[binibus]

The real question should be why would someone want to have something changing every second in his peripheric vision?

[0xdeadb00f]

I have seconds in my status bar. It isn't distracting at all. My brain filters it out just the same when I'm focused on other stuff open on my computer

[robbedpeter]

Timing is important for some things, and seconds matter sometimes. The option would be nice.

[iforgotpassword]

Eh, it's not that bad. i3 does it every five seconds by default, along with other status information, but to me that bar is small enough to not draw my attention if I don't need it. Actually I even often miss when it changes the color of some text to notify me of a critical situation, eg available memory dropping below 500mb.