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WeatherBar puts the weather right in your Windows 7 Superbar
I've never been one to run sidebar gadgets on my desktop. If they're on top, they're usually covering something I need to see. If they're in back I forget about them entirely. The developer of WeatherBar had an interesting idea: why not take advantage of Windows 7's Superbar instead?
Extract the zip file, launch WeatherBar, and enter your location. Within a few seconds the taskbar icon will update to show you current weather conditions in your area (it even utilizes the Windows 7 progress indicator to show relative humidity in the background). Right-click the icon to pull up its Jump List and WeatherBar displays a four-day forecast with low and high temperatures.
The author's project page on CodePlex doesn't include any files, so you'll need to head over to this page at Softpedia to download WeatherBar.
I love the idea of gadget-like functionality on my Superbar. Know any other Windows 7 apps like this? Share them in the comments or send us a tip!
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Subscribe to commentsNemanjaTGGMar 12th 2010 3:34PM
It's nice but it should have temperature in icon in taskbar and it should have some options like showing Celsius temparature only....
bjsguessMar 12th 2010 2:45PM
Agreed 100%. Having just an icon is somewhat helpful but if it could update with the temp it would be much more effective. Also, the current temperature doesn't display for my city - just the city name.
ZackMar 12th 2010 3:13PM
I'd use something like this if it was more customizable to show the kind of data I'm interested in. I just want current conditions and the hourly forecast for the next 12-24 hours.
On a college campus, I couldn't care less what the weather's gonna be in four days, but I need to know what the temperature and rain outlook is gonna be when I get out of class in three hours.