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Stormy Weather!
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Howard Deiner
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Keep up with Doppler Radar as provided by the National Weather Service of NOAA (US only).
This Widget displays up to 10 windows with doppler radar loops.
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In the setup mode for each window, you get to select the state and radar site location. You then can select 1 of the 6 map loop types, scale the window from 50-10%, set a refresh frequency, the number of loops to display, the interFrame interval (the time between frames) and the interLoop iterval (the time between loops). You may also open up a new window starting with the current values by clicking on the star.
Once you accept the option values (the big check mark), the window starts to suck up the data from NOAA. You can now go back to options (gear), start up a new options window starting with the current setings (star), or reload (the twin arrows). Once the initial data is taken from NOAA, you can also click on the small directional arrows to open up a new window at an adjecent site (check the tooltip to see were that is). While the animation is running, you may pause it (and then restart it) using the VCR controls on the left. When the animation is stopped (or over), you may restart it, or single frame backwards or forwards. The time of last update, next update, and current status is displayed at the bottom of the window.
All windows allow you to close them (the X) or iconify everything(the down arrow). The icon left on your desktop will bring all windows back to where you left them. Restart can occur in either mode.
Use the Widget preferences to set background color, background opacity, rollover objects color, label color, input field color and background clor, and message color.
If someone can report to me their experience with this Widget on Mac OS X, I would appreciate it!
1.0 - Initial Release
1.1 - Fix issue with skin preference changes causing mysterious black crosses on the screen.
1.2 - Fix issues with timers that can arise when using infinite loop animations. Added shorter interFrame and interLoop settings to test and make sure that things still hold together. Looks like you can wear out a timer. Hmmm.
Add in composite maps for National, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Make map time handle both interFrame and interLoop timings, saving some resources.
Add zooming and panning for map images.
Add a Widget context menu option for reload, in case all else fails.
Keep icon opaque, for sanity.
1.3 - Fix issue where Widget refuses to become visible on restart.
Update to new About screen format.
Require Konfabulator 3.0.
2.0 - Really fix disappearing windows problem. Honest.
Allow artibrary resize on windows using grabs on Widget corners.
UI refresh (ala Photo Ace! reference), including squared windows, dividers, etc.
Selectable layers for topography, counties, rivers, highways, cities, warnings, legend.
Remember zoom and drag settings between sessions.
Enable mouse wheel zooms.
Add support for Composite loop data for 10 sectors now suported by NOAA.
Composite loops sorta suck, as NOAA now uses aminated GIFs, which aren't suported well in Konfabulator. Still, it's a picture...
Add context menu support for map type changes and layer toggles.
Serialized radar image fetches, as large numbers of asynch URL fetches seem to give Konfabulator problems. :-((
2.1 - Fix for Yahoo Widget Engine 3.1.
2.2 - Disable warnings layer. NOAA isn't supporting the regular updating of images to synch with radar and legend data right now.
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Comments for Stormy Weather!
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%nickname% - October 23, 2007
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Dear Howard, You have brought a smile to my face. I have been searching for a widget like this ever since yahoo widgets came out. You don't know how many weather widgets I have, and now that I have your stormy weather and with yahoo weather, the rest are history. Now I don't have to open a browser to watch the NWS radars. I thank you so much for building such a great widget.
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%nickname% - July 2, 2007
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I currently use Stormyweather! and like the interface but the NOAA radar graphics are horrible! I would LOVE to see StormyWeather! rewritten to use the Interactive Weather Map from Weather.com
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%nickname% - May 25, 2007
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I am using Yahoo! Widgets engine V4.0.3 build 178 with your Stormy Weather! V2.2 Widget. When I "Hide Widget" (right-click on window) it is still accessible through the Widget Dock of course. When I restore your Widget via the Widget Dock, it does but at the same time shows the Widget iconify as well.
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David - October 20, 2006
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Hold the Control Key down (for windows) while you right click to move the icon.
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TonyB - September 15, 2006
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I want to be able to move the icon.
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DB - August 24, 2006
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Version 2.2 doesn't appear to be available yet on Yahoo! or on Konfabulator. I can't wait to get Stormy Weather! back working again!
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DB - August 24, 2006
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Love the program! Is there any way to relocate the icon? The icons for people finder! and Stormy Weather! stack on top of each other. I can't seem to relocate either.
On another note, the Cincinnati area radar images cannot be loaded. The program reports that no comaptible files can be located.
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Howard Deiner - August 19, 2006
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I've just uploaded a v2.2 that fixes the issue that's cropped up. Seems that NOAA has changed their Ridge radar data sets, and warning images are no longer being synch'ed with radar and legend images. I decided that I'd just disable the warnings layer (which I never saw results for, anyway). Shouldn't bother most users. Email me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com for a copy if it takes too long for the YWE folks to post the update.
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chiswede - August 19, 2006
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It doesn't seem to want to update over the last couple of days. Anyone else having a problem?
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Matt - June 14, 2006
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I like it. I always have. Lately, though, it just seems really slow. Does it HAVE to loop through more than 50 images? Can't I just set it to loop through the 5 most recent images? It would certainly speed load time on my end. It's still the best program out there!
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somebody - June 11, 2006
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works fine for me. the only problem i have is its a little slow.
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Sean - June 5, 2006
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Like many widgets since yahoo took over...it just plain doesn't work. All I get is "Unable to fetch NOAA Station Page. Response=0 Could not load URL." Any suggestions for a fix?
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Howard Deiner - April 21, 2006
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The "no return from iconify" problem is caused by the YWE 3.1 update. A little over a week ago (when the update came out) I sent in an update to all my widgets to fix the issue. To date, the Gallery hasn't posted the updates. Please eMail me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com and I'll be glad to send you the updated widget. Thanks!
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Chad - April 19, 2006
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Was Great but....how do you de-iconify the widget!!!?? I can't get it back now!
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colbalt.blue - April 18, 2006
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GREAT widget ! One problem though is the Iconify button creats no Icon to restor the widget(s) on my desktop. I can see they are still running from konfabulator, but have no way to restor. I have even tried the heads up desplay with no Icon or widget. :(
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Bill Yanneck - April 15, 2006
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Howard,
Thanks for getting this update out!
Finally, I have Stormy back!
Great job with the new changes!
-Bill in Grand Junction, CO
http://yanneck.com/live/
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Howard Deiner - April 13, 2006
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Konfabulator 3.1 threw my widgets a loop due to some changes made. I have fixed versions submitted. Contact me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com if you need one sooner.
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IconifyNo! - April 12, 2006
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I'm with the guy that was complaining about the iconify...where did the icon go? I hit the button, but there's nothing on my desktop. You really need to put a button or something in the property pages to get the thing back. Help!!
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tex45 - April 12, 2006
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Oops, didn't scroll down far enough to find info on resizing - got it 'fixed'. Next question, can a specific city or zip code be put into the location or only those preselected? Thanks.
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tex45 - April 12, 2006
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How can the window be resized - takes up too much space on the screen. You indicate in above that the window can be scaled 50-10% but I can't find directions or location to do it. Thanks, want to use it but need it smaller.
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none - April 12, 2006
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What the $%#% happens when you iconify the thing? It simply disappeared completely and now i can't get it back.
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Rick - April 8, 2006
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Is there a way to downsize the window? Right now it takes up quite a bit of space on my desktop
TIA
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Louis - April 6, 2006
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Hello Howard, would you be interested in a potential partnering opportunity to help monetize your widget? If so, please contact me at fc_sheva@yahoo.com. Thanks.
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Stevi - March 29, 2006
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This is the coolest radar widget i've seen yet. nice job.
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Mike Dewey - March 20, 2006
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Wow...Best radar pull I have seen so far.
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Howard Deiner - March 12, 2006
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Hi donjdart!
Standard Konfabulator convention - hold down Control while dragging. Enjoy!
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donjdart - March 11, 2006
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I love this!!! I ran into one problem, dont know if its me or the program. I cant move the stormy weather icon ....its stuck in the center of my screen. other than that it works great....i work outside, so its wonderful to check radar before work!
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sbeall - March 9, 2006
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This is great widget !!! I've been using the latest version for several hours now because
of the severe weather moving though our area, it has been very helpful. Thank you!
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Howard Deiner - March 8, 2006
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Hi Jeff B!
See my post of 3/7. Stormy Weather! 2.0 has been posted, but it's not yet released by the Konfabulator folks. Send me an eMail at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com and I'll send you an advance copy. If you liked V1, V2 will really excite you!
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Jeff B - March 8, 2006
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Great Widet but I've run into a problem lately. I can't run the Widget and get a message stating that "Can not find file of filenames tag in map index."
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Jeff B - March 8, 2006
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Great Widet but I've run into a problem lately. I can't run the Widget and get a message stating that "Can not find file of filenames tag in map index."
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Jeff B - March 8, 2006
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Great Widet but I've run into a problem lately. I can't run the Widget and get a message stating that "Can not find file of filenames tag in map index."
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Howard Deiner - March 7, 2006
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Just updated Stormy Weather!
2.0 - Really fix disappearing windows problem. Honest.
Allow artibrary resize on windows using grabs on widget corners.
UI refresh (ala Photo Ace! reference), including squared windows, dividers, etc.
Selectable layers for topography, counties, rivers, highways, cities, warnings, legend.
Remember zoom and drag settings between sessions.
Enable mouse wheel zooms.
Add support for Composite loop data for 10 sectors now suported by NOAA.
Composite loops sorta suck, as NOAA now uses aminated GIFs, which aren't suported well in Konfabulator. Still, it's a picture...
Add context menu support for map type changes and layer toggles.
Serialized radar image fetches, as large numbers of asynch URL fetches seem to give Konfabulator problems. :-((
As usual, if it takes a while for this to appear in the Widget Gallery, I'd be glad to send you a copy. Just eMail me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com. BTW, this vers
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Howard Deiner - February 24, 2006
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Hi Unibob and others!
I am working on a new Stormy Weather! that will fix the issues brought about by NOAA enhancing to RIDGE radar. A new widget is in the works that will not only fix the issue but will add in the new functionality. Bear with me.
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Unibob - February 24, 2006
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excellent program, I love it, only problem is that my local NWS office has changed thier radar last week from the normal type (black map with base reflectivity) to the new enhanced type map which is being updated also on several other local office pages. MY local NWS is APX (Gaylord, MI). maybe look into that, because the widget stopped being able to retrieve the data right when this update occured.
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wholegrain - February 23, 2006
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Thanks for the response. As for me personally, I am much more interested in the layers and looping capability than the distance/direction stuff... maybe you could save that for v2.0.
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Jeff - February 23, 2006
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FYI, I lost maps for Nashville, TN as well. I suspected that the map pages you draw from have changed and find that confirmed here. In troubleshooting the problem, I tried several different states and cities with no maps found. It may be deeper than just a few maps?
Anyhow, I look forward to the update. This program has become important to me daily. It rocks and I miss it working.-jg
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Howard Deiner - February 23, 2006
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To Sysyphus' Sister and others:
I've gotten some sporatic reports of 404s due to NOAA changing it's site structure. I've checked sites in NY CA, and WA, and they are fine, but I believe you that there are sites that are changed. With your indulgence, what I intend to do is not just fix the widget, but make it better. I intend to refresh the UI to Photo Ace! standards, and add RIDGE radar data from NOAA, with 8 layers of information. My real life workload is a bit heavy right now, so expect a V2 in a couple to several weeks. Thanks for your understanding.
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Sysyphus' Sister - February 23, 2006
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As of 2/22--now receiving error message "unable to fetch map index. Response = 404. Could not load URL". Any ideas?
Upon close and reload, same error message appears. Using vers 1.3 on WIN XP Pro SP2 with all patches.
THANKS!
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Howard Deiner - February 21, 2006
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Hi wholegrain!
Didn't know about the Ridge radar stuff until now, when I took a look. My first impression is that this should be a new widget. [rubs hands together and grunts] I also have to check the ability of Konfabulator to handle this, as the images presented from NOAA are supposed to be layered on top of one another (the images themselves appear to be GIF overlays). Have to check the ability of Konfabulator to handle that. And I suspect that you're looking to have a mouse over that gives you the ability to set a location and report distance and direction from that location [more grunting]. Looks interesting. Let me give it some thought. If I haven't captured your wants and desires, please write me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com and let me know...
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wholegrain - February 17, 2006
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I love this widget! Being a weather fanatic, it really helps me get my fix. If it's not too much to ask, I'd love to see it use the new Ridge radar GIS info from the NOAA. Again, thanks for a great widget!
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Howard Deiner - February 16, 2006
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Just updated the widget to the gallery
1.3 - Fix issue where widget refuses to become visible on restart.
Update to new About screen format.
Require Konfabulator 3.0.
As usual, if you'd like a copy before the widget gallery is refreshed, just send me an eMail to howard.deiner@deinersoft.com
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Howard Deiner - January 22, 2006
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Hi Peter!
Unhappily, I'm not familiar with the Canadian equivalent of NOAA. Do you have anything to point me to their public renditions of their data?
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Peter - January 16, 2006
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Could you make this great widget for Canada?!?
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Pete - December 17, 2005
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Just an idea but while this is definately the best radar widget available, the radar available at Weather Underground is so much better than the Noah feed used in this widget. The clean air mode eliminates clutter, and storm track and speed are shown. The Wunder Radar widget uses this feed but the Stormy Weather interface is so much better!
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Howard Deiner - December 16, 2005
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For those of you experiencing a loss of the widget under some circumstances, my appologies. Konfabulator isn't 100% in my book quite yet and I'm not sure where the problems lay. But in any case, here's a workaround to allow you to reinstall the widget and get back in action:
1) Open regedit. Delete the keys at HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareYahooWidgetEngineWidgetsStormy Weather!
2) Quit Konfabulator
3) Restart Konfabulator
4) Click on Stormy Weather! widget
5) Recustomize the widget
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Fred - December 14, 2005
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Works great now. Now I'm going to go figure out what the different terms mean so I can understand it. Great widget!
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AppleSauce - December 8, 2005
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Great widget. Probably one of my very favorites. But my screen resized to run a program (sending all of my open widgets a-skew. But when I got it all sorted out Stormy Weather dissapeared! I have no clue where it went. When I minimise it I get the tiny stamp thing that appears, but when I click on it it just dissapears also. I'v also have tried reinstalling it and Konfabulator and still no sucess.
Any ideas whats happening?
Thanks
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Chuck Bland - December 1, 2005
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Real nice! It just installed and ran.
I'd LOVE a version that does the GOES satellite images!!!!! If you do, please drop me a note at BackForty@BlandRanch.net.
Chuck
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DNA - December 1, 2005
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I'm totally excited about this widget!
However, I get the same not-a-valid-widget message on my Mac =-(
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ghost - December 1, 2005
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Hey, everytime I open up this widget it appears as an icon (that little stamp with the girl and it says Stormy Weather). I click it to restore and nothing happens except for the icon disappearing. I never see the weather map. :(
Any help? I'm using Windows XP by the way.
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Howard Deiner - November 30, 2005
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Hi GoBlazer!
EMail me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com and I'll send you an unKonfabulator'ed widget. My names don't contain underscores in them. I'll send you one fresh from the pot. Bear in mind that I did successfully download and run on Tiger, but I'm happy to try to see what's wrong with the version that is posted.
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GoBlazer - November 30, 2005
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SAME DEAL: I get this error when attempting to launch the widget in OS X (10.4.3):
/Users/xxxxx/Documents/Widgets/Stormy_Weather!.widget is not a valid Konfabulator Widget.
No .kon file found in /Users/xxxxx/Documents/Widgets/Stormy_Weather!.widget bundle.
LOOKS LIKE A GREAT WIDGET - PLEASE FIX IT SO I CAN USE IT
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Robert Guico - November 28, 2005
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A very good widget that extends the functionality of a webpage instead of duplicates it. This is what I had in mind when I considered further avenues for Weather Warning. :)
One of the problems of the National Weather Service's Javascript method is that it's too large. Now I can dynamically adjust the window size.
Well done!
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Howard Deiner - November 27, 2005
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Hi Xiff!
I don't have a Mac to test on, but I happened to be at my Mother's a few days ago visiting, and tried StormyWeather! on a 256MB eMac running Tiger. The only thing that was amiss was that the pull down menu arrows were in the wrong spot. Not sure what's up with this. Looks like a slight Mac/Windows incompatability due to something like a text window width not showing up on Mac.
I was also in eMail contact with someone who had the problem affecting you, who said "I tried downloading it again some time later and the uncompressed file included the resources that the other attempts did not. Weird.
I plugged it into the widgets folded and it worked."
If you continue to experience problems, eMail me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com and I'll send you a fresh widget untouched by the Konfabulator folks, who seem to process them a little. Perhaps that will help.
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Xiff - November 25, 2005
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I get this error when attempting to launch the widget in OS X (10.4.3):
/Users/xxxxx/Documents/Widgets/Stormy_Weather!.widget is not a valid Konfabulator Widget.
No .kon file found in /Users/xxxxx/Documents/Widgets/Stormy_Weather!.widget bundle.
Any ideas/fixes would be greatly appreciated.
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Jerry - November 9, 2005
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I just watched it update at 6:27 and 6:29pm while set for 10 minute updates.
Oh well.
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Jerry - November 9, 2005
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Well, I set the update for 5 minutes. then I got tired of blue screens while waiting so much, changed to 10 minutes.
Now it's updating anywhere from every 10 minutes to 3 minutes! I just watched it update at 7:33 and 7:36am...
But at least it hasn't crashed yet.
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Howard Deiner - October 31, 2005
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Just heard from Vince. V1.2 works for him where 1.1 didn't. If you need an advance copy, eMail me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com.
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Howard Deiner - October 31, 2005
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Hi Dave and Vince!
Stormy Weather is a widget that pushes the Konfabulator boundaries as far as resources is concerned. I'm interested to know what operating systems you are working on. There is also a Konfabulator install issue that causes (even me) trouble from time to time. To "fix" that, go through the following steps:
1) Quit out of Konfabulator. Check with Task Manager to insure that no Konfabulator.exe instances are running.
3) Open RegEdit from a command window, and go to "My Computer/HKEY_USERS/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Pixoria/KonfabulatorWidgets/Stormy Weather!".
4) Delete the keys starting at "Stormy Weather!"
5) Now startup Konfabulator, make sure that the Stormy Weather! widget is in it's rightful place (such as "MY Widgets), click on it, and see if it doesn't start working again.
Bear in mind that version 1.1 (currently in the gallery) uses more resources than 1.2 (which I have posted, but can send to you
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Vince - October 31, 2005
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I downloaded the version from widgetgallery.com and it refuses to open for me. Any suggestions. My email is vincent.gonzalez@us.army.mil Thanks.
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Dave - October 31, 2005
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When I double-click on the "Stormy_Weather!.widget" file, like I do the others to activate them, I receive the dreaded pop-up "problem" box:
"Konfabulator has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
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Jerry - October 31, 2005
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Well, if they ever update this place again, I'm looking forward to the next version... (11 days and counting...)
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Howard Deiner - October 30, 2005
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Hi Rick!
I had a report that version 1.2 was tested under OSX 10.3.9 and that it works (for all I know, 1.1 works, too). I'd love for you to eMail me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com and I'll send you this latest version. Version 1.2 has been posted to Konfabulator for a few days now, but I'd be happy to mail you (or anyone else) a current copy. Version log:
1.2 - Fix issues with timers that can arise when using infinite loop animations. Added shorter interFrame and interLoop settings to test and make sure that things still hold together. Looks like you can wear out a timer. Hmmm.
Add in composite maps for National, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Make map time handle both interFrame and interLoop timings, saving some resources.
Add zooming and panning for map images.
Add a widget context menu option for reload, in case all else fails.
Keep icon opaque, for sanity.
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Rick - October 29, 2005
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Greetings:
Will you make a version that will run on a Mac?
Please do!
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Howard Deiner - October 28, 2005
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Hi OneOfOne!
Tell it to NOAA. I just report where NOAA has it's sites. I live in Connecticut. We don't have any NOAA sites. Sorry.
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OneOfOne - October 27, 2005
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it would be more useful if you had more than one city in massachusetts. why not springfield which is the second largest city in the state?
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Steve - October 24, 2005
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Great program. Its so awesome to always have a radar looping on my screen. I can't wait to see v 1.2. Awesome stuff!!! Thanks for all of your hard work!
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Howard Deiner - October 24, 2005
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Hi Johnny27!
Stormy Weather! v1.2 will take care of that. There's a zoom and pan feature that lets you zoom up and drag around to see the NOAA station designation and then drag around to the area of interest, or to zoom back down. I just want to make sure that I'm doing everything that I can to take from having situations where the timers "wear out" on me when in infinite looping mode on slower machines. It may or may not be possible to do this under Konfabulator limitations.
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Johnny27 - October 24, 2005
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Great work here! I'd love to see some sort of label on the widget for what site I'm viewing as the print on the radar map is too small to read easily (NOAA issue, I would guess).
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T-Bird-Man - October 24, 2005
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Be patient people!
I'm testing an advanced copy of ver. 1.2 and it solves a few problems and adds some features.
Howard has put a lot of time and effort into this widget and he listens to suggestions. Stormy Weather! is a work-in-process and Howard is developing a Masterpiece.
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Jerry - October 24, 2005
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Looking forward to the next version. After restarting a few times over the last few days, it finally just crashed and showed a little icon, like an old movie w/ Stormy Weather on it...
I'm back to using the generic Radar widget.
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Warren - October 23, 2005
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About the only things I could suggest to make it a bit better.
1. Give it an option to animate when it detects a new image and has downloaded it.
This might let you cut down on a timer if you can pull the image file time stamp from an FTP.
2. a conversion bar (just a graphic rule the converts the DBZ of the radar to inches of rain an hour.
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ranman - October 23, 2005
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I tried it and like the idea of opening more than one location. Sure would be great to have a version of this to work with Windows. Many thanks
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Howard Deiner - October 22, 2005
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Thanks Tim! It's not my fault that Konfabulator doesn't run in Linux. Your rating really shows your deep understanding of this whole concept. Stay away.
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Howard Deiner - October 22, 2005
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Hi Jerry!
There are some nasty issues arising with Konfabulator timers. I rely heavily on them for my timings of animation and of course refresh. I made an update last night that fixes much of what affected you, and I'm now testing a theory that one can actually wear out a Konfabulator timer, so I'm recreating them every so often. If you'd like to have an advance copy of Stormy Weather! 1.2, send me an eMail at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com. Thanks!
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Jerry - October 22, 2005
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Seemed cool, but next morning it hadn't updated for the last 2 hrs (had it set for 30min). Restarted anim and it ran thru about 10 frames then no more animation but the loop counter kept on going w/o chnging the images....
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Wilsonium - October 21, 2005
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Great widget! It allows me to track regions I work from, SF or San Joaquin... very easily. Thanks for all the hard work.
Cheers
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Howard Deiner - October 20, 2005
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Hi EvilnSyde!
Thanks for the comments. I can easily reduce the size, but I'm wondering how readable it would become. There's also the issue of all of the controls fitting on a smaller footprint. Have you tried iconifying the widget with the down arrow in the upper right to take up very little space when you are done watching, but still want automatic updates on the map?
I was actually thinking about a panning function, so you could keep the map at a readable size and then drag it around inside the widget to see the part you are interested in.
What would that do for you?
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EvilnSyde - October 20, 2005
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This is EXCELLENT. I've been hoping someone would write a widget that had animated loop radar. Bravo !!
I would however like an option to decrease its size smaller than 50%.
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Howard Deiner - October 20, 2005
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Hi Fred!
Contact me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com and I'll send you a debuggable version that we can work with that tests my theory. It sort of hurts to go through a *lot* of development effort to get flipped off with a zero stars on a really complex widget...
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ru1thirst - October 20, 2005
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Diggin' it here! Works great on my system and config. Nice to be able to check the doppler without starting up my browser and going to my own weather sites. Good job!
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Fred - October 20, 2005
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Not working, I think I get the same problem as T-Bird Man
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Howard Deiner - October 20, 2005
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Hi T-Bird-Man!
I believe that Stormy Weather! takes Konfabulator to the edges of it's resources viability due to the number of windows, timers, and so on. Contact me at howard.deiner@deinersoft.com and I'll send you a debuggable version that we can work with that tests my theory.
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T-Bird-Man - October 20, 2005
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When I launch Stormy Weather the screen opens and immediately a Program Error appears: "Konfabulator.ex.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program."
Restarting the program does the same thing.
I'm using Konfabulator ver. 2.1.1
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Pete - October 20, 2005
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Excellent! Works like a charm on Windows!
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