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KOR · 05-08-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jemerick

I am the author of YWeather.

Support for multiple locations has been highly requested and I am looking into supporting that feature in the next release.

I am also thinking about switching from the Yahoo! Weather API and using the Google Weather API which provides more forecast data. ( If I did this I guess I should change the name to GWeather eh?)

I also wanted to get the opinion/suggestions from users on a couple of ideas?

Should I update the application icon to the current condition when updated?

Should I also add the ability to have the application run in the background and automatically update the forecast data and application icon if done?

Thanks for everyones feed back. If there are any other suggestions/ideas/requests, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jason Emerick

Jason,

Update via a shortcut key or key combo would be a nice addition. Thanks for putting this out there. I'm not jonesing quite as much since I've installed it...

TonyMobile · 05-08-2008, 09:20 AM

Wirelessly posted (Curve 8310)

Another alternative to BB weather if you're in the US is the Fox News service. If you go to http://wap.foxnews.proteus.com// and input your zip code, the site remembers it from visit to visit. If you also scroll to the bottom of the home page, there's a download link that puts a Fox News icon on your BB desktop. The report is for several days ahead.

Desktop weather in 2 clicks.

akosnitzky · 05-08-2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Klotar

As a side note, I notice that weather.com still feeds my desktop weather application (Yahoo widgets' weather app).

While weather.com obviously changed something to break BBWeather, it doesn't seem as if they stopped all external feeds to 3rd parties.

I appreciate your post.As I mentioned previously. one can setup an icon through web shortcuts for programs like weather.com

Raven · 05-08-2008, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by zerog46

Weather Eye works very well.

www.weyebb.pelmorex.com/BlackBerry

Weather Eye link seems to be bad

No more bbweather

John Clark · 05-08-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TonyMobile

Wirelessly posted (Curve 8310)

Another alternative to BB weather if you're in the US is the Fox News service. If you go to FOX News Mobile: foxnews.mobi and input your zip code, the site remembers it from visit to visit. If you also scroll to the bottom of the home page, there's a download link that puts a Fox News icon on your BB desktop. The report is for several days ahead.

Desktop weather in 2 clicks.

I already have the FoxNews link app on my homescreen. It does give me my home weather. Still need something quick for travelling to multiple cities. Lets hope someone here can do the trick for us!

Sparkomatic · 05-08-2008, 12:16 PM

BBWeather...oh no!!

This is very sad. I guess I'll try eye weather for now...

Sparkomatic · 05-08-2008, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by John Clark

Here's one that does what BBWeather did (only better)...It's $9.98 per 6 month subscription, but it's cheaper than WeatherBug or TheWeatherChannel app. 1 month free trial.

Blackberry: T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve: World Weather by MicroHill Inc for T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve

Edit: I might even buy this one myself. I can't find a city that's not in there. No looking up ID's online or having to know the zip code. 45,000 cities worldwide. It even knew Fort Deposit, Alabama!

Now I'm just being picky but does the font change to your system font when you use World Weather or is the same one in all the screen shots?

John Clark · 05-08-2008, 12:43 PM

It looks like the font for the setup at the top is the "system" font. The font for the actual weather is my selected font.

Raven · 05-08-2008, 01:41 PM

Weather eye does not seem to cover the amount of location as bbweather and does not have much weather for most of Colorado....

gibber9583 · 05-08-2008, 02:21 PM

Weathereye only pulls from this list of cities:

US Cities Index - Weather Forecast - The Weather Network

i'm sure most people can agree, if weathereye had more cities, this would be the app of choice.

shaun27612 · 05-08-2008, 02:34 PM

Weathereye is really good. I love the UI, I just wish it was ZIP/Postal code based.

DallasFlier · 05-08-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by eZainny

Because we don't all live in the US.

The Yahoo weather API is fine. Not only is it fine, it was built specifically for the purpose of allowing developers to use it in free and open source software. The same is true for pretty much every single publicly accessible API offered by Yahoo or Google. The only people who can't use it are those trying to incorporate it in to a commercial work, like say....oh, I don't know....PocketDay.

We're not setting any precedents here. Do a quick search and you'll find hundreds of free applications already using the Yahoo Weather API. You'll find desktop applications, mobile applications, web applications, the list goes on and on.

"Fine" is a relative thing, I guess. I've been reading the thread with much dismay. I loved the ability to pull 10 day forecasts with BBWeather for planning purposes. I read that Yahoo provides 1 day, and that's certainly not "fine" in my opinion.

With Yahoo giving 1 day of forecast and Google 3 days, I wonder if there's any good source out there for the kind of in-depth weather and forecasts up to 10 days out that BBWeather has provided us all.

vincentnyc · 05-08-2008, 05:21 PM

R.I.P bbweather - May 2008. The best free apps in my opinion.

eZainny · 05-08-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DallasFlier

"Fine" is a relative thing, I guess. I've been reading the thread with much dismay. I loved the ability to pull 10 day forecasts with BBWeather for planning purposes. I read that Yahoo provides 1 day, and that's certainly not "fine" in my opinion.

With Yahoo giving 1 day of forecast and Google 3 days, I wonder if there's any good source out there for the kind of in-depth weather and forecasts up to 10 days out that BBWeather has provided us all.

To be frank, it is fairly obvious from the context of what I was saying that I'm talking about the Yahoo Weather API being "fine" from a licensing/use point of view.

KimMazz · 05-08-2008, 06:55 PM

I used bb weather every day. I thought something was wrong with my BB. I kept doing a battery pull and recreating my profile. Glad I found this thread.

jetspeedz · 05-08-2008, 07:01 PM

I knew i should have checked here first when i first got the error.. I used the bbweather and bbtoday almost everyday and now they are useless... very sad

LunkHead · 05-08-2008, 08:56 PM

WeatherEye is pretty sweet!!!! Me like!

tateu · 10:14 PM

Well, I haven't loaded the Blackberry SDK tools yet but I glanced back over the BBWeather source code...Looks like good news...

BBWeather talked to weather.com through this url:
http://xoap.weather.com/weather/loca...unit=s&dayf=10
which returns an error in a standard web browser.

But...if you take out most of the parameters (prod=xoap&par=1006814500&key=ee4ffa68f8bf99cd) and use
http://xoap.weather.com/weather/loca...unit=s&dayf=10
then you get back a forecast for 10 days in XML format.

If it turns out to be as simple as that, then all that needs to be done is to remove those extra parameters from the source code and recompile.

Update 1...
And on further inspection, it looks like only "prod=xoap" needs to be removed from the url.

infernox · 05-08-2008, 10:16 PM

Awesome. Fingers crossed here.