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Changes from v5.6.29 to v5.6.30
- FIXED: Links to "World --> [TWC] Close/Far Local Satellite" maps in the Weather Watcher map list.
- FIXED: Adjusted the weather data cache time to prevent the weather data from being locally cached too long. This caching issue was most noticeable when the weather was updated between 12 AM - 1 AM.
Changes from v5.6.28 to v5.6.29
- FIXED: The weather data was being cached too long -- causing Weather Watcher to display outdated forecast data. This issue was primarily affecting locations outside of the US
Changes from v5.6.25 to v5.6.28
- FIXED: The map(s) selected in the "Wallpaper" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window were not the same maps that were displaying as the wallpaper
Changes from v5.6.24a to v5.6.25
- ADDED: Hundreds of new weather maps (most in the US).
- ADDED: "Precipitation" (POP) to the "Values to Show in Tray Tooltip" section of the Weather Watcher Options "Tray Tooltip" tab.
- ADDED: Added "-i" and "-id" command line parameters to force Weather Watcher to save its settings in an .INI file within the Weather Watcher program folder (instead of the registry). The "-i" parameter will tell Weather Watcher to use the current Windows profile name as the name of the .INI file. The "-id" parameter will tell Weather Watcher to use "Default.ini" as the name of the .INI file.
- CHANGED: Weather Watcher user settings files have been moved from the Weather Watcher program folder to the current user's Windows profile.
- CHANGED: Modified the size and format of the Weather Watcher Options window to fit 800x600 resolution (@ 96 DPI).
- CHANGED: Renamed Weather Watcher Options "Proxy" tab to "Internet".
- CHANGED: Moved "Only download updates when connected..." from "Auto Update" and "Wallpaper" tabs to the "Internet" tab.
- FIXED: Added new download method to prevent DL.EXE from locking up while downloading weather data.
- FIXED: Wallpaper issue that was related to the "Path/File access" error message.
- FIXED: Celsius temperature conversion in the detailed (daily text) weather forecast.
- FIXED: Improved the Weather Watcher Options window responsiveness.
Changes from v5.6.23 to v5.6.24a
- ADDED: Checkmark beside the active city in the "Change Active City" system tray menu item.
- ADDED: [LATITUDE] and [LONGITUDE] tags can now be used in the map URLs.
- CHANGED: Removed HTML tags from [DETAILED FORECAST] template code.
- CHANGED: Tweaked the weather data processing methods to speed up those processes.
- CHANGED: Map Manager "View" button to "Preview".
- CHANGED: Added tweaks to improve overall application performance.
- FIXED: [CRLF] and [TAB] template codes were not working correctly when the weather data was exported.
- FIXED: Cities were duplicating when adding/deleting cities in the "Active City" tab of the Weather Watcher Options.
- FIXED: FIXED: Wallpaper was not resetting when Weather Watcher was closed in Windows Vista.
- FIXED: [TEMP HIGH] and [TEMP LOW] template codes were not returning the correct values.
- FIXED: The tooltip location now displays the city name as it appears when using the [LOCATION] template code.
- FIXED: Removed broken maps.
Changes from v5.6.22 to v5.6.23
- CHANGED: The Splendid Options are no longer stored inside of Internet Explorer cookies.
- CHANGED: Modified the Weather Watcher system tray double-click rate so that it complies with the Windows double-click rate.
- FIXED: When the barometer reading falls below 27.5, the barometer gauge does not appear on the Splendid forecast skin.
- FIXED: Skinned tooltip window does not display the weather information if the "Hide value descriptions" box is checked in the "Tray Tooltip" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window.
- FIXED: Skinned tooltip window bottom margin height does not always match the top margin height.
- FIXED: "Visit The Weather Channel" system tray icon click action in the "Tray Icon" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window opens a broken URL.
- FIXED: "View this forecast at weather.com" link at the bottom of the forecasts opens a broken URL.
Changes from v5.6.21 to v5.6.22
- CHANGED: Removed city code (e.g. "[USPA0226]") from Weather Watcher system tray "Change Active City" menu.
- FIXED: Made improvements to dl.exe data downloader to prevent dl.exe process from hanging open in the Windows Task Manager.
- FIXED: Minimize/close button on main Weather Watcher window was not always displaying the correct tooltip after changing the dropdown in the "General" tab of the Weather Watcher Options.
- FIXED: Added a workaround to deal with the Windows XP bug that prevents the Weather Watcher system tray icon from loading when Weather Watcher is set to load when Windows starts.
- FIXED: Weather Watcher was duplicating the city list at times when closing the Weather Watcher Options window.
- FIXED: Hourly forecast was not listing the days correctly when the hours are out of synch at weather.com.
- FIXED: When no severe alerts were available, the "[ALERTS COUNT]" template code was not being reset to "0".
- FIXED: When the "Show Tray Balloon Tip When" dropdown was set to "Barometer Changes" in the "Tray Tooltip" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window, the tooltip balloon was appearing everytime the weather was retrieved.
Changes from v5.6.20a to v5.6.21
- ADDED: Option to minimize Weather Watcher to the Windows Taskbar.
- ADDED: "Print..." and "Print Preview..." menu items to the Weather Watcher right-click menu.
- CHANGED: Included an updated, Windows Vista compatible Weather Watcher help manual.
- FIXED: City list was duplicating itself at times when closing the Weather Watcher Options window
Changes from v5.6.20 to v5.6.20a
- Removed stray message box that pops up when checking for a new version of Weather Watcher.
Changes from v5.6.19a to v5.6.20
- FIXED: Modified the DL.EXE data downloader to prevent data from being pulled from the IE cache.
- FIXED: Modified the Weather Watcher exit procedure to ensure the WW.EXE process is closed when Weather Watcher is exited.
Changes from v5.6.19 to v5.6.19a
- FIXED: Interface skin SKIN.INI file's "MinWidth" and "MinHeight" settings were not working correctly at 120 DPI.
- FIXED: Weather Watcher was crashing when "Exit" was selected from the main Weather Watcher window's right-click menu.
- FIXED: Tooltip skin SKIN.INI file's "FontColor" setting was not being used by the skinned tooltip window.
- FIXED: Weather Watcher Options window flashes at times when exiting Weather Watcher and/or shutting down Windows without first exiting Weather Watcher.
Changes from v5.6.18 to v5.6.19
- ADDED: New values ("LocationFontBold", "DescFontBold", "FontBold") in skinned tooltip SKIN.INI file. You can now choose which text is bolded
- ADDED: "MinWidth" and "MinHeight" values to skin interface SKIN.INI file to prevent the interface from opening and/or being resized to too small of a width/height
- FIXED: Daylight Remaining time was not displaying the correct value when daylight remaining value was between 0-60
- FIXED: Splendid forecast skin's JavaScript to properly handle apostrophes
- FIXED: Bug that prevented Weather Watcher Options window from being opened at times
- FIXED: Main Weather Watcher window was not loading in the proper position when using dual monitors
- FIXED: Moon phases were not displaying the correct captions on the "MOON" tab of the Splendid forecast skin
- FIXED: Bug that was causing the tooltip to only display the conditions icon after retrieving the weather for a city that has a severe weather alert
- CHANGED: Removed scroll bars from main Weather Watcher window in Splendid forecast skin
- CHANGED: Can now right-click nearly anywhere on the main Weather Watcher window to access the Weather Watcher menu
- CHANGED: Included a modified DL.EXE data downloader
- CHANGED: Made various Weather Watcher program windows modal in order to prevent opening/closing issues
Changes from v5.6.17 to v5.6.18
- FIXED: "Wallpaper Format" setting in the "Wallpaper" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window was not toggling/saving properly.
- FIXED: "Use custom tray tooltip window location" feature in the "Tray Tooltip" tab of the Weather Watcher Options window was not allowing the tooltip window to be released after repositioning the window.
- FIXED: Bottom spacing of the skinned tooltip window was not being set properly when the location was not displayed.
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- CHANGED: Enhanced look of skinned tooltip window. Additional tooltip window text properties have been added to the "Skin.ini" tooltip skin file.
- CHANGED: Enhanced look of Weather Watcher Options window.
- CHANGED: "Feels" to "Feels Like" in Weather Watcher tooltip window.
- CHANGED: Modified the "Daylight Remaining" time format in the Weather Watcher tooltip window (old format = 1.5; new format = 1:30).
- FIXED: When right-clicking Weather Watcher tray icon, the Windows Taskbar menu was also opening sometimes.
- FIXED: Forced all template tags to uppercase. In previous builds, some lowercase template tags were being overlooked.
- FIXED: Issue that was preventing Weather Watcher Options window from opening for some users.
- FIXED: Splendid forecast skin JavaScript error was popping up when severe weather alerts contained an apostrophe (e.g. Today's weather).
- FIXED: Splendid forecast skin temperature bulb text now automatically resizes to fit bulb width.
Changes from v5.6.16 to v5.6.17
- CHANGED: Enhanced look of skinned tooltip window. Additional tooltip window text properties have been added to the "Skin.ini" tooltip skin file.
- CHANGED: Enhanced look of Weather Watcher Options window.
- CHANGED: "Feels" to "Feels Like" in Weather Watcher tooltip window.
- CHANGED: Modified the "Daylight Remaining" time format in the Weather Watcher tooltip window (old format = 1.5; new format = 1:30).
- FIXED: When right-clicking Weather Watcher tray icon, the Windows Taskbar menu was also opening sometimes.
- FIXED: Forced all template tags to uppercase. In previous builds, some lowercase template tags were being overlooked.
- FIXED: Issue that was preventing Weather Watcher Options window from opening for some users.
- FIXED: Splendid forecast skin JavaScript error was popping up when severe weather alerts contained an apostrophe (e.g. Today's weather).
- FIXED: Splendid forecast skin temperature bulb text now automatically resizes to fit bulb width.
Changes from v5.6.15 to v5.6.16
- CHANGED: The skinned tooltip window will auto refresh if visible when the weather is updated.
- CHANGED: Reverted weather download method to the Weather Watcher 5.6.14 download method.
- FIXED: GIFs with transparent backgrounds were not displaying with transparent backgrounds in the skinned tooltip window.
Changes from v5.6.14 to v5.6.15
- ADDED: Dual-monitor support.
- CHANGED: Rebuilt the weather download method to ensure a more stable user experience.
- FIXED: The Options window was not opening with the last selected tab.
- FIXED: When using the custom skinned tooltip window position, the window now automatically adjusts its horizontal position when the height of the tooltip window changes.
- FIXED: At times, the skinned tooltip window was displaying behind the Windows taskbar and/or other running program windows.
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