A screenshot of what it looks like:
Configuring which clock to use
The following instructions assume you have already installed the ClearSky Extention and have already restarted your browser.To display a clock other than the clock for Louisville, KY is a little tricky for now (until I implement an acutal user interface to do the configuration). First go to www.ClearDarkSky.com and find a clock near your location. Then copy the URL to that clock to the clipboard, or make a note of it. You'll need this address in the next step.
Type "about:config" in your browser's address bar. This will pull up a long list of all of the settings stored for your browser. The properties are sorted in alphabetical order, so scroll down to "clearskyextion.clockurl" which will be in BOLD. Double click on the line with this setting, which will pop up a box you can type into. Delete the value in the box and press enter the URL of the ClearSky Clock you identified in the step above. Press OK, and you should see your new value listed.
Any new windows opened from then on will display the new clock (note there is a five second delay between when a window is opened and when the new clock will display for the first time). Just close any windows still displaying the old clock.
The clock will only refresh when you open a new window, this will be fixed in a future version.
Bugs, and To Do features
- Store the image locally and have all windows point to the local file, rather than having each window fetch it's own copy.
- Implement an options dialog which makes it much easier to select a different clock.
- Right clicking the clock image will bring up options to go to different astronomy related sites with information about your area. E.g. heavens-above, USNO, etc.