The Weather Channel Widgets Updated!!

All done!!

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Hey guys, just a heads up. Due to a lack of Weather Channel weather feed, once again, I will be updating all my TWC weather widgets with ones from weatherunderground, which is what I'm currently using. Replacement will take time, especially since I'm a tad busy at this time.

 

It uses scripting by sViz, she's awesome and I thank her for the working weather script!! She has a template for it in her gallery.

 

I'll come back here to update this thread with a list of widgets/gadgets I'm updating so you guys will know not to download them, and to look for their replacements.

 

EDIT:

These are the weather widgets I'll be updating. While I'm at it, I'll be uploading gadget versions too.

 

  1. Vox Weather I
  2. Ozone Weather
  3. Solid State Weather
  4. One Tribe Weather
  5. Infinity Ultimate Weather
  6. Smokey DX Weather       

Please do not download any of the above until I update them as they will not work.

 

EDIT: All of my TWC weather widgets have now been replaced with new, working versions and gadgets have been made too.

 

Links below in comment #22.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for the heads up. Bye, bye TWC. :|

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hi Eve!  :inlove:

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:ninja:

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Good riddance, TWC! Greedy #"#%. :grin:

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

OP has been updated to show which of my weather widgets are non functioning. Please do not download them as they do not function.

 

I will update them as I can with working weather widgets.

 

If anyone wants weather widgets for any of my older skins that I never got weather made for, feel free to tell me here and I will try to accomodate.

When I had to reup my entire gallery due to the last TWC fiasco, I never got around to weather for some of the older skins. I will do those now, on request.

 

 

You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming.   :moo:

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not only Winstep and DX got cut off. MyWindows Sidebar gadget quit connecting as well.

So long to The Worthless Channel. :thumbsdown:

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There's a new release of Winstep Xtreme/Nexus Ultimate/Nexus currently being beta tested that solves this problem by using two other weather feeds (one primary and another as a backup feed in case something similar to this happens again). Official versions will be released this week.

I wouldn't mind making some kind of a reasonable deal with TWC to keep using their feed (it's their business, after all) but not when they seem to value their data as being more precious than gold and impose absurd limitations: for an absolute maximum of 2 million monthly requests, they want $900 per month.

Not only is that an outrageous figure (I know the value of bandwidth, trust me), as, even if weather forecast requests were cached and performed only once every 24 hours per user, those 2,000,000 maximum requests would only be enough for a maximum of 66,000 simultaneous Winstep users. Given that the amount of people using Winstep applications (free and paid) at a single point in time is MUCH larger than that, 2 million maximum requests per month is totally insufficient.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Damn Jim...Déjà vu...there's a glitch in the Matrix  o_O

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting CarGuy1, reply 8
Damn Jim...Déjà vu...there's a glitch in the Matrix 
End of CarGuy1's quote

Yeah, but it's only 6 this time. This is why weather is no longer a part of my themes. Secondary upload for weather seems best.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting JcRabbit, reply 7
Given that the amount of people using Winstep applications (free and paid) at a single point in time is MUCH larger than that, 2 million maximum requests per month is totally insufficient.
End of JcRabbit's quote
Braggart!

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

Quoting Zubaz, reply 10
Braggart!
End of Zubaz's quote

Ahaha. Just telling the truth... |-)

Of course, the vast majority is using the free version of the Winstep Nexus dock... miserable cheapskates! :grin:

 

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting JcRabbit, reply 11
Of course, the vast majority is using the free version of the Winstep Nexus dock... miserable cheapskates!
End of JcRabbit's quote
:-"

You're looking at me, right? 

 

Jerk.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Where?  :omg:      Oh, I thought you said Jark.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Weather Channel still working here (France) :O

 

 

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 12
Jerk.
End of Zubaz's quote

AHAHAHAH! :grin:

 

Idiot.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting JcRabbit, reply 15
Idiot
End of JcRabbit's quote
Download whore.   :omg:

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

So, back on topic, other than the six listed above, if anyone wants weather widgets for any of my older skins that I never got weather made for, feel free to tell me here and I will try to accomodate.

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Two of my favorites were Knot and GT3 (ya that was Tiggs', but while I'm wishin' ;) ).

edit- argh, I see you'd already done Knot with Weather Underground.  You get to keep the compliment anyway \o/

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

TWC went the way of all the other corporate greed mongers and this is what they get for it. PFFFT! Take that and smoke in your next joint ya mookaloids!

I'm stickin' with my buds here. At least they know what they're doin'.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DaveRI, reply 18
Two of my favorites were Knot and GT3 (ya that was Tiggs', but while I'm wishin' ).

edit- argh, I see you'd already done Knot with Weather Underground.  You get to keep the compliment anyway
End of DaveRI's quote

I can only update my own, and getting in touch with Tiggz for permission is almost impossible.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have update Infinity Ultimate in widget and gadget forms. The others are in process.

 

I will post links here shortly.   :grin:

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/desktop_gadgets/307/

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https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/desktop_gadgets/310/

 

 

 

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