Sunday, April 29, 2007

Google Theme Time Correcting Script for FireFox

I've been using the Google Personal Home and I love the themes they added not so long ago.
After a few days of usage I noticed that the Google Theme has a problem with displaying the correct local time. e.g.: It was 10PM and dark out side, and the theme would show the sun at 4pm over the beach theme :).
I felt it has missing the point and I started looking for a solution.

The best one I found on the web is this script for FireFox that fixes the CSS of the theme without you doing anything. The script gets the current time from your local PC clock and set the correct theme image when loading.
All you need to do is install it. No configuration or setting.

If you don't use FireFox, thats a different matter.
Maybe it's time to convert and start using FireFox.

What you need to do:

1. Install Greasemonkey . It is a Firefox extension that allows you to customize the way webpages look and function and lets you add code to existing web pages.
(Install the addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748)

2. Install the Google Theme Time Fix. It fixes a bug in the Google personalized home page theme system by updating the css href based on your current system time.
(Install this script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/8284.user.js)

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