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

skwire · « **Reply #100 on:** September 26, 2011, 10:17 PM »

I'll get right on that.

skwire · « **Reply #101 on:** September 27, 2011, 10:23 PM »

As promised:

Website | Download v1.1.0 - 2011-09-27 + Added ability to change the weather in your area if you don't like it! Well, not really, but it's a fun joke anyway. Choose "Change the weather!?" from the tray or Options menu. (Thanks, mouser)

It's now 105° F with light snow showers where I live. =]

Ath · « **Reply #102 on:** September 27, 2011, 10:34 PM »

Quote from: skwire on September 27, 2011, 10:23 PM

"Change the weather!"

cranioscopical · « **Reply #103 on:** September 27, 2011, 10:55 PM »

Quote from: skwire on September 27, 2011, 10:23 PM

As promised:

Thanks, it's rather hot here so I just programmed us for some Is'd t-storms.

app103 · « **Reply #104 on:** September 27, 2011, 11:05 PM »

You know, I recently stopped using Weather Watcher because it developed that feature on its own (sort of). The first time it did it, while it was about 49F here in NJ, it was showing 88F and feels like 100F. It had magically changed my weather station to Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. About a week or so later it changed my station to somewhere in Iraq.

skwire · « **Reply #105 on:** September 27, 2011, 11:08 PM »

Quote from: cranioscopical on September 27, 2011, 10:55 PM

Thanks, it's rather hot here so I just programmed us for some Is'd t-storms.

No problem, glad I could help.

mouser · « **Reply #106 on:** September 28, 2011, 12:04 AM »

Ha!

Ath · « **Reply #107 on:** November 15, 2011, 09:33 PM »

There is a small chance that sWeather is not entirely up to some winter-weather conditions, over here in the metric system-world.
Now that it's freezing during the evenings and nights, sWeather doesn't show the minimum (Low) temperature if it's below 0 degrees centigrade:

The other temperature values all show negative values when needed, for as far as I can see.
~~Can't tell if~~ It's also affecting the High temperature(s), as it's ~~not~~ that cold in some places yet

If I change the settings to non-metric it shows the expected figures for my location, but my brain doesn't comprehend the Fahrenheit numbers very well.

No need for any rush, but it would be nice if it got fixed.

skwire · « **Reply #108 on:** November 16, 2011, 12:56 AM »

Quote from: Ath on November 15, 2011, 09:33 PM

No need for any rush, but it would be nice if it got fixed.

This is almost certainly going to be an issue with the data (or lack thereof) in the Yahoo! XML feed that sWeather uses for its display data. If you have time when it does this again, please verify the data from the following URL format:

Code

http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=<WOEID>&u=<c|f>

Example:

Code

http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=2384406&u=f

mouser · « **Reply #109 on:** November 16, 2011, 01:37 AM »

skwire stop responding to support request posts from your disneyworld hotel -- you are making the rest of us slackers look bad!!!

skwire · « **Reply #110 on:** November 16, 2011, 01:57 AM »

Quote from: mouser on November 16, 2011, 01:37 AM

skwire stop responding to support request posts from your disneyworld hotel -- you are making the rest of us slackers look bad!!!

Bahahaha...never. Hell, maybe I'll write some code tonight and really piss you off.

Ath · « **Reply #111 on:** November 16, 2011, 07:42 AM »

You could check it out for a quite cold place (I just found some rather cold North American place

) : (metric/Celcius)

Code

http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=4224&u=c

The data looks rather OK to me, having all kinds of negative numbers in it?

Ath · « **Reply #112 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:28 PM »

Any progress on the low temperature issue yet? Local temperatures are probably going below 0 this week, so negative values in the display would be nice

skwire · « **Reply #113 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:05 PM »

Quote from: Ath on December 18, 2011, 12:28 PM

Any progress on the low temperature issue yet? Local temperatures are probably going below 0 this week, so negative values in the display would be nice

Doh, thanks for the reminder. I'll see what I can do.

skwire · « **Reply #114 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:41 PM »

See if this fixes it, Ath. Thanks.

Website | Download v1.2.0 - 2011-12-18 ! Negative High/Low values weren't being matched properly. (Thanks, Ath)

Ath · « **Reply #115 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:01 PM »

Quote from: skwire on December 18, 2011, 04:41 PM

See if this fixes it, Ath.

Yes, it does

Thanks.

skwire · « **Reply #116 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:02 PM »

You're welcome and thanks for testing. Silly regex matching...

skwire · « **Reply #117 on:** May 12, 2012, 04:16 AM »

Website | Download v1.2.1 - 2012-05-11 + Added "Reset tray icon positions" option to the tray menu.

ZorMi · « **Reply #118 on:** August 09, 2012, 08:37 AM »

Quote from: Ath on March 03, 2011, 10:34 PM

There are just a few small things I'd like to ask, like an auto-refresh feature for the weather (or is it already there but the interval > 30 minutes?

Quote

I suppose I should mention this somewhere. The interval is one hour since that's as often as Yahoo! Weather is updated.

Hi... I like this utility, only refresh rate should be higher.

I think Yahoo updates weather in half-hour, but even if it's one hour (or 5 minutes less) utility is not synchronized with Yahoo. It could lead up to two hours old reading in tray if refreshed just before Yahoo's next update.

Can it be configurable in options (.ini file) or at least around 15 minutes? Regards...

skwire · « **Reply #119 on:** August 10, 2012, 07:10 AM »

Hi, ZorMi, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.

Quote from: ZorMi on August 09, 2012, 08:37 AM

Hi... I like this utility, only refresh rate should be higher.

You're right and I've been lax in adding that functionality so thanks for the nudge. Here you go:

Website | Download v1.2.2 - 2012-08-09 + Added custom refresh settings. (Thanks, ZorMi) * Removed the ANSI build from the archive.

ZorMi · « **Reply #120 on:** August 10, 2012, 07:57 AM »

Quote from: skwire on August 10, 2012, 07:10 AM

.... Here you go:

Website | Download v1.2.2 - 2012-08-09 + Added custom refresh settings. (Thanks, ZorMi) * Removed the ANSI build from the archive.

That was quick..

thanks.

I made some temperature tray icons in colors for Celsius scale (blue-cold ... green-good... red-hot). It's not professional work but informative to me...

skwire · « **Reply #121 on:** August 10, 2012, 08:09 AM »

Quote from: ZorMi on August 10, 2012, 07:57 AM

That was quick.. thanks.

You're welcome. Let me know if it seems to work better.

Quote from: ZorMi on August 10, 2012, 07:57 AM

I made some temperature tray icons in colors for Celsius scale (blue-cold ... green-good... red-hot). It's not professional work but informative to me...

Fantasic! Those look great. With your permission, I'd like to include them in the zip archive so all users can benefit.

ZorMi · « **Reply #122 on:** August 10, 2012, 08:22 AM »

Of course... but I made only -20°C to +40°C (my location).
Someone could improve, use a better font, lighter colors... etc.

joiwind · « **Reply #123 on:** August 10, 2012, 10:37 AM »

@skwire - thanks for the new version.
This site WOEID lookup might interest you, it's quicker and easier than the Yahoo site.

skwire · « **Reply #124 on:** August 11, 2012, 03:44 AM »

Quote from: joiwind on August 10, 2012, 10:37 AM

@skwire - thanks for the new version.
This site WOEID lookup might interest you, it's quicker and easier than the Yahoo site.

Very nice. Thank you. I did some digging and Yahoo! provide an API for the WOEID lookups so I added the functionality directly to sWeather. This should really make it easy to add multiple locations. You can even search on terms like "taj mahal" or "eiffel tower." Very cool. Here's a screenshot of the new sWeather Options panel.

This version also includes ZorMi's Celsius colour icons. Thanks, again!

Website | Download v1.2.3 - 2012-08-10 + Added new WOEID lookup in the Options panel. + Added option for adding a "C" or an "F" to the temperature readouts. (Thanks, lanux128) + Included a new, Celsius colour, tray temperature theme made by ZorMi.