Author Topic: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app) (Read 755,706 times)

worstje · « **Reply #25 on:** March 09, 2011, 12:20 PM »

You can get rid of one of them in the settings dialog. (I don't remember which one that is though.) The other always sticks around to my knowledge.

Pattern-chaser · « **Reply #26 on:** March 09, 2011, 12:38 PM »

Oops! I thought I'd looked for that, but I obviously wasn't looking properly. Thanks, worstje!

Just in case there's any doubt: sWeather is a useful little utility, which I shall continue using.

skwire · « **Reply #27 on:** March 09, 2011, 04:55 PM »

Quote from: Pattern-chaser on March 09, 2011, 11:41 AM

I wonder why my installation of sWeather shows two tray icons? Is there a way to get just one? [Installed on a Vista PC.]

It should show two icons; one for the current conditions and one for the current temperature. You can disable the temperature icon in the Options dialog.

skwire · « **Reply #28 on:** March 11, 2011, 01:21 AM »

Website | Download v1.0.3 - 2011-03-10 ! Locations would be gone if you closed out the Options dialog using the close button. Trying to get back into Options at that point would result in an error. (Thanks, lanux128 & worstje)

skwire · « **Reply #29 on:** March 15, 2011, 03:20 AM »

Website | Download v1.0.4 - 2011-03-14 + Added an expanded view that shows all of your locations' data in a listview. You can access this via the Options menu, the table button on the main form or the F2 hotkey. Double-clicking a row in the listview will launch the full forecast for that location. + Added Options button on the main dialog.

Expanded view sample:

mouser · « **Reply #30 on:** March 15, 2011, 03:36 AM »

that is a super cool feature.

lanux128 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 15, 2011, 05:01 AM »

yup, the expanded view is cool!

Jibz · « **Reply #32 on:** March 15, 2011, 07:54 AM »

Is there a start minimized option somewhere?

Would it be possible to show sunrise and sunset in 24h format (or whatever the local way is)?

The control showing the location on the main dialog appears not to be high enough, at least when I enter the city name "Århus", the small circle above the 'A' is not showing.

Excellent application

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skwire · « **Reply #33 on:** March 15, 2011, 01:46 PM »

Quote from: Jibz on March 15, 2011, 07:54 AM

Is there a start minimized option somewhere?

Check out the latest version.

Quote from: Jibz on March 15, 2011, 07:54 AM

The control showing the location on the main dialog appears not to be high enough, at least when I enter the city name "Århus", the small circle above the 'A' is not showing.

I think this is a limitation of Yahoo! Weather since they don't have the circle on the full forecast page either.
http://weather.yahoo.com/denmark/midtjylland/arhus-552015/

Website | Download v1.0.5 - 2011-03-14 + Added "Start minimized" option. (Thanks, Jibz) ! Alt-tab icon was pixelated. (Thanks, lanux128)

Jibz · « **Reply #34 on:** March 15, 2011, 01:55 PM »

Quote from: skwire on March 15, 2011, 01:46 PM

Check out the latest version.

Thanks

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Quote from: skwire on March 15, 2011, 01:46 PM

Quote from: Jibz on March 15, 2011, 07:54 AM
The control showing the location on the main dialog appears not to be high enough, at least when I enter the city name "Århus", the small circle above the 'A' is not showing.

I think this is a limitation of Yahoo! Weather since they don't have the circle on the full forecast page either.

Ah I see. I thought the location name you entered when adding the weather ID was what was displayed there, but I can see it is the name you get from yahoo instead.

Ath · « **Reply #35 on:** March 15, 2011, 05:46 PM »

Nice table of useful information that you added, thanks.

1 request: Can the column widths be saved? The window size and position seem to be saved, but all adjusted columns are back to default width when re-opening the view.

PhilB66 · « **Reply #36 on:** March 21, 2011, 11:54 PM »

A minor request (I hope)... when clicking on the 'Full Forecast' link (from the main Window or the 'Expanded View' one), it takes you to the 'Forecast' page for your location but the unit is Fahrenheit. To see the forecast in Celsius requires another click

Could you make sWeather adjust the link depending on the temperature unit?

Thanks.

skwire · « **Reply #37 on:** March 22, 2011, 02:36 AM »

Quote from: PhilB66 on March 21, 2011, 11:54 PM

A minor request (I hope)... when clicking on the 'Full Forecast' link (from the main Window or the 'Expanded View' one), it takes you to the 'Forecast' page for your location but the unit is Fahrenheit. To see the forecast in Celsius requires another click

The problem is that the forecast link that Yahoo provide in the RSS feed is an older link leading to a "301 Moved Permanently" page which then follows through to the new webpage location. That's why you see the page change. I wrote some code to follow it and get the new page (which I can manipulate for the proper temperature units) but it tends to hang up the app and I can't figure out why.

Antonimo · « **Reply #38 on:** March 30, 2011, 09:28 AM »

Very nice app - Only "issue" that I have noticed is that the special characters used in my town's name is displaying very strangely.

The letter - ö - is displaying as Ã¶

In working with websites, this is an issue with character sets. Although it does not affect the function of the app, it does look a little strange like this.

skwire · « **Reply #39 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:52 PM »

Would you mind posting your WOEID (or in a PM to me)? I'll try to make a Unicode build work for you.

skwire · « **Reply #40 on:** March 30, 2011, 07:35 PM »

Here you go, Ath & Antonimo:

Website | Download v1.0.6 - 2011-03-30 + Added Unicode build. Users on Win2k and below will need to use the sWeather_ANSI.exe now. + Expanded view now saves column order and widths. (Thanks, Ath)

Antonimo · « **Reply #41 on:** March 31, 2011, 05:31 AM »

Thank you very much - this a superb app.

I have never bothered with weather apps before because Yahoo never had the data for my town. Now they do and the ANSI version displays my town name correctly.

I am very happy

skwire · « **Reply #42 on:** March 31, 2011, 05:34 AM »

The ANSI version does??? Did you mean the Unicode version?

PhilB66 · « **Reply #43 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:38 AM »

@skwire

Thank you for v1.0.6. Works as advertised

(BTW, some of the images sub-folders contain Thumbs.db files)

skwire · « **Reply #44 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:43 AM »

Quote from: PhilB66 on March 31, 2011, 08:38 AM

Thank you for v1.0.6. Works as advertised
(BTW, some of the images sub-folders contain Thumbs.db files)

Nice, thanks for the feedback. I cleaned out the download archive as well. I appreciate it.

Antonimo · « **Reply #45 on:** March 31, 2011, 05:21 PM »

Quote

The ANSI version does??? Did you mean the Unicode version?

You're right - I did mean the Unicode version.

Actually, both of the executables display the name correctly. I did a CRC check on both executables and from the results they look identical. The Help > About shows that they are both the Unicode version though.

skwire · « **Reply #46 on:** March 31, 2011, 07:29 PM »

Gah, that's completely my fault. My build file was incorrect. I've since uploaded a new archive with the correct executables in it. Thanks for catching that.

PhilB66 · « **Reply #47 on:** March 31, 2011, 10:47 PM »

sWeather Website still shows v1.0.4 - 2011-03-14. The Empire needs an assistant!

skwire · « **Reply #48 on:** March 31, 2011, 11:00 PM »

Quote from: PhilB66 on March 31, 2011, 10:47 PM

sWeather Website still shows v1.0.4 - 2011-03-14.

Fixed, thank you. I wish I could find a way to automate that.

Quote from: PhilB66 on March 31, 2011, 10:47 PM

The Empire needs an assistant!

I need to hire one of my unwashed minions. Cranio?? Hehehehehe.

cranioscopical · « **Reply #49 on:** March 31, 2011, 11:41 PM »

Quote from: skwire on March 31, 2011, 11:00 PM

I need to hire one of my unwashed minions. Cranio??

You can't soft-soap me!