cparker;457263 Wrote: > In my opinion this is to heavy, most datasets are only updated twice a > day [...] thanks - his is a really helpful thought !
> Good luck with that, most of the API/RSS feeds only give limited data, > so you either need to suck the data from the screen or find a good > provider. Most of the plugins check www.weather.com [...] Be careful > with copyright infringement > To be honest - the current way the other plugins are working (screenscraping the website) is definitely a copyright infringement. Just read the terms of usage on weather.com (http://www.weather.com/common/home/legal.html?from=footer), 3B: "You may not modify, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part" This also includes the text, not only the images. Weather.com even has an official API but you would have to register for that, which none of the plugins do. Not that I want to sue any of the other developers :) Weatherbug on the other hand has official API, which is free to use for personal use, as long as you name them (http://weather.weatherbug.com/desktop-weather/api-terms-of-use.html). Didn't read to the end yet, but will do before going on, copyright is alway a bit tricky I guess. > > So you can use any gfx you want and you arent limited to what the > provider uses. > I'd be open to anyone contributing nice images ! Unfortunately I'm not the best at drawing, so I think I'll stick with the images provided (at least for the start) > > You need to plan for a lot of users using your plugin (even if you only > have a few) and think about the case where 1000+ users are all pulling > data from the provider and therefore what you can cache locally to > ensure minimal impact to the provider. I guess by using the API I'm putting less load on their server compared to screenscraping the whole website ? But you are right - I'll put some sort of image-caching on the todo-list - together with reducing the update-frequency to say 1-2 hours. Really appreciate your comments ! Next thing to come are some UI design studies ... now that the 7.4 SqueezePlay is out I even can start to think about the different resolutions of Touch/Radio/Controller. -- bluegaspode One SB-Duet+Receiver. Server running on Linkstation NAS (LS-CHL). Needing one more device for bedroom and waiting for the radio :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67695 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
