Bottles Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 last update was around a year or so. I guess development has stopped Link to comment
liquidbrain Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 More than 2 years without replies ...but i have to write ...The widget is really amazing, work exactly like dashboard´s , but since las YWE update, it didnt refresh data ...I tried to push the degree button, but nothing happens . I´ve compared with Yahoo weather to see this ... dont refresh data .Hope siosae read this and can fix it. ... Link to comment
Björn Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 He wasn´t here for two years. I doubt he get´s back. Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 When I get time I will have a look at it and see if I can fix it for him.it didnt refresh data ...That part was a quick fix I will have to look and see what has changed with the AccuWeather Website the information it displays says it is 81 here when in fact it is 56. But the Weather.com works fine. I've been having problems with my domain so for now I dont have anywhere to upload it to. Hopefully it will be corrected which gives me time to find a solution for accuweather. Link to comment
smajor Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 I just found this topic from a Google search, it's been a year since the last post, but was an update ever done? I'm using it in it's current form and it seems to be functional with AccuWeather.I'd love to see an update. I might be able to host it, if anyone is still out there needing a spot for it! Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 I have never gotten back to it, you say your version works AccuWeather? If you could send me a copy that would be nice. I had weather.com working maybe I could get both to work. Link to comment
Björn Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Mine also works with AccuWeather (and I use it), but it is the standard version 2.3 from the first post. Link to comment
smajor Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Mine is the 2.3 version I found here as well, I didn't modify it. It seems to be updating too, even with the latest Konfab..(ahem, Yahoo Widget Engine) and 10.5.7. I did have initial issues getting AccuWeather to accept my city as a zip code, but once I tried typing it in as City, STate, it's worked fine on both my desktop and my wife's laptop. Link to comment
Björn Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I´m on Win Xp and YW 4.5.2 btw. Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 (edited) Ok looking at the AccuWeather code the url it fetches from is this...http://konfab.accuweather.com/adcbin/konfabulator/widget_find_city.asp?location=Which is no longer maintained and should have been removed it will give inaccurate information. Says it is 82 degrees here when in fact it is 61 this is the new url supplied by AccuWeather since the Yahoo! takeover. Not sure yet but it looks like it might take a complete re-write of the widget.http://yahoo2.accu-weather.com/widget/yahoo2/weather-data.asp?location=I have contacted AccuWeather and they will send me a link to their api, the first problem I see is the api displays a 5 day forecast instead of 6. I'm not sure if I will be able to get a 6 day forecast without violating their developer agreement will follow up and let you know. Edited May 28, 2009 by Ghostwalker Link to comment
smajor Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Very cool of you to start looking into this again. Just an observation about the 5 vs. 6 day forecast. I guess it depends on the data they supply and how the count the days. The "first" day on Apple's widget is "today", a 5 day forecast would likely be "tomorrow" forward. Today plus 5 days is the 6 day format.Looking at the Yahoo data link above, they seem to provide a lot of extra info, you could really "go nuts" with this widget and add more data. I've seen a hacked Apple widget that has everything from wind speed in it to AccuWeather's "Real Feel" in a purple font below the lows in the display. Great for my northern winter days with windchill! Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 (edited) OK I have signed up with AccuWeather in order to get access the their feeds and changed everything in the xml file to accommodate the new feed. Still have to move all the days to the right and add the current day at the beginning. My question to everyone here is should I... a. Make it one to one with the Dashboard widget and drop weather.com b. Make two widgets one for AccuWeather and one for Weather.com c. keep it the same with both AccuWeather and Weather.com(could be conflicts of interest between the two companies) My problem is in order to use weather.com I need to add a few things to keep with their licensing contract if I have to do the same thing with Weather.com then I will have to code two separate context menus for the widget. My personal opinion is two widgets one that works with AccuWeather and one for Weather.com so as to make both companies happy. Don't want to have to update this again if they kill the feeds due to not following their guidelines. If I make two separate widgets I could then update the widget for Konfabulator engine 4.5 which will allow me to create a live vitality in the dock (maybe with options as to what you want displayed in the dock) New problem the new feed they supply gives 5 day forecast counting today(Today + 4 more). There might not be a way to get the 6 day forecast, I will email them and ask for a six day feed but don't get your hopes up. If I cannot get the sixth day feed what would you like me to do? 1. only show 5 days on the bottom 2. leave the widget as is(The current feed is no longer updated that is why it works for some cities and not others and some current temps are wrong) 3. place a fake forecast for the sixth day(bad idea) New Feed http://riddle.accu-weather.com/widget/ridd...03&metric=1 Edited May 30, 2009 by Ghostwalker Link to comment
smajor Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 If you have to go with the 5 day, how about:4. only show 5 days on the bottom and use the extra space for other info? e.g. wind speed, or RealFeel, or some other data available from the AccuWeather feed ?I guess 4. would pretty much leave the plan to be two separate widgets as Weather.com might not provide the extra information...Just my 2 cents. Thanks for getting this working again! Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 (edited) Update I emailed both asking for a true 5 day forecast but unless I go there and put my foot up someones xxx I probably wont get it. I have received a license from Weather.com and have both working now in the widget. Both only provide a 5 day forecast counting today. only show 5 days on the bottom and use the extra space for other info? e.g. wind speed, or RealFeel, or some other data available from the AccuWeather feed ? This is not a bad idea they do not need to be the same the extra info could be different depending on what you would like added(now is the time to ask). Here is the Weather.com feed... http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/6486...e841&unit=s Let me know how you would like it and what extra info to add. Just to let everyone know the widget is coming along fine(it will be different). Me and a friend of mine in the UK are working together on this for better International support and it is being developed on Leopard and Windows XP SP3. I have added sunrise/sunset to the mini icons tooltip and a dynamic context menu that gives you links to... 1. Feed supplied by(opens the company homepage of accuweather or weather channel) 2. Open Homepage (takes you to your homepage with today's weather) 3. Open 15/10 Day Forecast (15 or 10 day forecast depending on whether you use accuweather or weather channel) 4. Open Radar/Satellite(For US cities it will be radar view for International it will be satellite view.) 5. Widget Version( will display the widget version you are using.) Some of these things need to be added to follow their license agreement. I may have to put their logo in the sixth position according to the license agreement not sure yet. I will also email SioSae and let him know of the updates(Not sure if I have an updated email I have not talked to him in a very long time). When this is done I will open a new thread with the updated version and host it until I can contact SioSae. AccuWeather: Weather Channel: You will notice two different temps and main icons showing this is due to AccuWeather and Weather Channel feeds (they don't agree on the weather). I also noticed this with Stardocks weather docklet the two accuweather feeds do not agree sometimes you will have to email accuweather and complain yourself. Edited June 1, 2009 by Ghostwalker Link to comment
Björn Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 How does the original Apple forecast work if they have only a five days forecast at Accuweather?I´d like to have as Appleish as possible... Link to comment
smajor Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Apple's widget has the logos in the setup pane, you might be able to get away with that and leave the front end clean.If I had my choice, I'd go for Wind Speed, Real Feel (Lawn & Garden Weather on Weather.com), and Pollen Count/Allergies. I don't know how difficult it would be, but perhaps set the available choices in the setup pane and let people choose? There might be a limit that can be visible... Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) How does the original Apple forecast work if they have only a five days forecast at Accuweather? I asked that also and they have a special contract with AccuWeather sorry. I´d like to have as Appleish as possible... I'm limited there, you could always use the broke widget for screenshots and the working widget for the correct information. Apple's widget has the logos in the setup pane, you might be able to get away with that and leave the front end clean. If I had my choice, I'd go for Wind Speed, Real Feel (Lawn & Garden Weather on Weather.com), and Pollen Count/Allergies. I don't know how difficult it would be, but perhaps set the available choices in the setup pane and let people choose? There might be a limit that can be visible... We wanted to go with something both feeds supplied, which everything that both supplied was already in the widget so we went with the moon phase. Also according to the license agreement the Lawn & Garden, Pollen count and so forth must be links to their site sorry. I do not want to get my license removed as I have plans to create another weather widget. There are a few more things I would like to do under the hood but the look you see now will not change, If you still want it the way I have done it I will post it soon if you do not because it is not one to one I understand and will keep it to myself. Edited June 4, 2009 by Ghostwalker Link to comment
smajor Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Hey, I'm happy to have it updated and working properly! All the other stuff would have been gravy, so no worries! Thanks! Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) Update guys, widget updated to version 4.5 of the Konfabulator engine. This will allow me to keep it updated if and when any updates come from Yahoo!. Added a live vitality dock now displays city name, temp and current condition icon. Still got some more to do with it mainly for international users it now excepts UK Postal codes for our friends in the Uk. Going to be looking into adding preferences for the satellite(international users) so that when the click on the radar/satellite it will take them to their custom satellite image instead of the world satellite view. I know it is taking some time but I promise it is being worked on and debugged daily/nightly. Edited June 7, 2009 by Ghostwalker Link to comment
smajor Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Hows it coming along? Those last pics had me drooling. Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Done pretty much just debugging to do that pretty much just set around and check weather compared to the widget day/night and so for. I had to changed the link graphics on the back(still need to finish that) and she will be ready I think. Got it working better for the European community so now you can enter zip/city or UK Postcodes. Try to finish the back today or tomorrow and post it then you all can help me if there are any lingering bugs. Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Ok seems I have taken on to many internet projects and personal life projects I'm totally exhausted. I did not complete the images for the background(just the logo) if anyone has the time be my guest. But other than that it seems to be running fine. If you do have any problems go to preferences and check log to file run the widget for several days to give me plenty of data to work with then send the log file to me and I will take a look.Dashboard Weather Version 2.4 Link to comment
smajor Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Very nice and great to have it! The only thing I noticed, and I've seen this with other things that use the same font, is that with Safari 4 installed, the font used for the week days and temps is "thicker" than the screen shots. Not quite bold. Link to comment
Ghostwalker Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 I have Safari 4 installed when I took the screen shots. The main temp numbers are actually images not fonts. Link to comment
smajor Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hrm, maybe it's something with my laptop. I'm long overdue for a clean install; been holding out for Snow Leopard to do that. Link to comment
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