WeatherMate

by Ravi Bhavnani
Version 3.4.4
26 March 2011

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 Release Notes

 Version 3.4.4, released 26 Mar 2011
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate was unable to display radar images for some European locations due to changes at The Weather Channel. Radar images are now displayed.

 Version 3.4.3, released 15 Mar 2011
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate was unable to display radar images for US locations due to changes at The Weather Channel. Radar images are now displayed.

 Version 3.4.2, released 26 Mar 2010
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate was unable to display radar images for several European locations due to changes at The Weather Channel. Radar images are now displayed.

 Version 3.4.1, released 23 Jan 2010
  • Bug fixes:
    1. The icon in the Current Conditions section was not displayed for some locations. The icon is now displayed for all locations.
  • Enhancement:
    1. Improved data retrieval performance.

 Version 3.4, released 19 Nov 2009
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate was unable to display current conditions due to changes at The Weather Channel. Current conditions are now displayed.

 Version 3.3.4, released 4 Jul 2008
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate was unable to display radar images due to changes at The Weather Channel. Radar images are now displayed.
  • Enhancement:
    1. Improved performance of radar image retrieval.

 Version 3.3.3, released 15 Jun 2008
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate was unable to display radar images due to changes at The Weather Channel. Radar images are now displayed.

 Version 3.3.2, released 13 Apr 2008
  • Bug fixes:
    1. The current conditions were not properly displayed if some measurements weren't available from The Weather Channel.  WeatherMate now displays "N/A" for these items.
    2. The automatic upgrade check mechanism would only work once after starting WeatherMate.  Automatic upgrade checks (if enabled) are now done at the time interval specified in the Settings window.

 Version 3.3.1, released 5 Apr 2008
  • Enhancement:
    1. Improved performance of data retrieval.

 Version 3.3, released 21 Mar 2008
  • Bug fix:
    1. Changes at The Weather Channel prevented WeatherMate from sometimes displaying current conditions.
  • Enhancement:
    1. Added option to always display temperature of first (instead of selected) location in system tray icon.

 Version 3.2, released 9 Feb 2008
  • Bug fix:
    1. WeatherMate would sometimes hang if a location's radar image was not available.  WeatherMate now displays an appropriate informational graphic in place of the missing image.

 Version 3.1.1, released 5 Nov 2007
  • Bug fix:
    1. WeatherMate's static radar image showed the first (i.e. oldest) frame of the animation sequence, instead of the last (i.e. latest) one.

 Version 3.1, released 4 Nov 2007
  • Bug fix:
    1. Changes at The Weather Channel temporarily prevented WeatherMate from displaying radar images.

 Version 3.0, released 7 Sep 2007
  • Bug fix:
    1. WeatherMate would sometimes display spurious text after the icon in the current conditions area.  This no longer happens.

 Version 2.9, released 7 Jul 2007
  • Enhancements:
    1. Added the ability to speak the weather.
    2. Implemented "Check for new version" feature.
    3. Speeded up the retrieval of weather information.
    4. Updated the list of available locations.
    5. Added support for up to 32 locations.
  • Usability improvements:
    1. Added a "Locations" button to the WeatherMate window.
    2. Added display selection menu items to the "Options" menu.
    3. Made the WeatherMate Settings window easier to use.

 Version 2.8, released 1 Apr 2007
  • Bug fix:
    1. A change in the format of The Weather Channel's data feed would cause WeatherMate to sometimes lock up and crash on startup.  This no longer happens.

 Version 2.7, released 21 Aug 2005
  • Usability improvement:
    1. WeatherMate no longer pops up an error message if it's unable to obtain weather information.  The message is instead displayed in the appropriate section (current conditions, forecast, radar image) of WeatherMate's window.

 Version 2.6, released 13 Aug 2005
  • New features:
    1. Detailed weekly forecast now includes min/max temperatures.
    2. Icon color can now be customized.

 Version 2.5, released 8 Aug 2005
  • New features:
    1. Added radar animation.
    2. Added ability to select what temperature (actual vs. feels like) is displayed in the system tray icon.
  • Usability improvement:
    1. Made progress indication more granular.

 Version 2.4, released 4 Jul 2005
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate would sometime crash with this stack trace (in WeatherMateErrors.txt):
          afxcoll.inl line 157
          RBCollection.cpp line 61
          WCWeatherInfo.cpp line 175
    2. Selecting brief current conditions would cause WeatherMate to display blank current conditions.
    3. If no display items were selected in the Settings dialog, the user would be returned to the Position tab instead of the Display tab.
  • Usability improvements:
    1. Detailed weekly forecast now displays weather icons.
    2. Added display options to WeatherMate's context menu.

 Version 2.3, released 27 Jun 2005
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate would occasionally think it was continuously in the process of updating its weather information, thereby preventing you from making any changes to its settings or exiting the program.
  • New feature:
    1. Run-time errors are now logged to the file WeatherMateError.txt.

 Version 2.2, released 18 Jun 2005
  • Bug fixes:
    1. WeatherMate required you to mouse over it to initiate its first auto-hide.
    2. Revealing an auto-hidden WeatherMate and then clicking "Hide" caused WeatherMate to be permanently autoHidden, requiring an exit and restart to restore normal behavior.
  • Usability improvement:
    1. Replaced the "Jump to edge" checkbox with explicit Jump buttons in the "Position" tab in WeatherMate's "Options" dialog.

 Version 2.1, released 12 Jun 2005
  • Bug fix:
    1. 3-digit temperatures were getting clipped in the system tray icon.  This no longer happens.
  • Usability improvement:
    1. Tweaked AutoHide/Restore delay.

 Version 2.0, released 12 Jun 2005
  • Bug fixes:
    1. If current conditions are not available, the display shows "()".
    2. WeatherMate appears in the Alt-Tab list.
    3. Attempting to drag WeatherMate when dragging is not permitted caused it to stop auto-hiding.
    4. The default auto-hide setings were invalid.
    5. WeatherMate crashed if the MoveUp/MoveDown or Delete buttons were pressed in the "Locations" window when no entry in the "Selected locations" list was selected.
    6. The "Start with Windows" setting was ignored.
  • New feature:
    1. Added weekly forecast.
  • Usability improvements:
    1. Run selection (on desktop, in system tray) simplified.
    2. "Always on top" setting moved to "Visibility" tab.
    3. Reduced clutter in Settings dialog.
    4. Added "Hide" button to send WeatherMate to the system tray.
    5. Clicking WeatherMate's system tray icon now restores it.
    6. Added "Locations" command to WeatherMate menu.
    7. Added auto-hide sensitivity setting.

 Version 1.0, released 4 Apr 2005
  • Initial release

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