Question 1

What is the Water Glass widget in Cute Desk App?

Accepted Answer

The Water Glass widget is a life calendar that shows your life in weeks: 5,200 dots, one for every week of a 100-year life. Enter your date of birth once and the weeks you have lived fill up from the bottom like water in a glass, with the current week highlighted and a running count of the weeks still ahead of you.

Question 2

What is a memento mori and how does this widget relate to it?

Accepted Answer

Memento mori is a centuries-old practice of keeping life's finiteness in view so you spend your time deliberately — the philosophy behind life-in-weeks calendars and posters. The Water Glass widget is a gentle, optimistic take on it: instead of counting down, it shows the weeks still ahead of you and marks milestones like adulthood, retirement, and average life expectancy along the way.

Question 3

Is my date of birth private?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Your birth date is stored only in your browser's local storage on your device. It is never uploaded, and no account is needed — like everything in Cute Desk App, the widget works completely offline and privately.

Question 4

What do the gold dots and the ring on the life grid mean?

Accepted Answer

Gold dots mark two widely shared milestones — age 18 (adulthood) and age 65 (traditional retirement) — and a hollow gold ring marks the average life expectancy for your app language (for example, 79 in the United States). Hover any dot to see its month and year, the week number, your age that week, and what any milestone means.

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