On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 4:59 AM, David Baron <d_ba...@012.net.il> wrote:
> On Sunday 10 April 2016 19:06:46 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > On 10/04/2016 5:51 PM, David Baron wrote: > > > Non of my weather widgets work any longer. OK, Yahoo changed their API, > > > but > > > the updated widget still does not work. Neither does open weathermap? > > > > > > So ... is there something new I must enable in the firewall?? > > > > Does this help? > > > > http://wttr.in/tlv > > > This site displays fine, great ascii art like I used to enjoy. Had animated > games doing stuff like this. > > However, does not answer the question, why connect and transfer of > information > to plasma widgets of Yahoo weather and openweathermap seems blocked. > Apparently (maybe I am wrong, 'tis something else) these are not using > straightup http protocols any longer. > Slightly OT...I'm surprised so many weather applets don't use the regionally official sources for this information. At least in North America, Environment Canada and the National Weather Service have standard APIs and update frequently, sometimes minutely during major events.
