Weather Watcher 5.6.26

A new version of Weather Watcher has been released:
http://www.SingersCreations.com/Free-Software.asp

The changes are as follows:

ADDED: 200+ new weather maps.

ADDED: "General" --> "Store user files in the Weather Watcher program folder" option. If this option is not checked (it's unchecked by default), Weather Watcher will store all working files in the current user's Windows profile.

ADDED: "Map Manager" button in the "Maps" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window.

ADDED: Map Manager button to check/uncheck all listed maps.

CHANGED: When using the INI option (-i or -id command line parameters), WW will store the INI files in the Weather Watcher install folder (default = C:/Program Files/Weather Watcher).

CHANGED: Added quotes to the Weather Watcher program registry path -- used when Weather Watcher is set to start with Windows. This should prevent the Weather Watcher program folder from opening when Windows starts.

CHANGED: The animated wallpaper option is now disabled in the "Wallpaper" Weather Watcher Options window tab for Windows Vista users. Windows Vista does not include the Active Desktop feature, so animated map images cannot be displayed as wallpaper.

CHANGED: Remove 1-4 minute intervales from the "Forecast Auto Update Rate" dropdown in the "Auto Update" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window.

CHANGED: When using the double-click action in the "Tray Icon" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window, Weather Watcher will use the native Windows double-click speed to detect double-clicks.

FIXED: Updated Weather Watcher downloader (GetFile.exe) to URL encode proxy username and password. This will allow proxy usernames and passwords to contain non-alpha and non-numeric characters (e.g. p@ssword).

FIXED: Updated various window control colors -- some of the controls were hard to read when different Windows themes were used.

FIXED: On weather updates, data from outdated servers will no longer be downloaded. This will resolve the issue where the weather data flips backs to a previous time.

FIXED: "Print.." and "Print Preview..." menu links were not always enabled when the main Weather Watcher window was visible.

FIXED: Font list was not loading into the "Tray Icon" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window.

FIXED: On weather updates, data from outdated servers will no longer be downloaded. This will resolve the issue where the weather data flips backs to a previous time.

FIXED: The daily forecast was not displaying the correct wind direction night value.

FIXED: Formatting of the last observed/downloaded date at the bottom of the forecasts.

FIXED: Updated tab order for all Weather Watcher windows -- now tabs from top to bottom.

Weather Watcher Live Beta

The Weather Watcher Live Beta is now available for public download! I figured I'd make it available now while I'm working out the remaining details of the final Weather Watcher Live release.

As always, please post your questions, comments and suggestions in the Weather Watcher Live forums.

Weather Watcher Alerts

I recently posted Weather Watcher Alerts in the free software section of SingersCreations.com. I've been asked by many people to create a product that was able to track severe weather alerts for multiple cities. Well, here it is! :)

If you decide to give this new product a try, please post any comments, suggestions or questions in the Weather Watcher Alerts forums.

Weather Watcher Live is coming!

My new website is up and Weather Watcher Live should be here in a matter of days. If you haven't checked out Weather Watcher Live yet, then head over to the tour at SingersCreations.com for more information. That's all for now -- just a quick note to pass on some news.