08-05-2003, 05:22 AM -
Great first attempt, but I've got a few problems when I use it. First, not all the values are loaded (meaning WM probably can't find them). The values I get are: Temperature, Conditions, Sunrise, Sunset, Updated, Air Pollution, Sun Index, and Wind Speed - and nothing else. I've tried with 2 different URLs. Second, if WM did load all these values, it would probably crash explorer when the tooltip was displayed. The reason is that the shell (of which WM is a part - for now) limits tooltips to 1k in size. In typical Microsoft short-sighted fashion, the OS doesn't know what to do if it's larger, so it hangs. Third, and most minor, the wind speed value doesn't reflect the current wind speed. It looks like it might be pulling it from one of the wind speeds in the 5 day forecast.
Good idea, but the technology is a bit inadequate to handle this right now, I think.
Good idea, but the technology is a bit inadequate to handle this right now, I think.