Weather Watcher 5.6.53

Rated 50/50 by gate1975mlm at Aug 11, 2010

This is by far the best Weather software out there!!! There is also great tech support. And they are always adding new features :)

Rated 10/50 by techman93 at Aug 24, 2010

Shows full details on weatherShows full forcast for the whole week Freezes randomlyCosts money now, nobody is going to want to pay for this. This used to be the number 1 weather program when it was free and completely bug free now it costs money and it is bugged severely. The creator got too greedy it appears.

Rated 10/50 by Keverin at Oct 8, 2010

What's the point of paying for a weather forecast when you have a window in your house, and weather forecast on all TV stations ?

Rated 50/50 by Mike Singer at Oct 27, 2010

@dhry, here are some benefits of version 7: - Offers data from WeatherBug, Weather Underground and NWS weather stations. - You can access many more weather stations. In Weather Watcher 5, I see one weather station for my zip code. I can access 65 weather stations in version 7. - In most areas, you can access current conditions from weather stations that are streaming data in realtime. Weather Watcher 5's weather stations sometimes don't update for up to 45 minutes. - If you live outside of the US, you'll be able to access hourly forecasts. - Better software. Less bugs. Version 5 is quite old now. - Comfort of knowing you'll be using a software product that is consistently maintained and improved upon. I'm happy that Weather Watcher 5 is still up and running and people are still able to use it for free. I guess that'll last until The Weather Channel decides to cut is data feed. I find it a little odd that you rated version 7 at two stars though. Aren't ratings supposed to reflect the quality of the software, rather than your disapproval for not being able to use a product (that you didn't even try) for free?

Rated 50/50 by Plumber at Oct 27, 2010

Why pay, when the old, free version works just as well? Because... The old, free version does not work just as well. Features have been added, bugs fixed. This point release alone fixes some important issues.

Rated 20/50 by dhry at Oct 27, 2010

Here's another "why pay?" comment, and this time I'm afraid it's not a joke. Why pay for this program when the last free version (5.6.53) works just as well, and is.. free?

Rated 50/50 by Plumber at Oct 27, 2010

Keverin sez: "What's the point of paying for a weather forecast when you have a window in your house, and weather forecast on all TV stations ?" What's the point of WWL, since you have windows and TVs? Wow. Let me take another drink and let this simmer. Wow. OK, the drink isn't helping. I'll go on anyway. Last night and this morning, my area had several NOAA-issued "tornado watches". Could I glean that from looking out the window, especially at night? Can you tell, by looking out the window, what wind speeds will be four hours from now? Do you have lawn furniture that you don't want blowing away? Did you used to? Do you have a TV in every room in your home? I do not. I have a single TV, and it is only used for videos, because I despise TV. TV weather personnel also have this nasty habit of not catering to my explicit personal requests, whether it's to view maps, hourly weather info, or anything else. I have tried shouting at the TV, but they flatly refuse to display what I want, when I want. By the way, with WWL, I can do all that. Wait, the window/TV thing was a joke. Ah, I get it. Good one!

Rated 50/50 by Mike Singer at Nov 2, 2010

@Keverin, what's the point of forecasts and windows when you could just use ESP?

Rated 50/50 by Mike Singer at Dec 6, 2010

@thartist, almost anything in life can be had for free if you want to inconvenience yourself enough.

Rated 50/50 by thartist at Dec 6, 2010

It really takes an idiot to pay for a weather forecast that is available in a thousand sites and tv channels for free. 5 stars!

Rated 50/50 by Plumber at Dec 7, 2010

It really takes an idiot to think that WWL is only good for weather forecasts.

Rated 10/50 by kprovance at Jan 8, 2011

Oh, and what most of you don't know is that for all those of you who agree to install the ask toolbar during the install, mikey get's paid for it. Funny how it fails to mention that anywhere. Sorta like double dipping. One other thing. This installer is attempting to install a system file, which is NOT permitted by MSFT. The file winhttp.dll is forbidden from being redistributed with ANY project (http://www.ms-news.net/f...winhttp-dll-205821.html) See item #3. Here is proof from the install log of the program, which you an see yourself by adding the command line /LOG to the setup (Make a shortcut to the fire and add the line there, after the exe name). 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 -- File entry -- 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 Dest filename: C:\WINDOWS\system32\winhttp.dll 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 Dest file is protected by Windows File Protection. 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 Time stamp of our file: 2008-12-05 23:42:10.000 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 Dest file exists. 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 Time stamp of existing file: 2009-08-25 04:17:27.000 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 Version of our file: 6.0.6001.18178 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 Version of existing file: 5.1.2600.5868 2011-01-09 00:41:27.890 Existing file is protected by Windows File Protection. Skipping. Version 6.0.x is a VISTA version of that file. And what would happen if a WinXP or 2000 user who had WFP turned off? The Vista file overwrites the XP or 2000 file, a system file - and your box is hosed. Simple as that. So, you're dealing with some crackpot author with a huge ego who thinks he walks on water when in truth, he has no idea what he is doing, by not doing his homework about file installation protocol. It's a timebomb folks. Let's hope it isn't you that explodes inside your HD because the author didn't know what he was doing, or as he'll probably say "made a mistake". C'mon, if a program has bug updates every other day and hides them under "tweaks and modifications", they'r

Rated 50/50 by Plumber at Jan 9, 2011

Wow--I guess Santa Claus skipped kprovance's house this year. It's OK man, I'd be angry too. So we're supposed to care what someone posting as "Guest" on some third-party web forum says about a DLL that Weather Watcher Live installs? Color me apathetic. If you are stupid enough to disable WFP through some unauthorized hack, whose fault is it if one of your system DLLs gets spooged? Hey, how about I take a pair of scissors to the seat belts in my car, and then scream like a crack baby when I get hurt in a collision because I wasn't wearing a seat belt? Ask toolbar? I didn't even know that was distributed with WWL. Oh that's right--because it's not. Because I've paid for it. And because, as kprovance says--in the only coherent part of his post--you have to AGREE to install it. By the way, kprovance (Kevin) doesn't mention it, but he's an old "rival" (to use a grossly inflated term) of Mike Singer's. He has been nipping at Mike's ankles for at least 6 years, and has his own weather application (which hasn't been updated in over 5 years). And BTW, Kevin's application uses Weather.com's data without paying, which is ironic since he not only accused Mike of "stealing" their data in the same manner, he wrote to Weather.com to try getting Mike's application banned. Just for fun, Google Kevin Provance on encyclopediadramatica.com.

Rated 50/50 by WeatherFreak at Mar 15, 2011

A great weather app. Keep up the good work!

Rated 50/50 by gate1975mlm at Mar 30, 2011

I think Weather Watcher Live is wonderful!! Its the best Weather software for Windows I have ever used! However its got 2 very annoying bugs! 1. Internet Explorer 9 causes the "Skin Tooltip" to show behide all opened windows! 2. The Temp icon in the system tray disappears for a few seconds when getting new weather info from local stations. If these 2 bugs can get fixed Weather Watcher Live will be perfect!! But I do have some hope that these 2 bugs will be fixed someday!

Rated 50/50 by Mike Singer at Apr 24, 2011

@Plumber, I'm sorry to hear that your troubles were not resolved. Send me an email and I'll refund your purchase.

Rated 40/50 by skylights at Jun 16, 2011

I've been using the last freeware version since it came out, and it works well. To the poster "plumber" below, you should know that you can easily fine-tune the tray tooltip so it shows the time of "last observed." Please stop posting your opinions on the Internet, as you're clearly unable to discern whether you're informed or not. I take a star off for it not being free anymore. Otherwise, great program.

Rated 40/50 by zcrewu at Jul 11, 2011

@skylights... I believe the reviewer was complaining that he doesn't like having to seek out the date/time of weather retrieval to see if it is timely, and that there should be some easier way provided by the interface, without having to check/compare dates/times. Sometimes it helps to read what people write.

Rated 50/50 by carmanwiam at Aug 19, 2011

I have been using it for a long time. Everything works fine. Nice interface and easy to use.