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The Weather Channel widget and screensaver
I love the Weather Channel. There, I said it. I have a slight obession about the weather (though oddly enough I often do not wear weather appropriate clothing) and the Weather Channel has helped feed that obession for a long time. Now, I can get a taste of the Weather Channel right in OS X.The good folks at the Weather Channel have released a widget and a screensaver that give you current conditions based on a zip code. The widget (pictured to the right) also has a 3 day forecast, as well as links to the 10 day forecast and Doppler Radar.
[via the Mac Observer]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Query said 10:28AM on 11-22-2006
Atmosphere would be good for you. ;)
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RedDrumMaster said 10:44AM on 11-22-2006
Nice widget, but not very use full for European Mac-users. The AccuWeather knows all cities.
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MC said 11:45AM on 11-22-2006
Both of these are freakin' awesome!
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Jason said 12:02PM on 11-22-2006
Your link brings me to the Win XP download page.
All this time, I thought this was a mac blog...
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Jason said 12:05PM on 11-22-2006
Heres the correct link.
Widget: http://download.weather.com/web/mac/widget/install/Widget.dmg
Screensaver: http://download.weather.com/web/mac/ssaver/install/Screensaver.dmg
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Joshua said 12:07PM on 11-22-2006
This makes me very happy, as I usually find that Accuweather's forecast tends to be way less accurate then TWC's. Plus they tried to block the government from releasing current weather data except for in emergency situations, which doesn't sit well with me.
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Eleventeen said 12:37PM on 11-22-2006
A true weather geek gets his weather info from weather.gov.
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Zack Kitzmiller said 12:54PM on 11-22-2006
I like how i have to Hunt and Peck for the little tiny "Mac Users" link.
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Niles said 1:15PM on 11-22-2006
I wish their radar was animated like Radar in Motion. Until that happens, it's not as good as the latter.
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geoff said 1:46PM on 11-22-2006
A tip for getting forecasts on your handheld: For mobile browsing, Wunderground's interface is great: http://mobile.wunderground.com/
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LittleJoe said 2:48PM on 11-22-2006
I guess Im the only having problems.
This thing is buggy as hell. And the forecast and radar dont work for me.
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tc said 2:55PM on 11-22-2006
How do you configure your location?
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Mark S said 8:26PM on 11-22-2006
About time! TWC has had Windows clients for a long time. Good to see that they're finally jumping aboard with the widget and screensaver for OS X.
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Kirasaw said 11:46PM on 11-22-2006
RedDrumMaster just type in the City and Country it works. I have mine set for my girlfriends weather in Pleven Bulgaria:))
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Mike Rose said 12:11AM on 11-23-2006
yes yes yes yes yes. Thanks Scott! Oh, how long I have waited...
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Justin said 1:17AM on 11-23-2006
Dah. Another American only widget!!!
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Karl said 7:00AM on 11-23-2006
Haven't tried this widget yet, but I really like Weather Dock 2.
http://www.alwintroost.nl/content/weatherdock/home.xml
Lots of options. Lots of countries. Very simple–and it has a nice little "always on top" display that can just sit on your screen. When the mouse passes over it, it disappears completely.
Free.
Apps like this is why I love being a Mac user.
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