Hmmm, ok.  I"m using a i phone 4 running iOS 6.
Cait

On 2012-12-08, at 4:04 PM, "Marco Migotti" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I know that the badge doesn't work for me neither. I'm using a 4s. 
> 
> Marco 
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> Of cait furness
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> Subject: Re: A weather app for Canadians, was: Another Weather App Question.
> 
> Sigard,
> Do you enable the settings for Degrees from within the app itself, or is
> there something under settings on the i phone?  I have this app but can't
> find where to set the thing where you can see the current temp on the badge
> and would greatly like this!
> Thanks,
> Caitlyn in rainy Ontario
> 
> On 2012-12-08, at 2:53 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jim,
>> 
>> I am in British Columbia and I find the native weather app that comes with
>> the iPhone is not very good. I use an app called "Degrees" it is a
> Canadian
>> weather app and uses the same information you get on the Environment
> Canada
>> weather forecast website. It lists current conditions including
> temperature,
>> whether it's cloudy/sunny/overcast etc., humidity, wind, pressure,
>> windchill/humadex, air quality (where supported) and then it gives you the
>> 7-day forecast. You can even set it so the current temperature is
> displayed
>> on the badge icon, however due to limitations imposed by Apple it would be
>> spoken like this "Degrees, 5 new items". This would be if the temperature
> is
>> either +5 Celsius or minus 5 Celsius. The developers told me that they
> can't
>> display the minus sign because Apple doesn't allow it, but I still find it
>> useful since I typically know if it's plus or minus outside, only time
> when
>> it is ambiguous is if it's just 1 or 2 or 3 degrees plus or minus. If you
>> enable this in the app settings and it's exactly 0 degrees it would just
> say
>> "Degrees" with nothing else.
>> 
>> You can add cities and once you added them you can easily choose which
>> forecast you want to see, once the app opens you have a list of the
>> cities/towns you added and the app is, of course, very Voiceover friendly
>> since I am completely blind as well and use Voiceover exclusively.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
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