Announce: Spicefly Weather Screensaver
Developed by Charles Parker - http://www.spicefly.com/

This is a simple screensaver that pulls weather data from the BBC
Weather website and displays it on the Squeezebox display.
It uses the BBC 5 day forecast data and then rotates through the
available information.

I've had the main weather pulling code sitting around for a while and
with a bit of spare time decided to tidy it up and shoe-horn it into
the excellent screensaver framework from the GoalRush Plugin developed
by Matthew Flint.  If you are looking to create a screensaver plugin I
would recommend the plugin as a good example to work from :)

Please do not modify the code to alter the web page grab time as the
forecast data is *not* refreshed every 5 mins 
so you are just hitting the website for no additional benefit.  It is a
5 day forecast if you want to know what the weather
is going to be like in the next few hours then look out the window! ;)

Spicefly is in no way associated with the British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) or the Met Office. 
This plugin is for your own personal, non-commercial use as per
conditions of BBC IP terms of use.

FAQ
Install as normal for plugins, then configure via the web interface of
SC. (plugins->Settings)
Set it as your screensaver under Player Settings -> Basic Settings

The Duet/Squeezebox Controller is not supported by this plugin
No plans for adding graphical symbols

For further information on the data please visit;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/

Version 1.0 - Initial Release - 28th August 2008
Key functions; 
Right button drops display back to today's forecast
Up and down buttons cycle through the available day forecasts.


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