Version 1.0
Released on Saturday, 14 August 1999

Created by Matthijs Hollemans
matthijs@weirdexperiments.com
http://www.weirdexperiments.com

What is it
WebWatch is an unofficial port of Swatch's Internet Time utility for BeOS R4.5 or higher that runs inside the Deskbar.

Someone at Swatch (you know, the company that makes the watches) came up with an idea for a universal time format that eliminates time zones and geographical borders. The idea is very simple: time is no longer measured in hours, minutes, and seconds, but in "beats". A single day consists of 1000 beats, so each beat corresponds to 1 minute and 26.4 seconds.

This "Internet Time" is the same all over the world, because it is measured relatively to something called the Biel Mean Time (BMT), a new meridian that lies in Switzerland. A day in Internet Time begins at midnight BMT, or @000 Swatch Beats, 12 noon is equivalent to @500 beats, and so on. So if it's @812 at my place, it's also 812 beats at yours and everyone else's.

Please check out the Swatch website for more information.

How to install it
Double-click the Installer icon to launch the installation program. The Installer will automatically put WebWatch in the "/boot/home/config/bin/" folder. If you wish, the Installer will also modify your boot script to launch WebWatch every time you start your computer.

How to get rid of it
Double-click the Uninstaller icon to launch the uninstallation program. The Uninstaller will automatically remove WebWatch from your system and your boot script.

Legal stuff
WebWatch is public domain, so you may do anything you like with it. No warranties expressed or implied. I am not responsible for whatever may happen to whomever, whenever.

Note that I am in no way affiliated with Swatch, and that I fully respect their copyrights and trademarks.

History
Version 1.0 (Saturday, 14 August 1999)

• First version.