Quick Mobile Weather Freeware/Dontationware

[gksmithlcw]

I just want to thank those who have already started donating both money and participation to this project. Given its current state of infancy, I'm very gratified by the response.

[thacounty]

@gksmith: If there is one problem I have with WP (and I only have 1!!) its when I have too much on my today screen and I scroll down it goes black for a second or two. I thought this was a Touch Pro problem but it seems to do the same with the treo pro. Can this be something that won't happen or is it something that I will have to deal with again? I am jw!

[bC6]

@gksmithlcw or to anyone intersted:

Well, I did take C++ and Java back in college years ago.
I haven't really developed either in the real world but remember
enough to look at code and fix things.

Although I haven't done the latter lately I could spend some coin
at Amazon or local book stores to get new references, or use the web,
in addition to looking into C# which is probably a lot like Java since
I believe such was developed by MS instead of really embracing Java
in its struggle with Sun over the market and licensing which is now a
moot point.

I'll attempt to add this to my grand-scheme-of-things project where I develop
a website using frameworks for mvc development to utilize the paradigm to
develop mobile pages as well as pc pages without having to write
two complete sets of code.

I know, pie in the sky..

But I believe the mobile app market is interesting and a place where
none rocket scientist types like myself can develop something.

I don't know exactly when, but i will get my feet wet soon.

Thanks to all for some great work.

[thacounty]

@BC6 - I can assure you that it would be good to have you on board. If I had the know how I would be helping all I could! Whatever you can contribute to making this app the best weather app since WP will be great!

[gksmithlcw]

Originally Posted by bC6

@gksmithlcw or to anyone intersted:

Well, I did take C++ and Java back in college years ago.
I haven't really developed either in the real world but remember
enough to look at code and fix things.

Although I haven't done the latter lately I could spend some coin
at Amazon or local book stores to get new references, or use the web,
in addition to looking into C# which is probably a lot like Java since
I believe such was developed by MS instead of really embracing Java
in its struggle with Sun over the market and licensing which is now a
moot point.

I'll attempt to add this to my grand-scheme-of-things project where I develop
a website using frameworks for mvc development to utilize the paradigm to
develop mobile pages as well as pc pages without having to write
two complete sets of code.

I know, pie in the sky..

But I believe the mobile app market is interesting and a place where
none rocket scientist types like myself can develop something.

I don't know exactly when, but i will get my feet wet soon.

Thanks to all for some great work.

Originally Posted by thacounty

@BC6 - I can assure you that it would be good to have you on board. If I had the know how I would be helping all I could! Whatever you can contribute to making this app the best weather app since WP will be great!

Yep! Hit the project page and jump in!! We're still gathering requirements for the time being so you haven't missed much.

[gksmithlcw]

Originally Posted by thacounty

@gksmith: If there is one problem I have with WP (and I only have 1!!) its when I have too much on my today screen and I scroll down it goes black for a second or two. I thought this was a Touch Pro problem but it seems to do the same with the treo pro. Can this be something that won't happen or is it something that I will have to deal with again? I am jw!

I'm not sure what would be causing this... I don't have this happen on my Treo Pro, although I don't have to scroll down very often. It sounds like it is a Today screen redraw problem, though, and not a WP problem. I don't know if anything can be done about it but I'll certainly try.

[JoJoCal19]

Hey all, I have been a WP user since way back when the Marsware owner was around and I have stuck with it through its many updates and issues. I was victimized by the battery drain and discovered it was WP by noticing the red update arrows staying red. I just now today looked on wmexperts and learned of what caused it and also this new QMW initiative.

My question is, what exactly are the benefits of creating a WP clone rather than just re-engineering WP or just keep tweaking it?

I know the last issue was the weather source so I have another question. When it comes to weather source, what advantage does creating a new program have over tweaking WP, specifically to prevent the most recent issue from happening again?

Either way I look forward to the new program and will probably drop some change in the hat if you know what I mean. I am aspiring to learn developing so maybe in the future I can be of assistance.

[gksmithlcw]

Originally Posted by JoJoCal19

My question is, what exactly are the benefits of creating a WP clone rather than just re-engineering WP or just keep tweaking it?

I know the last issue was the weather source so I have another question. When it comes to weather source, what advantage does creating a new program have over tweaking WP, specifically to prevent the most recent issue from happening again?

So, the main problem with WP is that we have no way to work on it because we don't have the source code. The only thing we can do is keep applying band aid fixes to keep it up and running but, eventually, we're going to run out of band aids and WP will die.

With a new, Open Source app, designed by the community, we'll be able to have a weather app that can be updated by anyone who can read the code as far on down the road as we want to maintain it.

Regarding the latest WP issue and how a new app would help to alleviate such problems, we have been discussing a means of allowing the end user to change weather sources which would prevent one source changing from bringing the app down.

Originally Posted by JoJoCal19

Either way I look forward to the new program and will probably drop some change in the hat if you know what I mean. I am aspiring to learn developing so maybe in the future I can be of assistance.

Any contributions you wish to make would be greatly appreciated!

[thacounty]

Originally Posted by gksmithlcw

I'm not sure what would be causing this... I don't have this happen on my Treo Pro, although I don't have to scroll down very often. It sounds like it is a Today screen redraw problem, though, and not a WP problem. I don't know if anything can be done about it but I'll certainly try.

Yea, I see what you are getting at. I only notice it with WP though. Not sure why it does it, I had the same problem with the Touch Pro. Oh well, as long as this amazing app takes off I will be very happy with it!

[TREmp77]

Any updates on this yet?