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DesktopWeather Beta 2

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daoutlawz

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yeh matrox, i live in melbourne australia

the code is ASXX0075.

and im getting error displayed, and weired readings like 5 deg, and -4 and stuff like that :ermm:

BUT i went to weather.com and there one was ok...jus letting u know that weather.com shows the weather when the program doesnt.

i think this is similar to the other guys probs...:ponder:

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Matrox

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daoutlawz, do you have it set to celsius?

ASXX0075 is working fine for me. Another reason you might be getting the error is if the info download timesout.

If anyone gets any kind of error please email asap at matrox101@*.*. Include the error message, and location code.

replace *.* with hotmail.com

-Matrox

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daoutlawz

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Matrox-

I think what said was right about the timeout thingy, because it says ERROR sometimes just for the city, but most of the time it works, the thing was that when i installed it it was l8 at night and it was showing the ERROR message all the time..

but now its fine... :D

it only does it now and then, but i dont think u can fix that, ne way like i said b4 i think it is from the timeout crap... :ponder:

but either way this proggy ROX, i luv it man.....:D

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Hi I'm from germany and it does now work perfectly, with ?C etc...

Really great. The use of .NET is also a good idea as it simplifies development and its a good way to get to know the new plattform.

How about external strings, so that one can translate the weather forcast?

Two other problems: the wind speed in mph and the barometer uses american scales not the ISO (?) standard ones (km/h and hectopascal) the normal air presure is about 1000 hectopascal I think. I suppose you know conversation between the values and scales better.

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I really love this program but it seems to me like you may have better luck getting the stats from http://theweathernetwork.com I know the canadian stats are much better and I like the look of the graphics used on this site much better. Check it out and seriously consider trying this because I think with the stats on http://theweathernetwork.com you could improve your program big time.

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Matrox

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Opio, yea I have seen this before. It requires you to create a login at weather.com and pops up adds all the time. I used a packet sniffer to isolate where it was getting its data from. I found it, but it uses your login and MD5 encrypted password in the location :|. Also at the bottom it says "This data feed is intended only for use by Desktop Weather by The Weather Channel. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Copyright 1995-2002, The Weather Channel Enterprises, Inc." :( Owell.

-Matrox

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Just to give everyone a heads up, I have been to matrox's web site and he is still alive abd he is still working on DesktopWeather. Beta 3 should be out in a week. The only differences will be that it is written in .NET and hopefully all the current bugs will be fixed. As for the Forum Checker, I am not certain, there is no word on it. However, I wouldn't be suprised if matrox rewrote that in .NET also. I hope he does, I like the program, but i doesn't remember were I put it and starts up in the same place every time. If you didn't catch it, the web site is above and goes into more details. Just though you'd all like to know.

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Matrox

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Hey everyone, Yes I am still alive. Been a lil busy with work, so I havent been on the computer as much.

I have changed the website around a lil bit. I know, I know...its not pretty, but I would rather work on developing the program than working on the website. The free server I am on is pretty slow and has some frequent SQL errors, so beware. If anyone can offer me some free webspace please let me know.

DesktopWeather Beta 3 is coming soon! Check the Website for info.

As for the Neowin forum checker, I didnt realize how many of you liked it, so I have made no updates to it. I will update it after DesktopWeather Beta 3, but please start requesting features now, because I have no idea what to add to it. Also start requesting features for next DesktopWeather.

Thanks to all for comments, and thanks to DoubleJ for keeping everyone informed.

-Matrox

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Deron Dantzler

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a few requests...

DESKTOP WEATHER

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1. Still getting errors during early morning...

2. Transparency of weather icons...

3. Resize feature...

NEOWIN FORUM CHECKER

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1. Right-align feature...

2. Risize feature...

3. Change the ammount of Recent Posts shown...

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IgwanaRob

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Originally posted by Matrox

As for the Neowin forum checker, I didnt realize how many of you liked it, so I have made no updates to it. I will update it after DesktopWeather Beta 3, but please start requesting features now, because I have no idea what to add to it. Also start requesting features for next DesktopWeather.

-Matrox

I've had to go back a build on the weather program - it refuses to work at night, while the prvious versions work just fine.

As for the forum checker - having it remember it's position would be the biggest improvement. Perhaps making a separate program for the neowin news headlines, possibly with options to display headlines from other sites (like /. etc)

Also, an option for adjusting font sizes would be nice :D

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Originally posted by GambitADSL

and if possible how about having a tooltip that displays the full title of the thread.

If that is possble, perhaps you could make the window resizable so that the entire title could be seen. Also, if there could be a setting for the number of recent posts shown, that would be cool.

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