hit the reload and now I have no hands on the clock!!

I have deleted it and downloaded it several times but still no hands!

Any suggestions?
Thanks

By drjppops, # May 11, 2008 1:32:56 AM

I'm afraid the sound files aren't free to use, so I can't add it.

By grafio, # Nov 29, 2007 8:34:42 PM

I meant the Big Ben Utility chimes the quarters not just the half hour and the hours!

By the red balloon, # Nov 18, 2007 2:57:59 PM

If you want to install a freeware Big Ben Sound Utility (zip) that chimes the half-hours as well as the hours go to:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/kpj.jones/contents.html
This software seems to work well, is customizable and does not seem to contain bugs or spyware etc.
By the way, I am not connected in any way with the development of this program.

By the red balloon, # Nov 18, 2007 2:33:32 PM

Widgets run in Opera, so unfortunatelly if you close Opera, widgets are closed too. You can hide Opera instead of closing it (Ctrl+H).

By grafio, # Nov 2, 2007 3:42:11 PM

BIB BEN is truly beautiful and I finally, got it to chime. However, when I close Opera, it closes BIG BEN too. Is there a way that it can stay on my desktop all the time?

By rustyrusty, # Oct 1, 2007 5:34:40 AM

does it ding every hour???????

By Rixhisonhond, # Sep 26, 2007 2:38:24 AM

yo yo yo how does it ding every hour?????

By Rixhisonhond, # Sep 26, 2007 2:37:55 AM

I opened up and unzipped and the chime is in my Rhapsody file but the clock still doesn't chime.

By pennyann, # Sep 11, 2007 8:06:08 AM

Good, but no sound in 15:00 for example (check box on/off - not effect!)(WinXP2, Opera 9.20)...

By T-34, # Aug 14, 2007 1:07:24 PM

Yes, sxfield is correct.
What you are looking at is St. Steven's clock tower.

By larjo, # Aug 13, 2007 8:19:08 PM

Of course, you realize that 'Big Ben' refers to the bell, not the clock.

By sxfield, # Aug 9, 2007 7:12:11 AM

Request - i think this widget is brilliant. I will be adding this to my favourites. Top notch! My request is, would it be possible to let the clock illuminate at a selected time?

By Psycho-184, # Jul 15, 2007 8:05:05 PM

it's a great addition to my collection

By ejenks909, # Jul 8, 2007 3:02:27 AM

It's very suitable and looks realy great!

By tanusha, # Jun 21, 2007 8:57:46 AM

It looks beautiful. Well done!

By bacau, # Apr 9, 2007 11:30:56 PM

Huhu~Really cool!

By shaka47, # Feb 1, 2007 6:40:45 PM

Thanx mate, it`s beautiful.
Always wanted me a personal Big Ben.
Very e-penislike.

By joepie, # Jan 29, 2007 2:25:36 PM

Nice idea, but this thing is freakin' huge on smaller screens.

By sefitz, # Jan 22, 2007 11:28:03 AM

What a beautiful widget... one day I am going to see the Big Ben in real life! Anyhow... is not there a way for next versions of Opera to fix the sound problem... Unzipping the file and opening it in Opera is not exactly an end-user solution...