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TomA102210 reviewed v8.06 Beta on Mar 10, 2009

Undesired Username

Reviewing 8.00.1 Beta (Dec 8, 2008)

Nice to see that shills are still in abundance. This is such a poorly-designed piece of crap I can't believe it remains even a semi-viable vehicle of income.

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For your review you get the dumb POS of the year awared. If you think this is such a poorely designed, etc., you have to be blind. And to really see how well this program is doing take a look at reviews more than what you will find here. They are all very, very favorable. If someone paid you to write your crap review, they lost out rather miserably. I rate Weather Watcher a 5.

BarneyR reviewed v8.00.1 Beta on Dec 9, 2008

I'll provide the same level of review as Haaglander and give it a 5 because the graphic "looks cool".

Undesired Username reviewed v8.00.1 Beta on Dec 8, 2008

Nice to see that shills are still in abundance. This is such a poorly-designed piece of crap I can't believe it remains even a semi-viable vehicle of income.

TimmieTheGeek reviewed v7.23 Beta on Jul 22, 2007

After looking for a good desktop weather program I chose Weather1. It beats my local TV station offers and doesn’t masquerade as a useful application while secretly functioning as a keystroke logger or unwelcome adware troll like some of the other programs. With Weather1 I can quickly view the weather for several locations. I also like the voice announcements and find the application to be feature packed yet easy to use. Very nice program.

ttmisner reviewed v7.23 Beta on Jul 22, 2007

I've been using Weather 1 for about 4 years now and this new BETA by far, is one of the finest built. If you open the program and look at the world wide sites offered for weather, satalite, etc. its mind boggling, that one program can offer so much, under 1 roof!!! Truly a steal at any price.... Tom

paparana reviewed v7.23 Beta on Jul 21, 2007

Weather1 is one of the better weather monitoring programs out there. There's a wealth of information and statistics that's available all in one place that you just don't get from other programs. I've tried many, many other programs and keep coming back to Weather1 because of it's weather features as well the fun stuff. As noted in other reviews, it has had problems with crashes in earlier versions, but the author has corrected these problems. Recommended.

lotsamosi reviewed v7.23 Beta on Jul 21, 2007

The posts from Kprovance have been removed so please disregard my posting below.

lotsamosi reviewed v7.19 Beta on Jun 22, 2007

For those of you unaware of it, for some reason,Kprovance has had a longtime problem with Mike Singer, the developer of Weather Watcher. As a long time user of his program, I have found Mike to be the exact opposite of Kprovance's ridiculous assertions.
There are a multitude of other weather programs that use the exact same content that Mike does. I wonder where weather1 gets it's info from?

TomA102210 reviewed v7.19 Beta on Jun 21, 2007

"Try Weather Watcher 5.6 (released last week). You may be pleasantly surprised by the new interface."
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And Weather Watcher is FREE although feel free to make a donation in appreciation of a great program which has regular updates that you can be notified of.

alanpalmer reviewed v7.18 Beta on Jun 20, 2007

I think this application has suffered from the expansion of the Internet. There is nowadays no shortage of sites that will give you a weather forecast for your area free. As has been said, just look out of your window if you want to find out the current weather. It may have more bells and whistles than those sites, but is the extra information really useful? There may be a group of hard-core amateur meteorologists who find this program useful, but not the average computer user. The need for a desktop application - particularly shareware - of this type must be limited.

dougwx reviewed v7.16 Beta on Jun 3, 2007

I bought this program several years ago, then after a year or two I needed to buy an upgrade because my key wouldn't fully unlock newer versions. I believe Kelly Shipp probably still used this "sliding scale". The problem with Weather1, in addition to re-register stuff is, it really never worked well for any version. It always had lock up errors and crash problems from way back to the beginning of it's developement. I have tied using it on various computers over several years and always at some point had the same problems. PASS THIS SOFTWARE BY unless you like junk coded software.

tango54 reviewed v7.00 on Jan 22, 2006

The program works good in the Imperial Syatem, howver it does a poor job in the Metric System. Most countries are using the Metric values and it appears, the conversions are all off. Several other glitches as well. Forecsat, moon phase, program hangs when trying to exit, freezes, etc.

kshipp reviewed v6.60 on Nov 21, 2005

Someone previous said that the wallpaper only rotated images on your pc. That's a load of cRAP! It can rotate any INTERNET image or image from your pc!!!

The interface it not crowded. It's the best you'll find out there and has always been.

Morningdove reviewed v6.60 on Nov 16, 2005

This interface is very 'busy'.

Try Weather Watcher 5.6 (released last week). You may be pleasantly surprised by the new interface.

CharredPC reviewed v6.08 Beta on Jun 22, 2005

As I said over a year ago, the only reason I used this software was for the little feature it had of taking weathercam shots and putting them as your desktop wallpaper. It was kind of neat to have it auto-update a rotating view of Scotland, Big Ben, and a few other favorite places/cams while working at the pc.

Apparently that was too much trouble; the author now has a totally pointless "wallpaper" tab that rotates saved images on your pc. Well, you lost another user.

If anyone knows of a little simple app that does what I described above, please, let me know. I can get weather by glancing out the window ;)

dunleavy reviewed v6.05 Beta on Jun 11, 2005

I ran the installer and it claimed to not be able to locate a certain DLL and would not run. So it gets an F with me.

Mike Singer reviewed v6.04 on Jan 28, 2005

I just tried the latest release, and again, I am not impressed by the new features. This program is average, at best, when compared to other weather programs. I'm not sure why anyone would want to pay for something average when there are other (better) free options out there.

The user interface is very foreign looking and very hard to navigate. It's kind of like a PC user trying to use a Mac for the first time.

Metshrine reviewed v6.02 Beta on Jan 4, 2005

I have tried both this and the other program that the authors have been arguing about in the reviews. Neither is totally impressive. Personally I prefer weatherbug, smaller than both of these and get this, free for every feature that I USE. Get this down in size, and lower its memory footprint (perhaps by offering a standard windows interface as opposed to the totally graphical one) and this will be rated a 5.

On a side note, I think both of the authors need to take their arguments into an email discussion because doing it on a public review forum is just immature. Please, spare all of us and take your bickering into another method of contact :)

lotsamosi reviewed v5.41 Beta on Dec 8, 2004

kprovance- there is one big,no HUGE difference between your program and Weather Watcher. You want 18 bucks where Weather Watcher is FREE. I can put up with a less than ideal interface for a free program.

Garp reviewed v5.26 Beta on Dec 30, 2003

It's easy to get rid of. You just have to format your hard drive and it goes away. Don't know what the big deal is. /sarcasm It's not the worst program I've seen, but it's far from the best.

mbiefeni reviewed v5.24 Beta on Dec 12, 2003

It works, OK, but try uninstalling it and getting rid of all the pieces of it. It tries to keep coming back. Had to go into the registry to get rid of it, then processes to get rid of it. I think it is a major piece of spyware.

scodan reviewed v5.20 Beta on Dec 1, 2003

And I'd give it a NEGATIVE 10 if I could. Still has an awful, nonsensical interface.

marty reviewed v5.19 Beta on Nov 18, 2003

Fats. You and all the other people that have trashed this program on Betanews - giving it a low rating - are way off the mark. I'd give it a 10 if I could to offset your ridiculous rating. I've been a registered user of this program for more than 4 years (BTW I actually buy the shareware for programs I like). Kelly Shipp is extremely responsive to user input and I have high regard for him. As to the idiot who once said (why buy a weather program when you can look out the window) well for one thing, where I live, on top of a ridge in Blue Ridge Mountains, I sometimes CAN'T look my window - because it is obscurded by snow drifts or ice. Fortunately, I'm lucky enough to be able to DSL even the remote area I live in because of the local telephone coop - and power doesn't go out too often (wonder if you weathermen have UPS). This newest beta of Weather1 is an example of coding and dedication at its best.

scodan reviewed v5.18 Beta on Nov 12, 2003

Awful, ugly, slow interface, which tries more to be "cute" and "wowee" than easy to use and functional. To see the forecast, I can open a stupid little built-in browser window, and get treated to banner ads and other crap. The author should take a long, hard look at Weather Pulse--which trumps Weather1 like crazy, as far as interface goes.

cyberguy reviewed v5.12 Beta on Aug 13, 2003

Agreed. I wasn't looking for a 'Metric' option (silly me). I retract my earlier US-centric-software comment based on the lack of celsius support and upgrade my review to the 5 stars this software deserves. It really is good software for what it does.

pegbob4 reviewed v5.11 Beta on Aug 12, 2003

oops it does do metric (celsius) check your options/preferences.

cyberguy reviewed v5.11 Beta on Aug 12, 2003

Program looks decent, but I am Canadian, and we do temps in Celcius.. Like most of the world.
This software is version 5+, but appears to only support U.S. Style temps, which I find rediculous and short-sighted.

This being the case, I would not pay the developer money for this product. A real shame since this seems to be an unusually complete weather program otherwise.

daveyboy reviewed v5.11 Beta on Aug 12, 2003

Another example of how people in the US ignore the rest of the world. Bah.

Aires reviewed v5.08 Beta on Aug 9, 2003

Actually I take back that last comment and the 5 stars is only because I can't delete the comment, not because I endorse this software.

art01162000 reviewed v5.07 Beta on Aug 8, 2003

Well I was running Beta 5.06. After downloading Beta 5.07, it still says I am running version 5.06! I even uninstalled program and deleted any traces of the program, reinstalled the "5.07" version and still....says version 5.06. Just a FYI

jwhalen reviewed v5.02 Beta on Jun 26, 2003

slowneasy: obviously you didnt RUN the program because it is TOTALLY different.

HINT: dont review and give a product one lousy star, based on the screenshot that BetaNews puts up.

Weather1 is totally revamped. It looks different, it acts different, it has quite a few changes.

Still a top notch product and one I have had on my desktop since it started.

SlowNeasy reviewed v5.01 Beta on Jun 24, 2003

Looks the same to me. So what's new...

cadetstimpy reviewed v4.08 Beta on Mar 16, 2003

Accurate forecasts, useful features, and quick responses from developer.

veeoh reviewed v4.08 Beta on Mar 16, 2003

just look out the window - its free!

bryank1 reviewed v4.04 Beta on Feb 27, 2003

Looks like Triad needs a program to learn how to spell rather than a weather program.

Triad reviewed v4.01 Beta on Jan 7, 2003

Weather or not you use this is up to you, however to be honest I'm not shore I have that much of a need to know of the weather conditions. But if you have a weather fetish then this is right up your alley. I'll be sure to tell the lady 10 cubes away from me about this program so that when she sends out her dialy weather report to the entire office that she can be as accurate as possable. Rock on Linda you weather fetish nuttsack. I wonder if this program can tell of the weather conditions in my office as I walk towards the water cooler to dump the water all over Linda and her weather reports.

pwolsink reviewed v3.96 Beta on Nov 3, 2002

As far as I'm concerned, a GREAT program!
Maybe there are some other programs which are better, but this one can do more than what I want and for use in Europe and Africa, I couldn't find any better....
Paul

imachip reviewed v3.86 Beta on Sep 10, 2002

tvaccari why bother leaving such rubbish comments. It's not as bad as you say.. IT IS BETA so expect bugs. One comment is enough for you as so little detail is given in your comments. The proggie is fine for me..

felixml reviewed v3.71 Beta on Aug 15, 2002

No Pacific Time Zone, does not add Cities, or States, or by a Zip Code.
Tiny initial screen with High resolutions.
Needs work on many accounts.
Crashed on unistall on Windows 2000.

Stay away, at least for now.
Too many issues.

JunkyardEnginer reviewed v3.56 Beta on Mar 24, 2002

Weather1 works everywhere in the world while Weatherbug doesn't even consider responding e-mails about users outside "center of the worl" US.

mrp- reviewed v3.5 Beta on Feb 15, 2002

I dont mind adware at all, as long as its not spyware, and thats why I use WeatherBug. Some WeatherBug clients shipped with Gator, and I even heard a few had WebHancer, but luckily mine has neither. As for Weather1, it's ok, but it's ugly and WeatherBug has more features (plus my weatherbug is branded with my local NBC station so I get NBC weather news and stuff)

cadetstimpy reviewed v3.24.6 Beta on Dec 22, 2001

I've found Weather1 to be more than adequate for my needs, and most importantly, the current weather and the forecast have been the most accurate of all the weather programs I've tried. Also, Kelly is very responsive to any issues I've reported.

oopl reviewed v3.23.4 Beta on Nov 29, 2001

Wrong, WeatherBug is AdWare.

ryws reviewed v3.23.4 Beta on Nov 29, 2001

weatherbug is still better. Weatherbug is a freeware.

ZiNE_ reviewed v3.20.2 Beta on Jul 27, 2001

ok, its not -that- bad.. images download alot faster now.. i think it just needs some better skins.

CharredPC reviewed v3.15.3 Beta on Dec 31, 2000

Can this be getting worse? How about forgetting about the skins for now and fixing all the bugs? To be honest, the only reason I keep trying to use this thing is for the WeatherCam pics as wallpaper, auto-updated. i could care less about weather forecasts. Well, I'm off to look again to try and find another program that only does Weathercams... if this was EVER stable, I'd probably run it all the time... but I get an error every 5 minutes with this new one :P The old ones ran better!

ctanti2000 reviewed v3.15.3 Beta on Dec 31, 2000

I tested this prog on my windows me 400 celeron 64mb ram system.

The program ran well although it uses too much resources for such a simple program.

I suggest you find ways to make it lighter.

Also, It took me a lot of time to search maps and images, I think thst a better system is found to search.

Even better, you could make the program auto-detect the region (from Windows settings-Regions) and by default using the maps related to that region when the program start the first time after the user installs it.

Price is a setback and people will prefer freeware and just a fast search in Yahoo Weather.

bryank1 reviewed v3.15.3 Beta on Dec 30, 2000

Well, I don't think $18 is outrageous, but it is getting better, although you can't beat Weatherbug which is free.

psyche reviewed v3.15.0 on Dec 20, 2000

This sounds like a great idea, but in practice, it's not.

oracxs reviewed v3.14.3 on Dec 13, 2000

i tried this again, it looks better, but quite buggy

oracxs reviewed v3.11.5 Beta on Oct 28, 2000

skinable, but ugly as sin. price tag outrageous.

c1sg reviewed v3.11.4 on Oct 21, 2000

First off, this is a good program that is striving to be great. I still have problems with my connection every once in a while, but it may or may not be this program.

What I really like is the support that comes with it! Even tho' I haven't bought it yet (I will as soon as I can afford it) Kelly answers my stoopid email questions right away! Dedication to quality and service like this is hard to find these days!

dso47 reviewed v3.11.2 Final on Oct 15, 2000

Only supports 10% of the globe. Give it a few more centuries...

Riven reviewed v3.11.2 Final on Oct 15, 2000

getting tired of all these (ugly) multiservice clones that dont work with all their services... if anyone wants to talk to me they can just get AIM, they'd be doing both of us a favor

22Bill reviewed v3.07.1 on Sep 19, 2000

I thought this seemed like a good idea, but I found this program to be unstable, slow, and not very workable. On a lessor note I didn't think much of the design. It's just hard to find your way around in.

wbatten24 reviewed v3.07.1 on Sep 18, 2000

I have read some of the statements here in the forum regarding Weather1 and most are unfounded. I have used Weather1 for 2+yr and have been very happy with it. Some have complained about the amount of updates that is issued, I for one like this, this is one Software that issues fixes, updates and upgrades on a regular basis, this to me is service at it's best, I have read some complaints about the amount of system resources that Weather1 uses, The complaint is unfounded in my opinion, on Win98SE the SR utilized is 1,778k and on Win2K it's 1,892k this is nothing to complain about. With the updates and support that comes with Weather1, the price can not be beat! If you do have a problem E-mail your concern to weather1 support, Skipp has been very fast at getting back to his customers and/or releasing a fix if needed. This program has one of the best support in the Shareware market.

Foghat reviewed v3.07.0 on Sep 15, 2000

I've used this program for 2+ years. Program updates = support, and the support for this product is unmatched. More features and options than most people will ever use and the author keeps adding more. The new patch is running error free on my machine.

MeToYou reviewed v3.07.0 on Sep 14, 2000

Warning! While this app is perhaps the one with the most possible info on everything weather, climate, forecasts, images, cams, etc., it is unfortunately very poorly made. The interface is not unusable or anything like that, it's just that this app works very crappily and has very bad design in a few areas. There are also many bugs you may run into, and because this is made with Delphi crap, it also tends to display Delphi's now infamous "memory access" error dialogs now and then. Worth a look, but wouldn't pay for this one.

eddie reviewed v3.05.4 on Jun 28, 2000

If you want to try and make it celsius all the time write to Kelly, the author, at kshipp@design2graphics.com and lwt him know about your problem. He will probably fix the problem by the next release. He releases a new version about every week

hasnabada reviewed v3.05.4 on Jun 27, 2000

Looks ok.. but is there a way to make the temperature always Celcius? i don't like the fact that u have to convert it all the time...

svedburg reviewed v3.05.4 on Jun 27, 2000

Maybe try pressing the download tab on the website? Anyway, this is such a good idea for a program, I won't use it because it's shareware. I don't like the idea of simple software that I have to pay for that I could get somewhere else. Besides, who is going to pay $12 for this program?

skivleditch reviewed v3.04.4 Beta on May 31, 2000

A good all round program. I especially like the radar pics. The only thing lacking is a more international approach. There was a little too much US stuff for my liking. Having said that, I was pleased to see my home town MANCHESTER there.

rdez- reviewed v3.03.1 on Apr 27, 2000

Nice little program. Does what it says. And, a nice feature is that it is skinable. The default skin is kind of ugly (not that i'll take vanity over funcionality, but it does make this particular program nicer)

DigitalSin reviewed v3.00.0 on Feb 15, 2000

God awful interface, but useful information.

jillybean reviewed v3.00.0 on Feb 15, 2000

I have used netscape since it's inceptions and at first netscape was the premier browser for the internet. Those days have come to an end. Although I prefer the GI of netscape alot better than IE, netscape just hasn't brought itself to the front. This "new" version is still using the old outdated 4.0 code and is far behind IE html code. Creating HTML for netscape has still not become any easier and is a far cry from IE, and netscape still doesn't have the functionality to it that IE does. Come on Netscape let's get with the program here!

Ucross reviewed v2.06.3 on Dec 6, 1999

Nice program, unforunately I have more trouble getting the temperature to be accurate that it is almost not worth my bother. The Canadian support isn't that good, sometimes I can't even get the temperature, let alone windchill etc. Great idea, but needs some work.

pizzaman reviewed v2.05.9 on Dec 4, 1999

Low resource and very practical/useful little program

Tridus reviewed v2.05.6 on Nov 29, 1999

Nice... you get less info if you don't live in the US unfortunately, but the selection of areas in Ontario I found to be rather good.

Bert reviewed v2.05.6 on Nov 29, 1999

It is ok but i prefer fake surfer. Try it out!!! get it at http://www.progenic.com

Stringy reviewed v2.05.6 on Nov 29, 1999

It works... that's good enough for me