MineWeather

Make your new tab page display a crafty scene based on the weather!

MineWeather: Custom Weather-Based New Tab Scenes for Edge

MineWeather is an innovative Edge add-on focused on customization and private data use. It morphs your new tab page into a unique, dynamically-shifting video game scene that mirrors the weather conditions and time of day. With inbuilt smart features like quick resizing that fills the screen, non-blocking network requests, and battery-friendly infrequent updates, you get an immersive yet efficient experience. Enjoy simple temperature unit switching with a click on your extension icon. Rest assured as your data remains local and private. Support creators via Patreon!

Add-on stats

Users: 830
-18
Rating: 4.30
(10)
Version: 0.5.0 (Last updated: 2022-10-22)
Creation date: 2022-04-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • geolocation
  • storage
  • alarms
Host permissions:
  • https://api.open-meteo.com/
Size: 8.97M

Other platforms

MineWeather (v0.5.1)
4.52 (27) 2,000
Not available on Android
MineWeather (v0.5.1)
5.00 (9) 104
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Add-on summary

⛅Customize your new tabs with a scene from a blocky video game based on the weather!

Tip: Switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit by clicking on the extension icon!

All screenshots use John Smith Legacy and SEUS PTGI! Support James Stone and Sonic Ether on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sonicether https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=9104925

Features ⚡ Unique images for 8 different weather conditions. Dynamically adjusts to the time of day. Fast resizing ensures images always fill the screen. Network requests never block the rendering of new tabs. Infrequent background updates keep weather current without battery drain.

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User reviews

It's honestly really relaxing to look at it. Beautiful images!
by ALAN, 2023-06-19

This extension was really, really good, but for some reason, it has stopped working on my device.
by Matthew, 2022-03-23

good but add more backgrounds and its way to simple it says hot cold etc. it does tell the temp but make it more understandable and it says its raining but its not bad please fix
by Pruthu, 2022-02-24
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

MineWeather requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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