Windowshade

Ever lose track of time staring at your screen? Windowshade replaces your new tab page with a clock that shows what the sky…
What is Windowshade?
Windowshade is a Chrome extension that replaces your new tab page with a clock that shows what the sky currently looks like. Introduce a little natural light into your Chrome experience to get a better grip on the world without looking away. Note: uses location API to accurately calculate sunrise and sunset times.

Extension stats

By: Heptarex
Users: 151 ▲ 1
Rating: 4.15 (13)
Version: 1.21 (Last updated: 2013-08-13)
Creation date: 2013-08-13
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • geolocation
Size: 90.19K

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Extension summary

Ever lose track of time staring at your screen? Windowshade replaces your new tab page with a clock that shows what the sky currently looks like. Introduce a little natural light into your Chrome experience to get a better grip on the world without looking away.

Note: uses location API to accurately calculate sunrise and sunset times.

User reviews

doesnt always work.
by A Google user, 2019-03-10

I like this extension. Sometimes my chrome forgets it exists and I have to disable and then re-enable. Small price to pay.
by Reed Morse, 2016-06-15

simple but elegant
by Maikol Garcia, 2014-09-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Windowshade requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Windowshade has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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