[John Clark]

Wish I could make it free like BBWeather but it's a nice little app, nonetheless. Hopefully Tateu can rewrite BBWeather to work again.

If possible a method of searching by city name included in the app would be a real plus to BBWeather.

[LunkHead]

Hummm..... Might have to dust off my degree and see if I can recode for a different server pull.... *should not* be that difficult..... Unless your username is LunkHead

[John Clark]

BBWeather rewritten by Lunkhead....hmmm....I like it!

[LunkHead]

Can call it LunkWeather

Will only work on cloudy days and when a beer is in hand...

[Sith_Apprentice]

So... most of the time

[LunkHead]

Yas sir!!!! Most important is I will create a message when the app starts that will ask if you have a beer in hand.... A no answer will close the app....

[Sith_Apprentice]

Make the Icon a beer mug with the BBF logo

[jemerick]

Originally Posted by Stinsonddog

Works great for a single location. Wonder if they will add multiple locations.

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

[jemerick]

Originally Posted by akosnitzky

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830)

Jeesh.... YWeather is giving me an update from an hor ago.

Unfortunately I don't control when Yahoo! updates their weather feeds...

Also note, currently their is no auto update. It only updates when the application is launched or manually updated via the menu.

Sorry about that,

Jason Emerick

[John Clark]

Welcome Mr. Emerick!

Support for multiple locations is a must. It would be nice if one could search for cities worldwide right from the application.

Switching to the Google API for the better forecast data, if possible, would be a major plus!

I am currently using WeatherEye just because of the current condition application icon. That is a very nice touch.

It would be great to have the ability to have the app run in the background and automatically update the forecast and app icon. One bug I've found with WeatherEye is that the icon doesn't update when the device is on the zen screen. You have to hit the menu key, go to a full icon screen and then when you go back to the zen screen the icon is updated. However, there are times when I don't want the weather running in the background so the ability to enable and disable this feature would be nice. Closing the app completely would suffice for disabling this, I'm sure.

It's tough to ask a programmer to do all the things that the commercial apps do so a basic app with as many features as possible is fine. The more the better but, of course, we are all missing our free and simple BBWeather.

Good luck with this and I suggest you start a dedicated thread with your app and get suggestions from everyone. We have a good group here and I'm sure they would lend a hand with whatever you need.

John

[eZainny]

Hi All,

I put the word out there on my BlackBerry developer blog which has a pretty decent following:

Looking for Open Source BB Developersxxx8230; « BlackBerry Developer SideShow

Hopefully someone takes up the task!

Cheers,
Neil.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by castyourstones

Is Viigo just a plain text program or does it display the pictures with the weatherbug rss feed? It's just hard to let go of the slick bbweather interface (at least without paying for it).

It displays an image related to the weather description.

[JSanders]

Neil, thanks--very much appreciated.

@jemerick... I will try your app, I have not yet. I like the updated homescreen icon such as Weathereye, but the detail from BBWeather (P.O.P., winds, temps (and "feels like temp" as well, sunrise/set, moon, etc.). I know that might be alot, but something for a goal, at least. I also like the app to update on my variable interval like BBWeather (30, 60, 120... mins).

Thanks guys.

[crs]

Wow, someone better read the license agreements for the yahoo and google API's. They clearly state that using them like BBWeather is a violation of the terms.

Nothing that good is free.

That's why PocketDay now uses a subscribed weather feed (we pay for this). PocketDay allows up to 5 different cities to be defined and you can switch between them with 2 clicks.

Yes, i know it's not free, but PocketDay offers so much more than just weather. We are contemplating offering a new combination of features just for travelers (weather, world clocks, currency conversion, stocks) as a new product.

[eZainny]

Originally Posted by crs

Wow, someone better read the license agreements for the yahoo and google API's. They clearly state that using them like BBWeather is a violation of the terms.

Nothing that good is free.

That's why PocketDay now uses a subscribed weather feed (we pay for this). PocketDay allows up to 5 different cities to be defined and you can switch between them with 2 clicks.

Yes, i know it's not free, but PocketDay offers so much more than just weather. We are contemplating offering a new combination of features just for travelers (weather, world clocks, currency conversion, stocks) as a new product.

Taken from Yahoo! Weather (emphasis added by me)

Terms of Use:

The feeds are provided free of charge for use by individuals and non-profit organizations for personal, non-commercial uses. We ask that you provide attribution to Yahoo! Weather in connection with your use of the feeds.

If you provide this attribution in text, please use: "Yahoo! Weather." If you provide this attribution with a graphic, please use the Yahoo! Weather logo that we have included in the feed itself.

We reserve all rights in and to the Yahoo! Weather logo, and your right to use the Yahoo! Weather logo is limited to providing attribution in connection with these RSS feeds.

Yahoo! also reserves the right to require you to cease distributing these feeds at any time for any reason.

I see no reason, certainly not anything "clear" as you would describe, that would indicate any problem with using the Yahoo Weather API for a free open source application like BBWeather.

[m4ilm4n]

Why not use a feed from weather.gov? I had read something a few months ago that Weather Channel was trying to get NOAA out of providing free weather info because it affects their subscription model, but I don't know if that move was successful.

[eZainny]

Originally Posted by m4ilm4n

Why not use a feed from weather.gov?

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.

[RawisTheGameHhH]

is there any way to have the icon display the current temp; similar to the weatherbug

[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.

[m4ilm4n]

Originally Posted by eZainny

Because we don't all live in the US.

Point taken. Back when I was messing around with flight simulators, NOAA/NWS freely provided METAR files of worldwide meteorological data the simulator software used to generate weather conditions. Dunno if they still do - I was thinking of that as a possible data source.