Clacks Overhead - GNU Terry Pratchett Clacks Overhead - GNU Terry Pratchett

Fun
Version: 2.0
Last Update: 2021-01-11

Overview

Clacks Overhead - GNU Terry Pratchett is a Chrome extension developed by Peter Bell. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Clacks Overhead - GNU Terry Pratchett is 2.0, updated on 2021-01-11.
6,000+ users have installed this extension. 156 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .

GNU Terry Pratchett. Show user when 'Clacks-Overhead' appears in HTTP headers.

NOTE: This extension does not collect any data or send any information anywhere. See paragraph 1 at the bottom of this description regarding required permissions.

To quote the twitter account of the great man himself:
"AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER."
Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.

See here: http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/
Github: https://github.com/newfolder0/chrome-clacks

Contributors:
-Peter Bell (original author)
-Charlie Wheeler-Robinson (bug hunting, refactoring, improving in early versions)
-Jimmy Nyström (code)
-Melanie Wilberforce (icons)
-Rob Grundy (who made the Firefox extension) for sending me the clacks icons used in the animation
-Backspindle Games for producing the clacks icons in the animation
-Sap1ens, jwakely, and Amy Atha-Nicholls (generously offering new icons)
-yousuf811 on Github (squashing bugs)
-Jarek Glowacki for some CSS help
-See GitHub issues and pull requests for others

A big thank you to all of the lovely people who sent new icons (listed above)!

The Chrome Developer Dashboard sucks and doesn't notify me of feedback - I try to keep an eye on it but if I don't reply, email me ([email protected]). I take no responsibility for any impact on browser performance as a result of this extension, though I believe it should be negligible. I use this extension myself and am completely open to suggestions or improvements.

I don't know anything about licences so I'm including one offered by Github just in case because it seems pretty reasonable. This is a simple extension and a tribute to Terry Pratchett so I'm not really worried what you do with it.

Note 1: There are people complaining about the permissions required. That's fair enough, I would be too. The latest updates need 'webNavigation' permissions for reading the HTML meta tags (a feature which a lot of people were asking for). That is what requires access to web page content. The original permissions required by older versions were for webRequest, which is necessary for the basic HTTP header interception. As far as I know, there isn't a better way of doing it. If you are still concerned I suggest downloading it directly from Github (link above) so you know exactly what you are getting, you just won't get automatic updates. I wish there was a way to transparently publish directly from the public version on Github but as far as I know, the only way is to upload zip files myself. There is no way I can guarantee I haven't changed anything in between.

Rating

156 ratings

Total Installs

6,000+

Information

Last Update

2021-01-11

Current Version

2.0

Size

456KiB

Author

Peter Bell

Website

None

Category

Fun

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avatar Michael Campbell
2022-03-02

Seems to be working for me. Most sites don't have it but I tested it by going to Discworld Emporium and it lit up as expected. A shame it doesn't light up on this page, but I blame Google, not the developer.

avatar mirthfulArtist
2021-04-14

It broke down a while ago and no longer works. Maybe an update is needed?

avatar Caroline Erickson
2020-06-25

love this, thank you. a man is not dead while his name is still spoken.

avatar Katarzyna Jędrzejek
2020-03-12

It's been 5 years today. I've never stopped using this extension and it still brightens my day when I'm able to spot incoming clacks signal. GNU Terry Pratchett

avatar Shonaigh Douglas
2019-05-22

It used to be cool, seeing the little icon light up on some websites. Sadly, it no longer seems to work - it doesn't appear in the address bar anymore and the control icon is always lit up. I know there are a lot of Discworld fans, but not that many!