Weather Widget in Tiger
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Clive wrote at: 2005-05-08 15:17:59
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I've just installed Tiger (very good so far), and I'm amazed to find that the weather widget only gives weather in the USA. I wonder if I'm missing some preference somewhere, or does Apple really think that every single Mac user lives in America? I live in England, and would like English weather! I'd be grateful for any suggestions. Clive |
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Clive wrote at: 2005-05-08 18:28:00
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Hi again, Thanks for these suggestions, I'd missed hitting <enter after the city name. Yes, that does give other options. Previously, it was defaulting to USA cities, but is fine now. Thanks again. Clive |
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Chris McDonald wrote at: 2005-05-08 22:20:59
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"Clive" <c_barrows.DeleteThis (~=~) hotmail.com writes: I wonder if I'm missing some preference somewhere, or does Apple really think that every single Mac user lives in America? I live in England, and would like English weather! Next you'll be wanting English(English) localization! -- Chris. |
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Emyr Rhys Williams wrote at: 2005-05-08 23:40:00
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Clive <c_barrows.DeleteThis (~=~) hotmail.com wrote: I've just installed Tiger (very good so far), and I'm amazed to find that the weather widget only gives weather in the USA. I wonder if I'm missing some preference somewhere, or does Apple really think that every single Mac user lives in America? I live in England, and would like English weather! I'd be grateful for any suggestions. Clive We have a weather station in Aberporth, West Wales, which shows when I type it in in the Widget info. Other local places don't seem to register. Emyr |
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Tom Harrington wrote at: 2005-05-08 23:56:00
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In article <1115638134.225858.56040.RemoveThis (~=~) z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, "Clive" <c_barrows.RemoveThis (~=~) hotmail.com wrote: Hi again, Thanks for these suggestions, I'd missed hitting <enter after the city name. Yes, that does give other options. Previously, it was defaulting to USA cities, but is fine now. Thanks again. Clive Has anyone else noticed that the weather widget can make bizarre guesses as to your location? If I click on the widget icon, it shows me the weather in Denver-- which isn't surprising, since I'm in Colorado. However the forecasts are inaccurate. On further investigation I found it was showing me the weather for Denver, New York, and not for Denver, Colorado. I'm guessing it's using my time zone ("Denver - U.S.A") to get "Denver", and then just getting wacky with the actual location. (some more detail on this at <http://www.atomicbird.com/node/view/161). -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X. Version 2.0: Delocalize, Repair Permissions, lots more. See http://www.atomicbird.com/ |
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Andre Berger wrote at: 2005-05-09 00:32:59
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* Clive <c_barrows RemoveThis (~=~) hotmail.com, 2005-05-09 10:18 +0200: I've just installed Tiger (very good so far), and I'm amazed to find that the weather widget only gives weather in the USA. I wonder if I'm missing some preference somewhere, or does Apple really think that every single Mac user lives in America? I live in England, and would like English weather! I'd be grateful for any suggestions. Clive Click on the tiny "i" in the lower right corner, enter a location such as "Brighton", hit <Enter, and choose yours from the list. -Andre |
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clvrmnky wrote at: 2005-05-09 00:42:59
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On 09/05/2005 4:18 AM, Clive wrote: I've just installed Tiger (very good so far), and I'm amazed to find that the weather widget only gives weather in the USA. I wonder if I'm missing some preference somewhere, or does Apple really think that every single Mac user lives in America? I live in England, and would like English weather! I'd be grateful for any suggestions. There is a hint elsewhere here that mentions going to AccuWeather.com and finding your closest location. The "postal code" is encoded in the URL for that locale, which can be used (they say) in the weather widget. I have found that this does not work for Canadian locations, but simply entering one of the two cities that work for me gave me a drop-down to choose "Mycity, Province". |
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John Biltz wrote at: 2005-05-09 03:09:00
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On Mon, 9 May 2005 04:28:54 -0700, Clive wrote (in article <1115638134.225858.56040 RemoveThis (~=~) z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com): Hi again, Thanks for these suggestions, I'd missed hitting <enter after the city name. Yes, that does give other options. Previously, it was defaulting to USA cities, but is fine now. Thanks again. Clive I was just surprised how much you wanted English weather, much rather have somewhere else's weather. |
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markg5 wrote at: 2005-05-09 08:08:00
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On Mon, 9 May 2005 09:18:24 +0100, Clive wrote (in article <1115626704.756007.219820.DeleteThis (~=~) g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): I've just installed Tiger (very good so far), and I'm amazed to find that the weather widget only gives weather in the USA. I wonder if I'm missing some preference somewhere, or does Apple really think that every single Mac user lives in America? I live in England, Slightly OT but I hope weatherdock becomes ... erm ... widgetised soon (UK spelling!). It is much better IMHO, and does the UK really well. WeatherWidget tells me it is sunny when in reality the sun is falling out of the sky in big wet drops! |
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Neill McKay wrote at: 2005-05-09 10:08:00
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In article <aGKfe.5135$5u4.18085 (~=~) nnrp1.uunet.ca, clvrmnky <clvrmnky-uunet DeleteThis (~=~) coldmail.com.invalid wrote: On 09/05/2005 4:18 AM, Clive wrote: I've just installed Tiger (very good so far), and I'm amazed to find that the weather widget only gives weather in the USA. I have found that this does not work for Canadian locations, but simply entering one of the two cities that work for me gave me a drop-down to choose "Mycity, Province". I can get Canadian weather without any trouble. (Haven't tried any overseas locations.) Neill McKay |
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