touchtheSky

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by johnnysaucepn

V1.14 Mar 9, 2006 0:43:27 AM

International weather reports, in detailed, compact and mini modes. Automatically updated, Powered by AccuWeather.

Version 1.14 now available!

Only one minor bugfix in this version - upgrade is recommended before the release of Opera 9.5:

touchtheSky is a comprehensive weather display, featuring:

International coverage - just type your town name and search
Always up-to-date - data gets retrieved and updated every half-hour from Accuweather.com
Temperature
Windspeed
Satellite images
Air quality, including humidity, pollen levels, and UV levels
Moon phases
5-day forecast
Mini mode - always have it available in the corner of your screen!
Metric or US units
Actual temperature or AccuWeather RealFeel
Switchable skins, conforming to Opera Style guidelines
Animations can be disabled for slower CPUs
Automatic notification when software updates are available
Checked for compatibility in Windows, Linux and Mac OS

Data officially licensed from AccuWeather - thanks to all at AccuWeather for their help and support! Developed in fully-valid XHTML and CSS.

Read the Scotsman.com news article about ttSky here!

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I love this. Great job!

By kitty186309, # Jun 20, 2007 6:10:00 AM

now this is one great widget... awesome

By mrmot983, # Jun 18, 2007 11:52:45 PM

Two problems [still] with 1.13:

1. On the Forecast->Summary page the last line of the fifth day is cut halfway through [horizontally]. this happened with the predecessor, too, and has not changed with the much smaller font in the new version.

2. Automatic update regularly omes up witha failure notice.

Also, I'd like to have a manual update-weather-data button back [as it was in the early versions].

By Evo2Me, # Jun 13, 2007 7:54:13 AM

ahsdbihasg

By river09, # Jun 9, 2007 5:09:35 AM

Without a doubt - the best weather widget/gadget around...I'm in a village in rural France, and this is the first time I've ever been able to(consistently)get accurate/easily accessible meteo information.

Brilliant!

By mikeout, # Jun 5, 2007 8:37:55 AM

great widget, now I upragraded to higher version and works ok.

just I found possibility to change between actual and realfeel temp. - It would be great to see both of them, if possible

..greetings from prague..

By 22_, # May 25, 2007 1:45:56 PM

I made userbar for fans of touchthesky
http://userbars.org/details.php?image_id=43638&mode=search#

By carle1, # May 22, 2007 8:46:33 PM

really great !!! good job; works so intuitive and smooth. THANK YOU! greetings and all the best from switzerland

By m-a-b-, # May 22, 2007 4:47:23 PM

This is brilliant widget, it even has my town with 7000 inhabitants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. And the interface is perfect.

5 stars

*edit

I forgot to say it would be nice that it shows time while in flip(or however it's called) mode

By carle1, # May 21, 2007 11:15:35 AM

Johnny first I say congratulations for one of the finest bits of programming I've seen in a while.
I work with people all over the world contacting them constantly by chat & skype. If you allowed me to make a list of default cities where I could input the 50-60 cities I deal with all the time then this widget would be heaven.
It's so nice to check time in a city (so I know when I can call them), and also see what weather is at their location. Add a local alarm (so I can be reminded to call Al in Detroit at 9am his time) and I will happily pay you for this widget.
I don't know how complicated that would be, but with international chat rampant and growing there must be a great many people with the same problem.
Again, thanks for a first class app!

By BillGee, # May 21, 2007 11:00:34 AM

superb widget! love it! =)

2 requests tho please...

1. i know it's been requested many times, but just to encourage u that it would be really useful... the option to see actual temp and realfeel at the same time!

2. a 24 hour forecast like the one found here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/24hr.shtml?world=4581

those two additions would make it the most perfect widget in the world!

thanks a billion!
alex =)

By treaclle, # May 18, 2007 5:05:51 PM

Good job!

By AgoAudacter, # May 15, 2007 9:24:13 AM

@abid78, the widget stays invisible while it's setting itself up. If it hits an unrecoverable problem, it'll never appear.

Could you check the Error Console (Tools | Advanced | Error console) and see if any Javascript errors are reported? I'm guessing it's most likely to be listed as a Security Violation.

Do you have any security software or other internet filtering software in common between your two machines?

By johnnysaucepn, # May 6, 2007 5:44:01 PM

I've been using this since long, but lately it doesnt show up on the desktop. I deleted and reinstalled this widget but it just show in the task bar but when I look for it on desktop it just ist there. Other widgets work fine with me and I use just one monitor. anybody having similar problems??

Update: Same on my second PC now.

By abid78, # May 5, 2007 3:43:25 PM

This is by far the best Weather & Earth info available on any browser. 5*****- BRAVO.

By safeathome, # Apr 30, 2007 7:45:12 PM

best weather widget yet you are one of the best programmers thanks for the great work I'll lock for more of your work

By jms1277, # Apr 25, 2007 8:48:35 PM

I've just started getting "Error - failed to check for updates" message every time I start the widget, I remember this was a problem a while back and I un-installed it.

By Diego1981, # Apr 19, 2007 9:00:03 PM