Forecasts lagging behind by 1 day for some locations

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Herbert Eppel

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Jan 28, 2015, 11:48:49 PM1/28/15
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I use "Forecastfox (Pseudo-Static) 2.2.4-pm" under Pale Moon 25.2.0 and
just noticed that the forecasts are lagging behind by 1 day for some of
my locations, i.e. the current day is shown as Wednesday, whereas for
other locations it is shown correctly as Thursday.

Any suggestions?

Sorry if this has been discussed before. I haven't been following this
group for a while.

Thank you

Herbert Eppel
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HerbEppel

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Jan 29, 2015, 4:15:32 AM1/29/15
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Have updated to Pale Moon 25.2.1, but the issue persists.

Herbert Eppel
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Stephen Holt

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Jan 29, 2015, 9:55:39 AM1/29/15
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Same issue here on Waterfox 35.0.  Forecasts are 2 days behind now for me.
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David N

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Jan 29, 2015, 11:07:39 AM1/29/15
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Yeah, mine still thinks it's Tuesday the 27th. Hasn't updated since then.
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Jim Smith

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Jan 29, 2015, 12:43:35 PM1/29/15
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Sorry, I couldn't see a way to edit my post, so I deleted it and am reposting. I have five cities in my list. They all show the correct date except for my home city, which is also two days behind. I'm pretty sure it's showing the wrong temperature for then too. I'm in the Dallas area and it's showing 53 degrees. We were in the high 70s on Tuesday. This is on Windows 7 64 bit with Chrome 64 bit browser, so it isn't a Firefox specific issue.
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JC

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Jan 30, 2015, 6:29:35 AM1/30/15
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Mine is stuck on monday jan 26!
But by clicking on the 5 day forecast the link to accuweather homepage displays the correct information.


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Evil Eyester

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Jan 30, 2015, 6:57:47 AM1/30/15
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I heard this add-on is officially dead. It seemed like all the good stuffs are gone after Firefox 34 and 35.

paulri...@gmail.com

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Jan 30, 2015, 9:58:38 AM1/30/15
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Was noticing same thing for past few days (Jan 26, 27, 28).
[1] Temp was static - not updating
[2] Day was lagging one behind

As of this morning (Jan 29th) issue seems to be resolved.


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Harold

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Jan 30, 2015, 10:40:04 AM1/30/15
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I reset today and it's still showing incorrectly. It thinks it's Wednesday; and if I click, it takes me to Accuweather where it is the correct forecast (example, current temp in bar = 14F, but it is actually 34F.

Pat Milone

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Jan 30, 2015, 1:31:44 PM1/30/15
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Mine is still lagging behind one day!? Are they working on the problem?

paulri...@gmail.com

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Jan 30, 2015, 4:52:20 PM1/30/15
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Mine is messed up again...some one please fix it.  Or is there a similar or better extension for google Chrome...most aren't as good as this one.


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Pat Milone

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Jan 30, 2015, 5:36:52 PM1/30/15
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Now it depends on the location,in my area it is stuck on Tuesday,what is the problem?

SKova

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Jan 31, 2015, 8:36:39 AM1/31/15
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It does appear to be related to the area (not just location). I am running in Chrome v40.0.2214.93 and this started on Thursday, only with my local (outside of Rochester NY). I removed the site not updating and added it back, same issue. I added another Zip Code on the other side of town, still shows as of Thursday. If a add a town just south of me it works. The Radar Map is correct for the current information, even on the ones not updating the current temp and forecast. Sounds like something is temporarily down. They might not even know.

I even restored defaults and added back in, same issue, only the Rochester NY ones for me. I'm sure that there are others. No sure what to do at this point.

paulri...@gmail.com

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Jan 31, 2015, 9:00:46 AM1/31/15
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So as of this morning (Jan 31st) back to working OK.  Hopefully it's been fixed, as I love this stupid extension.


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paulri...@gmail.com

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Jan 31, 2015, 10:07:01 AM1/31/15
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Bombed out again...that's it....I'm done....used it for several years, but now no more.  Just loaded WeatherBug...see ya ForecastFox!


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David N

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Jan 31, 2015, 10:52:20 AM1/31/15
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Mine is showing up to date info again.

William Gianopoulos

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Jan 31, 2015, 10:55:17 AM1/31/15
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IT is currently Saturday January 31st 10:43 AM EST here in Ashland, Massachusetts.  Forecastfox seems to be giving weather for 8:01 PM last Wednesday night.


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Mike

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Jan 31, 2015, 12:21:59 PM1/31/15
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Same here, William.  I did all of the tricks mentioned here and on the Mozilla ForecastFox add-on comments page, but this morning the current conditions/temp still from last night and the "next day" is today, etc.

Mike

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Herbert Eppel

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Jan 31, 2015, 12:49:50 PM1/31/15
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I have five locations. Three work OK, two (including my current/main location) lag behind. This is 'silly'. Are the ForecastFox guys aware of the problem?

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslations.uk

Mike

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Jan 31, 2015, 2:25:43 PM1/31/15
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I've tried several major cities around me, in addition to my hometown (which always worked before) and none of them update.  I'm not sure now often the current conditions  or "now" tab should update, but I would think it would be at least every hour or less.  Anyway, the email address of the developer as shown on the Mozilla add-on page is add...@ensolis.com   I sent an email to that address saying how much we all like the add-on and hoping he would updated it to work again on Firefox 35.0 and above as well as on Chrome.  I said I'd even donate to the cause if it can be made to work again.  So far, my email has not been returned as undeliverable.  Maybe if we all send a note to that address, it will help.  It also shows that this is the only add-on this developer has made.

Mike

Gianfranco Costamagna

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Jan 31, 2015, 2:35:20 PM1/31/15
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Hi, the name is Jon Tristar, and you can search for his mail even in this group. Unfortunately I sent many emails to him, he said he was going to open source it at soe point, but no progress has been made.

cheers,

G.

Tony Antonaccio

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Feb 1, 2015, 12:48:54 PM2/1/15
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Hi Herbert,

I am having the same issue with ForecastFox. A workaround I've been using is to add a second location in the options, and switch back and forth using the arrow keys in the top righthand corner of the window. That seems to force a reload. Hope this helps. 



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Mike

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Feb 1, 2015, 1:21:28 PM2/1/15
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Just tried that, Tony.  I added a second city and manually switched between them, and also tried the auto-switch on the settings page.  The first city that I had already installed stayed the same as it was.  Update time did not change.  For me the only time the current conditions will update is if I remove a city and re-add it back.  After that, the current conditions are static and do not change.  I'm no programmer, but it seems like whatever triggers the program to go out and get the updates is not working, or AccuWeather is not responding to that auto-request for some reason.  I wish the program owner would release the source code so someone else could fix this, if he's not going to support it any longer.

Mike

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Herbert Eppel

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Feb 2, 2015, 2:56:46 AM2/2/15
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I reset ForecastFox to default state, but the problem persists for some of my locations when I add them afresh.

For example, Leicester (UK) is still stuck on last Wednesday!

Very frustrating :-(

Herbert Eppel
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sammy

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Feb 2, 2015, 9:03:32 AM2/2/15
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I updated "classic theme restorer" and forecast fox started updating again.. least so far it did??

King P

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Feb 2, 2015, 9:50:57 AM2/2/15
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So here's what I did. I added the same location but by using the City/State instead of the Zip Code. Apparently, at least on mine, when I add the Zip Code, I get the laggy weather forecast, but if I add the same city by City/State, I get the current info.

You know what we all should do? We should all make a paypal donation to the dev to show them how much we care about this extension. It's gets tiresome to maintain a plugin and not receive any love for it, but I'm sure the dev hears PLENTY of gripes...just a thought.

King P

SKova

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Feb 3, 2015, 8:54:53 PM2/3/15
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Interestingly, today the temp started to update, although it was a while behind for the site that was not updating. This this evening I noticed that this site was completely updated with the correct forecast and temp. The one that I added in a nearby location is now 2-3 days behind in temp and forecast. There is some sync issue that is happening with Accuweather that might be restoring itself. I'm going to delete the nearby locations and watch it tomorrow.

SKova

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Feb 4, 2015, 7:41:22 AM2/4/15
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So I got up this morning and the forecast was back to the one prior to my post last night. The days were off and the forecast temps were correct, just not with the correct day. Others were correct, which got me thinking, "What did I do?". I had closed the browser last night, cookies. In Chrome I went to the saved cookies and found 2 for Accuweather. I deleted both, restored the defaults in Forecastfox, and began to add my locations back in. They are all correct now. I will watch throughout the day and see if it stays true and update this thread.

jprocdaddy

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Feb 4, 2015, 9:45:59 AM2/4/15
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Changing from using zip cody to just City, ST fixed mine instantly (for now).

SKova

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Feb 4, 2015, 2:56:43 PM2/4/15
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Well it reverted back to some other data again. Not sure when or why. The other comments of not using Zip code and entering City, ST does not make a difference. Also since I am in Chrome just tried FireFox with the exact same data showing up that is being shown in Chrome. Very strange. Back to the drawing board again.

TheBitGuy

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Feb 4, 2015, 3:54:26 PM2/4/15
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In regards to stale data for the forecast, I've seen and heard a lot of people blaming Forecastfox, but in reality, it looks like Accuweather isn't updating the data feeds. The request URL for XML data is (replace 99999 with your zip code):

http://forecastfox3.accuweather.com/adcbin/forecastfox3/forecast-data.asp?location=postalCode%3A99999%7CUS&metric=0&langId=1

You can clearly see the <refreshDateTime> stamp in the top of the file. The local one was last refreshed 2 days ago, so I looked at a few other locations, which were up-to-date, and then the 'local' one magically updated again. Wonder if this data feed is now treated as low-priority by Accuweather, or if the systems which supply the data just aren't having a good day (for the last few weeks!)


Looks like Forecastfox might be off the hook for this, even if it is basically DoA. What we don't know, however, is if it's causing problems for Accuweather, and maybe that's why this is happening... =(

VahnRPG

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Feb 4, 2015, 6:11:03 PM2/4/15
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I've checked a few of those myself, and I'm seeing <cache><refreshDateTime>2/4/2015 23:56</refreshDateTime> and soforth from various locations around me, none of which match what Forecastfox is showing. Of course, I can't even tell what day Forecastfox is supposedly using. I hover over the button, says it's mostly cloudy. Click on the button to take me to accuweather, says it's snowing. Look outside? Guess which is accurate :P

Mike

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Feb 4, 2015, 7:11:16 PM2/4/15
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I dropped a note to AccuWeather last weekend on their contact us page regarding ForecastFox not updating and not working properly.  I received an auto-response from them on Monday which assigned a tracking number to my request for assistance.  As of now, I have not received any further correspondence from AccuWeather.  Not sure if that is a good thing or not.  My suspicion is that they will just say that it is not their product and not their problem, but if something they updated broke FCF, I would think they would want to know about it and fix it if they can.

Mike

JL Arranz

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Feb 4, 2015, 10:52:14 PM2/4/15
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I've tried the TheBitGuy's link with a zip here (you have to replace 99999 with your zip and "US" with your country code) and it worked. I got the same results as VahnRPG's for the <refreshDateTime> at about the same time of his/her post, and FCF was behind as well.

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Although the mess with the stations is already known: I entered a zip code "xxxxx, Madrid" and I got present weather for Almenara, a suburb included in the zip code area. As I like place names more than codes, I entered "Almenara" hoping that it would replace the zip (some places can be named in different ways and if you enter another it replaces the previous one instead of getting added twice with different names), but I got another (neighboring) suburb instead, Castillejos. So now when I hover the mouse over FCF I read Almenara but if I click on the current weather I get the Accuweather page for Castillejos. I guess I could do a tour this way...

JL Arranz

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Feb 4, 2015, 10:56:23 PM2/4/15
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When things go well, my stations go forwards in time although not always to the present. When things go bad the stations go backwards in time.

There seems to be a consistent daily pattern. Things go irregular in the European morning, improve through the afternoon and evening up to about 23:00 CET (EST+6:00), and then they worsen a lot nearly suddenly.

I've never seen a station too much in the past though, there's a limit for every one. The limit date/time depends on the station but not on the computer I use (I have 2, one with 2 Windows installs totalling 3 Windows), although all are connected to the same DSL line so they share the same IP address.

I've added sites that I didn't have before the problems. The shocking thing: up to when do my stations go back as max? The ones I had before the problem, up to when these problems started, about one week ago, BUT THE NEW STATIONS ONLY GO BACK UP TO WHEN I ADDED THEM, never before. The process might happen in a different Windows or computer to the one in which I entered the place first, but the past date/time reached as limit is exactly the same for each place and equal to the date/time in which I entered it first in any of my Windows installs, that do not share data among them, only the DSL line through a modem-router with NAT.

Dr. House

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Feb 5, 2015, 8:09:17 AM2/5/15
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The source code is in the extension, you unpack it (download the extension to local file, change the .crx to .rar and unrar it) and you have all the files to edit. The extensions page has the option to load the edited extension without having to repack it again.
For what it's worth, I don't think the problem is with Accuweather updating their information. I peeked at the source code from unpacking the extension and the addresses that are being used to generate the weather data still seem to update fine.
For example, here is the one for Toronto, ON, Canada:

And the 5-day forecast:

Also, I tested the trick mentioned in another thread and used the closest city with a meteorological weather station, King City, ON, Canada and it updates perfectly fine. So, I think the problem is an advanced one somewhere in the code, maybe a browser update caused a conflict,

Dr. House

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On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 3:54:26 PM UTC-5, TheBitGuy wrote:
In regards to stale data for the forecast, I've seen and heard a lot of people blaming Forecastfox, but in reality, it looks like Accuweather isn't updating the data feeds. The request URL for XML data is (replace 99999 with your zip code):

http://forecastfox3.accuweather.com/adcbin/forecastfox3/forecast-data.asp?location=postalCode%3A99999%7CUS&metric=0&langId=1

Ok, I put my postal code in Toronto. 

You can clearly see the <refreshDateTime> stamp in the top of the file. The local one was last refreshed 2 days ago

No, not for me, the <refreshDateTime> is today's date, 6 hours ago.
 
so I looked at a few other locations, which were up-to-date, and then the 'local' one magically updated again.

What local one? Any location I lookup has the current date.
 
Looks like Forecastfox might be off the hook for this

The information you provided makes it seem like the extension is the problem.

SKova

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Feb 5, 2015, 8:32:53 AM2/5/15
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This morning I found something more interesting. I have a virtual machine that I run that is located in another state. I have a synced version if Chrome on that machine and the feed for my local weather there is correct. I opened the link below on both machines (one in NY and the other in FL) and they returned completely different results. The refresh date/time for my NY one showed yesterday and the Fl showed today. Even in the local section of the XML the NY one showed yesterdays date/time. Now I am very puzzled.


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Gianfranco Costamagna

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Feb 5, 2015, 8:57:50 AM2/5/15
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I didn't read the whole thread, but usually this kind of behaviour can be caused by proxy that are caching some content around the globe.

this might explain the fact that everybody is having different experiences, and the problem in this case might be on accuweather servers that doesn't set the cache to acceptable values (or they don't disable it)

just my .02$

cheers,

Gianfranco

JL Arranz

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Feb 5, 2015, 9:43:48 AM2/5/15
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Well just now I've added here the 2 new stations I had added in my other computer hours ago (both computers have never been on at the same time lately, I don't use any sync between them, they both have their own internal HDD and there isn't any file server or similar, although both share the same DSL line and IP address), and they are stuck at the same exact time they were in my other computer! 3:06 and 3:24 CET today respectively, the exact time I added them! Well the stations haven't updated it isn't extraordinary, BUT MY COMPUTER 2 IS REMEMBERING THE STATE OF MY SHUT DOWN COMPUTER 1!

Either that or something out from my home is storing my IP, what wheather stations have I accessed and at which date/time.

DO YOU WANT AN UPDATE FOR ANY STATION STUCK IN THE PAST? Post it here and I'll add it to my FCF. Until now all stations I've added got current weather the first time. I'll post the date/time I do it and the date/time of the reported weather. Afterwards you can check from your side. You can do it with my locations too: "28029, Madrid" (3:06 CET) and "Almenara, Madrid" (3:24 CET) (CET = EST+6:00 = GMT+1:00). I'll be a few hours off from now.

Herbert Eppel

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Feb 10, 2015, 9:24:58 AM2/10/15
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Updated to "Forecastfox (Pseudo-Static) 2.2.5-pm" this morning under Pale Moon 25.2.1, and it appears to be working again, phew 8-)

Herbert Eppel
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On 29.01.2015 09:15 UK Time, HerbEppel wrote:
Have updated to Pale Moon 25.2.1, but the issue persists.

Herbert Eppel
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On Thursday, 29 January 2015 04:48:49 UTC, HerbEppel wrote:
I use "Forecastfox (Pseudo-Static) 2.2.4-pm" under Pale Moon 25.2.0 and
just noticed that the forecasts are lagging behind by 1 day for some of
my locations, i.e. the current day is shown as Wednesday, whereas for
other locations it is shown correctly as Thursday.

Any suggestions?

Sorry if this has been discussed before. I haven't been following this
group for a while.

Thank you

Herbert Eppel
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Oleksandr Popov

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Feb 10, 2015, 10:21:07 AM2/10/15
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Hey!!!
"Forecastfox (Pseudo-Static) 2.2.5-pm" - uses my code!
accuweather-adapter.js, accuweather-processor.js - these files with all my changes from my addon "Forecastfox (fix version)"

Forecastfox (fix version) - Version 2.2.4e
added: support PaleMoon 24+
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/forecastfox-fix-version/versions/


Oleksandr Popov

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Feb 10, 2015, 10:24:37 AM2/10/15
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Please do not steal my work! :((

Lucas Edwards

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Feb 11, 2015, 12:12:16 PM2/11/15
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Why are you posting Firefox stuff on Google Groups? Mods.... can you please remove this junk? Totally posted in the wrong place.

Gianfranco Costamagna

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Feb 11, 2015, 12:15:34 PM2/11/15
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what are you talking about?
Oleksandr fixed the forecastfox, how can this be "wrong" place?

Herbert stole his work, and this is bad for the community.

so not wrong place at all.

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Reinaldo Ferreira

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Feb 11, 2015, 12:20:04 PM2/11/15
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I really didn't understand Lucas' statement.
We've been using this group to discuss about this add-on for years.
Can you please clarify?

Atenciosamente,

Reinaldo Ferreira
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Ellen Sleeter

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Feb 11, 2015, 12:20:48 PM2/11/15
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Yo.  This is a Google GROUP, which can have any interest it wishes.  Could be hair braiding, rollerblading, extreme sports.

It's about any shared interest -- it's not a Google support forum.  I have no idea what motivated your comment.

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gerry

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Feb 11, 2015, 12:38:13 PM2/11/15
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On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 12:12:16 PM UTC-5, Lucas Edwards wrote:
Why are you posting Firefox stuff on Google Groups? Mods.... can you please remove this junk? Totally posted in the wrong place.

Google Groups are for ANY topic. Heck, I access Google via Firefox!

Lucas Edwards

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Feb 11, 2015, 12:51:59 PM2/11/15
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Since you're the only one that responded in a mature manner I feel you deserve an explanation.

I was brought to this page from the Google Chrome Extension Support Page. Considering the developer choose to send me here, I was expecting the topic to be about "forecastfox" and "Chrome". I totally understand and agree that Google Groups is for any topic. However this topic is specific to "forecastfox". You out of all the people that replied to me will probably understand why talking about anything other than "forecastfox" would be off topic. To give better support I would expect this topic to be discussed on the Firefox support forum if you are talking about the firefox addon and not the Google Chrome Extension. Why discuss a product from another company on a different companies forum. Makes very little sense to me. If you don't understand that I can't help you. I just don't have the time to try and be your teacher. Again I doubt Gerry will have a problem understanding this however the rest that read this may have trouble comprehending it (Reinaldo, Ellen..). My message was more directed to the Mods, that is if any even bother with this page since it's discussing a non-google product.

Reinaldo Ferreira

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Feb 11, 2015, 1:00:59 PM2/11/15
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Dear Lucas,

I understand your point although I totally disagree with it.
Google Groups, like any other similar one (Yahoo, for example) is not limited to discussions about Google products.
This restriction is not written anywhere and must nos be considered.
If you want to know a little bit about forecastfox and chrome it is ok to use it as well as forecastfox and firefox or whatevet topic anyone decides to discuss and to do so, creates a new group.
Sorry if you have a little bit restricted idea of what can be discussed/posted in Google Groups.

If there is anyone that definitely agrees with Lucas please post here from where you've find this restriction.
If there is no reason to contest my consideration then I considered it finished.
Thank you.


Atenciosamente,

Reinaldo Ferreira
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Gianfranco Costamagna

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Feb 11, 2015, 1:05:13 PM2/11/15
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Hi Lucas, your answer gives me the possibility to better reply :-)

let me explain, the original forecastfox developer started the ff extension for firefox only.
And created this group.

Some years later he disappeared from the mail list, and the mail list started talking about people asking/posting fixes to every problem (firefox or chrome).

Suddenly everything stopped working some weeks ago, and one great person did the trick to make it work again.

This person is a firefox extension developer, but gave the fix also for people running chrome (without fixing, just giving the hint).

So for now we have a working forecastfox only for firefox, waiting for some chrome people to come here and take the fix.

Yes, we might start a new forecastfox-fix-version-firefox group, but we kept this one, since the userbase (was/his) mostly firefox users and the extension does only run here (I guess, don't know).

I think in the future somebody will fix it for chrome too if needed, but in my opinion one group is better than two different groups sharing the same (or part) of the same codebase.

bugs and changes on accuweather applies on both extensions, even if one is still to be fixed.

I hope I gave you a better answer now :-)

Have a nice day,

Gianfranco

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Oleksandr Popov

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Feb 11, 2015, 1:13:01 PM2/11/15
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Author original ForecastFox used Google group as the forum.
This can lead to misunderstanding users Google-chrome when they see the discussion in this forum add-on for Mozilla :)
but it is a fact: two products (for Mozilla and Chrome) - one support forum:
http://www.getforecastfox.com/

By the way, for chromium you can see the corrected version here:
Forecastfox (fix version) for Chrome
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/forecastfox-users/ZUYIbIgrn0o/discussion

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Lucas Edwards

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Feb 11, 2015, 1:14:54 PM2/11/15
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Very well put explanation. I admit I jumped the gun with my first comment. Nice to see some level headed people here. Far to often I have to deal with people like Reinaldo and need to practice being more patient. I'm not sure what to call you, so I'll just say Thanks Gianfranco! I won't spam up the thread any further. Sorry for adding my junk to the discussion. I'll move onto another extension for now but am a little sad to see this extension go away for Chrome (I'd love to see some Chrome people fix it as well!!) and totally off topic but I've had issues with Firefox ever since they joined up with Yahoo or I'd consider switching to Firefox just to use this addon.

Gianfranco Costamagna

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Feb 11, 2015, 1:24:37 PM2/11/15
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On 11 Feb 2015 19:14, "Lucas Edwards" <luked...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Very well put explanation. I admit I jumped the gun with my first comment.

I was working so also my answer was on a hurry, usually I give myself some little more time prior to answer :-)

>Nice to see some level headed people here. Far to often I have to deal with people like Reinaldo and need to practice being more patient. I'm not sure what to call you, so I'll just say Thanks Gianfranco!

Reinaldo didn't answer badly just this thread had one person stealing work, this makes people (like me, Debian Maintainer and fully FOSS supporter) so nervous!

>I won't spam up the thread any further. Sorry for adding my junk to the discussion.

we can continue privately if needed but I guess everything seems clear now on both sides :-)

People with the same problem will hopefully find the answer prior to posting, so the time is never loosed!

>I'll move onto another extension for now but am a little sad to see this extension go away for Chrome (I'd love to see some Chrome people fix it as well!!)

The Developer (Oleksandr) posted a link to a fix from somebody for chrome too, so you might give it a try!

> and totally off topic but I've had issues with Firefox ever since they joined up with Yahoo or I'd consider switching to Firefox just to use this addon.

privately or here as your wish, which kind of problems? I'm a firefox and yahoo user, I never had troubles...

cheers,

Gianfranco

Jim Smith

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Feb 11, 2015, 1:33:40 PM2/11/15
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I also use this on Chrome and was directed here from the developer's link. I had the problem for about a week, but since yesterday it is back to working correctly again. (fingers crossed!) I didn't install the fix or do anything myself.

Reinaldo Ferreira

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Feb 11, 2015, 1:38:48 PM2/11/15
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Lucas,

I understand your frustration. Someone comes here and sees everybody talking about FF and nothing about Chrome.
It's sad.
But this does not relieve you from excuses on your first message in this topic.
There is a lot of good people here doing positive things to have this fantastic add-on back to work.
We are having and practicing a lot of patience with you to explain the obvious: you made a wrong statement in this group, saying strong words against the group itself and doesn't want to assume it.
Maybe you should direct this comment in private to the group owner not to this group thaat are here for years.

I'll leave it alone since I don't understand where I was rude with you although I've seen this behavior from your side since your first post.

Have a nice day

Reinaldo Ferreira

Oleksandr Popov

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Feb 11, 2015, 1:45:13 PM2/11/15
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> The Developer (Oleksandr) posted a link to a fix from somebody for chrome too, so you might give it a try!

Hey! it is I corrected for Chrome !!! )))
My message: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/forecastfox-users/ZUYIbIgrn0o/9P3Vny5Ga_cJ

Gianfranco Costamagna

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Feb 11, 2015, 3:03:00 PM2/11/15
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So you did the fix? nice! I thought somebody took the fix and cherry-picked for chromium :-)

G.

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Mike

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Feb 11, 2015, 11:56:16 PM2/11/15
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I agree with Oleksander.  One group, one support forum.  It works good and is working good.  No need to change groups or make another group for the same add-on.  This group is not broke and doesn't need fixing.

Mike

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Oleksandr Popov

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Feb 12, 2015, 2:43:41 AM2/12/15
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Yes, I did it! :)

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FloraDeb

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Feb 12, 2015, 8:22:41 AM2/12/15
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I can see progress. At least the current temp is right now.  Before, it was a week behind, then two days but the wrong temps. Now it's two days behind, but the temps are right. They must be working on it.

Herbert Eppel

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Feb 14, 2015, 5:10:33 AM2/14/15
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I spoke too soon, i.e. it doesn't work :-(

Time to switch to Oleksandr's add-on, methinks.

Does it work under Pale Moon 25.2.1?


Thank you

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslations.uk


Oleksandr Popov

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Feb 14, 2015, 6:58:31 AM2/14/15
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Forecastfox (fix version)
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/forecastfox-fix-version/
Support for Pale Moon 24.0...25+


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Herbert Eppel

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Feb 14, 2015, 3:18:56 PM2/14/15
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Thank you.

Somewhat surprisingly (or not?) it remembered my "Forecastfox (Pseudo-Static)" settings...

Regards

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslations.uk

Oleksandr Popov

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Feb 15, 2015, 5:28:54 AM2/15/15
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its normal

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BennyBeat

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Feb 15, 2015, 11:43:10 AM2/15/15
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Hi Oleksandr,
Is possible to add more languages to the Fix version than the original version have? I'm not sure about that but, in case affirmative, I would contribute translating ForecastFox (fix version) into Catalan language...

Thank you!
Benny.


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Oleksandr Popov

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Feb 15, 2015, 1:08:53 PM2/15/15
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> Is possible to add more languages to the Fix version than the original version have? I'm not sure about that but, in case affirmative, I would contribute translating ForecastFox (fix version) into Catalan language...

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