![]() ![]() By contrast, VelaClock is designed to function without an Internet connection, and so is particularly useful for laptop users away from their home or office. Many widgets are lightweight front-ends to web services such widgets require an Internet connection. VelaClock is a unique widget in that it is completely self-contained. Since that day, VelaClock has progressively improved with more than twenty five updates. VelaClock 1.0 was released on the same day that Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" was released, April 29, 2005. In issue 123 of DG magazine, VelaClock 1.4 received a favorable review in John Feld's Graphics Report column. In the February 2006 issue of Macworld, VelaClock 1.4 was reviewed in Dan Frakes' Mac Gems column and received a four-mice rating. VelaClock has been an Apple Staff Favorite many times in the past, and frequently appears in Apple's Top 50 Dashboard Widgets list. Deluxe version only: A Change Date pane that provides the ability to view information (sunrise time, etc.) for any day in the past or future (from 1932 to 2030). The current season name (winter, etc.) is also displayed.ĥ. An analog clock and detailed time zone information, including full time zone name and the number of hours the selected city is ahead or behind the user's current time zone (as set in System Preferences). This view also contains the name of the current phase, as well as local times for the next and previous phase events (new, quarter, full).Ĥ. Because this angle can change dramatically within the span of an hour, it is updated once a minute, as is the moon's phase. This image accurately depicts the angle of the moon's crescent. An image of the moon as seen in the sky above the currently selected city. Begin/end times for civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight can also be displayed.ģ. Specific times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset. Daylight duration and the change in minutes of daylight from the previous day are also displayed.Ģ. A thin white bar indicates when the moon is visible. A light level bar that gives the user a picture of the 24 hours of natural light (bright daylight, three kinds of twilight and night) for the current day. ![]() Multiple lower panes can be opened to display more information and take up more screen space (each pane has a full and a minimized version):ġ. The top pane of VelaClock displays a list of cities and corresponding local times. The interface of VelaClock can easily be configured to use a minimum amount of screen space or if the user wishes, more detailed information about the currently selected city can be displayed. ![]()
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