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    Desktop Weather

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gazzacbr, Feb 23, 2010.

  1. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    looking for something that will show me the weater in 4 cities, quite basic for, say 5 days, but not too big or obtrusive.
    i have spb today weather plugin on my window mobile phone as shown in red, something similar
    free is nice but paid os ok for the right program. suggestions?
     

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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    There's always the built in gadget Windows has, you can have as many as you want float around on your desktop for different cities.

    There's also Rainmeter, which is quite a bit more customizable.
     
    Kuu, Feb 23, 2010
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    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    I just recommend using the one built into windows 7.
     
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    Szadzik Notebook Evangelist

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    SPB Weather as an example for Windows 7, gooooood. I almost started regretting thatyt I moved to Android from WinMo.
     
    Szadzik, Feb 23, 2010
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    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    doesnt the standard win 7 one only show one day?
    @Blaze-Senpai : i see many people use rainmeter but it looks so detailed and complicated and when i saw, 'you need to change config.ini' my eyes glazed over. guess i'm just lazy, i only want a sun/rainy pic and the temp and current time. will prob give it a try though
    @Szadzik: er, not sure what you mean? spb is good stuff right?
     
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Any weather gadget should be able to run multiple copies.
     
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    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Yeah, you can have multiple weather gadgets in Windows 7.
     
    Matt is Pro, Feb 24, 2010
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    Hover over the gadget and then click the "Larger size" icon that appears to the right of the gadget. That opens up the full view, with the weather forecast.
     
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    @MidnightSun: ah, thought i was missing something. will give that a try later when i get home.
    +1 for you
     
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    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    the standard win 7 one looks good but is BIG and there is a lot of wasted space on it.
    simpy weather is ok but to make it for me i would like to have to time on there. when i have 3 weather and 3 clocks on the desktop there is not much space left.
    thinking as i am typing, maybe i will look for small digital clock and overlay it on the weather.
    still looking
     
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  12. Szadzik

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    Sure it is, the best!
     
    Szadzik, Feb 25, 2010
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  13. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    @Szadzik: yes, its one of those 'does what is says on the tin' companies.
    i use their backup, mobile shell, image viewer and editor, and wireless monitor.
    they seem to have 'real' people developing and writing, or at least checking and testing, their programs.
    other software companies should take note.
    oops, bit off topic i suppose, meanwhile, back in the windows world.......
     
    gazzacbr, Feb 25, 2010
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  14. Szadzik

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    Such a shame that WinMo is now going the iPhone way and I had to move to Android :(
     
    Szadzik, Feb 25, 2010
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