john-pettigrew/authentic-ubersicht

The most honest weather app, on your desktop

Authentic Weather

The most honest weather app, on your desktop

Installation

1. Download Übersicht
2. Copy authentic.widget to your widgets folder.
3. Add your forecast.io api key to authentic.coffee.

Advanced

Setting the Units

Celsius and Fahrenheit units are provided in the widget. To adjust this, change the value of unit in authentic.coffee.

Setting the Icon Set

Three icon sets are provided with the widget: white, black, and blue. To adjust this, change the value of icon in authentic.coffee.

Setting the Snippet

The widget above the phrase can be changed between an icon and the temperature. To adjust this, change the value of snippet in authentic.coffee.

Setting the Refresh Rate

By default, the widget will get new data every 5 minutes. To adjust this, change the value of rate in authentic.coffee. The value should be in milliseconds, so multiply the number of seconds by 1000. Note that forecast.io has a limit on how frequently you can send requests.

Changelog

03/17/15

• Now requires Ubersicht v0.5 or higher
• Uses new geolocation API instead of manual lat/lon coordinates

Credits

Idea, graphics, and phrases are from Authentic Weather. Most resources have been dumped from the Android app in order to resemble it as closely as possible.