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Wendi
Comment #82 Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:53 PM
Comment #82 Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:53 PM
Wil,
You have done a wonderful job I have everything working fine now. But I expanded my icons etc to show 10 day forecast but I cant seem to get the narrative forecast to go beyond the five days I checked with weather.com and theres goes to 10 days in narrative.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for the great work and for being so helpful to all the questions submitted.
You have done a wonderful job I have everything working fine now. But I expanded my icons etc to show 10 day forecast but I cant seem to get the narrative forecast to go beyond the five days I checked with weather.com and theres goes to 10 days in narrative.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for the great work and for being so helpful to all the questions submitted.
Will Rose
Comment #83 Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:03 PM
Comment #83 Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:03 PM
Wendi,
LookingGlass only shows 5 days because I've found beyond that the forecasts are about as accurate as rolling dice. (Also it's a larger memory hit) If by "expanded my icons etc to show 10 day forecast" you mean you've modified the forecaster to display 10 days worth of data, then congratulations! To handle the extended narratives, look at the following functions: ParseWeatherNarrative, GetWeatherInfoNarrative. (You'll want to use dayd=10)
Keep me posted...
LookingGlass only shows 5 days because I've found beyond that the forecasts are about as accurate as rolling dice. (Also it's a larger memory hit) If by "expanded my icons etc to show 10 day forecast" you mean you've modified the forecaster to display 10 days worth of data, then congratulations! To handle the extended narratives, look at the following functions: ParseWeatherNarrative, GetWeatherInfoNarrative. (You'll want to use dayd=10)
Keep me posted...
Will Rose
Comment #84 Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:09 PM
Comment #84 Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:09 PM
Hey everyone, I see that the rating for this, the premier version of LookingGlass, has finally made it to a (long overdue;)) 10!
I'd like to say thank you very much to everyone who has supported me with your comments, ratings, and suggestions.
Now that winter's almost upon us (in the northern hemisphere) you'll get to enjoy the lovely animated snow in LookingGlass! I may even do one more update for winter, but I'm not sure... Cheers!
I'd like to say thank you very much to everyone who has supported me with your comments, ratings, and suggestions.
Now that winter's almost upon us (in the northern hemisphere) you'll get to enjoy the lovely animated snow in LookingGlass! I may even do one more update for winter, but I'm not sure... Cheers!
Mysore Srinivas
Comment #86 Wednesday, December 8, 2004 9:57 PM
Comment #86 Wednesday, December 8, 2004 9:57 PM
Proably the best out there. But, I'd have liked a couple simpe tweaks
1. It would be nice if the object understood early hous of the day(a pale sun), afternoon hours (bright sun) and
evening hours. Right now, it switches between two modes, day and night.
2. Clouds in the night mode appears to be too bright. It would be nice if they reflected less light (I guess
another set of image files)
thanks, srini
1. It would be nice if the object understood early hous of the day(a pale sun), afternoon hours (bright sun) and
evening hours. Right now, it switches between two modes, day and night.
2. Clouds in the night mode appears to be too bright. It would be nice if they reflected less light (I guess
another set of image files)
thanks, srini
Will Rose
Comment #87 Thursday, December 9, 2004 3:05 AM
Comment #87 Thursday, December 9, 2004 3:05 AM
Srini,
Thanks for your kind compliment! I'm glad you like it. I guess all those unique abilities in LookingGlass still aren't enough, eh?
Actually, I wouldn't call those "simple tweaks" but due to the LookingGlass architecture they are quite do-able, although adding another set of images isn't the correct solution. With the way DX manages memory, adding more renderings (remember, all those clouds etc are animations, not just images) would make the memory footprint just too big. And the "layered weather effects" functionality in LG makes additional images unnecessary for something like this.
There's a better way to do it though, and I'll keep this in mind for a future update.
It's too bad other authors haven't tried to use the LG architecture in their own weather objects. It would allow them to add functionality like
Thanks for your kind compliment! I'm glad you like it. I guess all those unique abilities in LookingGlass still aren't enough, eh?
Actually, I wouldn't call those "simple tweaks" but due to the LookingGlass architecture they are quite do-able, although adding another set of images isn't the correct solution. With the way DX manages memory, adding more renderings (remember, all those clouds etc are animations, not just images) would make the memory footprint just too big. And the "layered weather effects" functionality in LG makes additional images unnecessary for something like this.
There's a better way to do it though, and I'll keep this in mind for a future update.
It's too bad other authors haven't tried to use the LG architecture in their own weather objects. It would allow them to add functionality like
Mysore Srinivas
Comment #88 Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:53 PM
Comment #88 Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:53 PM
Will,
I notice that when the system comes up from hibernation, the image and the temperature still reflect the
time that the system went into hibernation. However, when I double click the temperature, it updates the image
and the temperature. Do I have a setup issue? Also, can I change the size of the image (say, the Sun for example)?
If so, can you tell me how this is done?
thanks,
srini
I notice that when the system comes up from hibernation, the image and the temperature still reflect the
time that the system went into hibernation. However, when I double click the temperature, it updates the image
and the temperature. Do I have a setup issue? Also, can I change the size of the image (say, the Sun for example)?
If so, can you tell me how this is done?
thanks,
srini
Mysore Srinivas
Comment #89 Saturday, December 11, 2004 10:35 PM
Comment #89 Saturday, December 11, 2004 10:35 PM
Will,
I notice that when the system comes up from hibernation, the image and the temperature still reflect the
time that the system went into hibernation. However, when I double click the temperature, it updates the image
and the temperature. Do I have a setup issue? Also, can I change the size of the image (say, the Sun for example)?
If so, can you tell me how this is done?
thanks,
srini
I notice that when the system comes up from hibernation, the image and the temperature still reflect the
time that the system went into hibernation. However, when I double click the temperature, it updates the image
and the temperature. Do I have a setup issue? Also, can I change the size of the image (say, the Sun for example)?
If so, can you tell me how this is done?
thanks,
srini
Wendi
Comment #91 Monday, December 27, 2004 1:24 PM
Comment #91 Monday, December 27, 2004 1:24 PM
Will,
I finally figured it out you have to right click on each of the sky and weather images go to properties and click on states then click on mouse over and click on the tab that says messages and you have to change the narrative tooltip message to the same day you are on like if it says narrative tooltip 0 and you are on sky 6 it needs to be changed to 6 now all the days show the narrative tooltip for each of the 10 days. Just in case anyone else is trying to change theirs to a 10 day forecast. Thanks again for your help and for makeing a greeeaaattt weather forecaster
I finally figured it out you have to right click on each of the sky and weather images go to properties and click on states then click on mouse over and click on the tab that says messages and you have to change the narrative tooltip message to the same day you are on like if it says narrative tooltip 0 and you are on sky 6 it needs to be changed to 6 now all the days show the narrative tooltip for each of the 10 days. Just in case anyone else is trying to change theirs to a 10 day forecast. Thanks again for your help and for makeing a greeeaaattt weather forecaster
Will Rose
Comment #92 Tuesday, December 28, 2004 7:01 PM
Comment #92 Tuesday, December 28, 2004 7:01 PM
Wendi, you're pretty sharp! Well done! I love a woman who can overhaul her own widgets!
Shrubman
Comment #93 Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:01 PM
Comment #93 Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:01 PM
I love this object, but have a question. Why is the list of radar sites apparently so limited. I'm quite sure my town (Athens, GA)has a radar station accessible through weather.com, but it is not offered by this object. Is there a way to input a custom weather station location?
Thanks again for the great work!
Thanks again for the great work!
Will Rose
Comment #95 Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:28 PM
Comment #95 Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:28 PM
Shrubman, I'm glad you like the object.
The satellite and radar imagery is obtained from Accuweather, not weather.com, because the imagery from Accuweather is, in several ways, of higher quality. I manually entered all (over 150 ground based stations alone) the stations that were available from Accuweather at the time I wrote the widget (summer 2004). I do not intend to continually keep the list updated. I'm not aware of any additions at Accuweather, but if your area has been added, you can edit the scripts to add it. The pertinent areas are in the children of the "SatConfig" object.
I'm not going to write a new mechanism for adding custom stations, because the additions of new stations from the imagery provider are incredibly infrequent.
FYI, Athens is overlapped completely by the ground radar out of Atlanta. The only thing Athens GA could consider itself to be missing is the ultra-high-resolution Metro radar,
The satellite and radar imagery is obtained from Accuweather, not weather.com, because the imagery from Accuweather is, in several ways, of higher quality. I manually entered all (over 150 ground based stations alone) the stations that were available from Accuweather at the time I wrote the widget (summer 2004). I do not intend to continually keep the list updated. I'm not aware of any additions at Accuweather, but if your area has been added, you can edit the scripts to add it. The pertinent areas are in the children of the "SatConfig" object.
I'm not going to write a new mechanism for adding custom stations, because the additions of new stations from the imagery provider are incredibly infrequent.
FYI, Athens is overlapped completely by the ground radar out of Atlanta. The only thing Athens GA could consider itself to be missing is the ultra-high-resolution Metro radar,
Shrubman
Comment #96 Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:52 AM
Comment #96 Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:52 AM
Thanks for the quick follow-up. No biggie, I can deal with Atlanta based info. It's just, like you said, the Metro radar doesn't quite reach to Athens.
Will Rose
Comment #97 Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:59 PM
Comment #97 Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:59 PM
Stephen: the radar image is essentially an active-x web browser. If your whole screen flickers, your video driver has issues with the DesktopX active-x web browser control and its rapid updates. It's not a problem with LookingGlass. (it's impossible for LG to make your screen flicker because DX controls screen updates, not the widget). I would imagine any active-x web control that updates rapidly will make your screen flicker with whatever drivers you're using. I'd suggest you try different drivers or contact stardock support. I'm glad you like the object! Cheers....
the8055
Comment #98 Monday, January 31, 2005 10:37 AM
Comment #98 Monday, January 31, 2005 10:37 AM
This is the best weather out there. I've past it on to my friends and they like it. Im geeting an error loading xml. What is this? Latter Dude.
PAUL NEWMAN
Comment #99 Thursday, July 9, 2009 11:21 AM
Comment #99 Thursday, July 9, 2009 11:21 AM
Mr. Rose, I am sure that you have heard that the weather services have changed their formats. Your Looking Glass weather widget is the only DesktopX widget that I use and I badly need a script fix for it. It has not worked since they changed the service. Can you please help out a fan. Thanks Paul
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Comment #81 Monday, November 15, 2004 5:14 PM