Radar data not updated since 1/22/13

[JT]

My radar data/image is reading 1/22/13 at the top of the window and has been exactly the same since then.
If I change my location outside of Oregon then I get new data.  I've changed to several other Oregon locations and the data does not change. I clicked on "troubleshooting" and did a complete reset and the data is unchanged.  Please advise.

[Michael Fiedeldey]

I've been seeing the same problem since a few days before then. I think it may have to do with the most recent Firefox update because an older version I have on another computer does not have the same issue. I've also noticed that the image is loaded when Firefox starts and never reloads. Restarting Firefox refreshes the image.
Hope this helps the development team.
Mike

[JT]

Thanks that did help.  Though I don't know why it has taken firefox so long to update.  :(

[David Rodgers]

On Thursday, January 31, 2013 2:42:54 PM UTC-5, Michael Fiedeldey wrote:

I've been seeing the same problem since a few days before then. I think it may have to do with the most recent Firefox update because an older version I have on another computer does not have the same issue. I've also noticed that the image is loaded when Firefox starts and never reloads. Restarting Firefox refreshes the image.
Hope this helps the development team.
Mike

I can confirm that a) I have this same problem, and b) restarting Firefox allows Forecastfox to fetch new radar data.  If I have stale radar images for where I am (Cleveland OH), I can switch locations (say, Boston MA), and FCF will load fresh radar data for that area.  If I switch back to a nearby location (say, Columbus OH) that uses the same radar map as Cleveland, FCF shows the stale radar images it already had.  This has only been a problem in the last week or so.

[James Henry]

I'm seeing the same behavior. I'm surprised it hasn't been fixed as it can't be a tough one to patch.

I was able to get around it for now by using a "Custom" URL to a radar image on Accuweather.

[pheeh...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, February 3, 2013 12:07:23 PM UTC-6, James Henry wrote:

I'm seeing the same behavior. I'm surprised it hasn't been fixed as it can't be a tough one to patch.

I was able to get around it for now by using a "Custom" URL to a radar image on Accuweather.

What fixed it for me was going to "custom" then going back to "Large". Seems ok so far!

[Littlemutt]

yes, this issue has been known and reported back in Oct 2012.
http://code.google.com/p/forecastfox/issues/detail?id=29

I'm assuming that the author has no time to fix this or is unwilling
since he wants / is looking for someone to take over the addon. So if
Any coders out there know how to get around the changes to the image-
cache that was made in Firefox 18, please feel free to fix and post a
link to an update xpi.

Image-cache was changed by this bug:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/imgICache

[StJohn Lennox-Kerr]

The or a developer needs to use imgITools instead of imgICache since it's been depreciated in 18.

[Jon Stritar]

Sorry about this. I'll try to update ASAP.

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[pheeh...@gmail.com]

This was only temporary! Dang it!

[Christian Elmaalouf]

Any update ?

Thanks

[Dayne Jordan]

Interesting enough, it's not broken all the time. I check my radar rather frequently and sometimes it updates just fine throughout the day, other times it does not.

On Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:10:26 PM UTC-5, JT wrote:

[pheeh...@gmail.com]

Got fed-up...I went with Aniweather and it's pretty cool! It uses NOAA.

[Leland Smith]

I have found that when you  open a new window or a popup window is opened by a tab that the radar data updates

[Person]

Just poking around.  I think I see "where" in the file the problem "might" be, but not sure at all if it's the right spot, or how to fix.  Not familiar with this.  Anyone else has an idea?  If I can patch it to work, I'll share that info, unless an upstream fix comes first.

Relevant docs may be:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/imgICache
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/nsIIOService

In chrome/forecastfox/content/locations.js

var Locations;

(function() {
    var UPDATE_DURATION = {
        forecast: 9e5,
        cc: 9e5
    }, KEY = "locations.", logger, cacheSvc = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/image/cache;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.imgICache), ioSvc = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIIOService);
    function expire_cache(url) {
        var uri = ioSvc.newURI(url, null, null);
        try {
            cacheSvc.removeEntry(uri);
        } catch (e) {}

[Jon Stritar]

Hey all,

Can you try installing this version? This should fix the radar...

https://static.getforecastfox.com/downloads/forecastfox-latest.xpi

Thanks

--Jon

[Leif W]

Verified working beautifully.  I combed through all the differences.  Apart from some cruft files (*~), forecastfox-api.js appears new since last version (although referenced in services.html?), and an extra call for a different way to instantiate cacheSvc, precisely as the doc says, so simple, I don't know why I was confused before!

Thanks for the efforts to get this working again!  It is much appreciated!  I know users will be happy to see it!

Leif

[David]

Still not working for me after installing the update. Radar shows yesterday's image data. I'm using private browsing mode FF.

[Littlemutt]

Confirmed, does not update in PrivateBrowsing mode.  Tested on Firefox 19.0 on WinXP SP3.  

[Jon Stritar]

Thanks for checking. It's working in non-privatebrowsing mode though?

[John Schuetz]

Yes, it seems to be working just fine in non-private browsing mode.  Running with FF 20 beta on Windows 8.

Thank you for fixing this!

John Schuetz

[Littlemutt]

Yes, working fine in WinXP SP3 in 'normal mode' - only seems to be broken in PB mode.  Maybe the cache is disabled in PB Mode ? That would be my guess since nothing is kept during a PB session.  Opening another PB window will update the radar just like it did before the latest fix.

[Chris Groszczyk]

Just applied the update from Jon above, it is now updating as well, was very frustrating, thanks for fixing.  Using Win7x64 SP1 FFv19.0

[David]

Is this going to get fixed for PB mode anytime soon?

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:24:19 PM UTC-5, Jon Stritar wrote:

Thanks for checking. It's working in non-privatebrowsing mode though?

[Tony Mechelynck]

On 25 fév, 01:24, Jon Stritar <jstri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Can you try installing this version? This should fix the radar...
>
> https://static.getforecastfox.com/downloads/forecastfox-latest.xpi
>
> Thanks
> --Jon

This 2.2.3 version works beautifully in SeaMonkey 2.19a1 (and
presumably in Fx22 Alpha) but not in Fx17 ESR. I haven't tested it on
intermediate versions.

Best regards,
Tony.
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[Jon Stritar]

I'll fix this for private browsing shortly. I have a lot of real life things going on right now so haven't had as much time as I'd like.

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

Sorry Jon what about open sourcing it in github or google code? You can save a lot of time with the community efforts!

Gianfranco

[Leif W]

@Gianfranco: True that.  I mean this with all due respect to Jon: Take care of real life, best wishes.  We're just trying to help.  This is your app.  So many people find it useful, they just want it to work for them again.

About license: Current Addons Mozilla Org indicates "Custom License (c) 2010 All rights reserved."  The project is listed on Google Code, with an MIT License, with no downloads or source, but with a bug tracker.  Also, there's no license terms file in with the source, and none of the source files seem to have any copyright info.  It is unclear to me what the intended license is.  I'd tend to assume conservatively, closed source (would be against Google Code terms?), or else MIT License.  It's probably MIT License, but I don't want to assume that.  Whatever the license, standard practive is to put a comment at the top of every file stating who the owner is and what license to apply.  Or at the very least, include a LICENSE.txt file in the top level folder with full license terms.  Preferably both options.

Be that as it may, solely in the interest to help, just pointing out the obvious - mostly for those with development skills, who probably already know anyways.  The XPI file format is just a ZIP file, and so is the JAR format.  It is possible to extract (7-Zip is handy) all the source files (no precompiled or obfuscated binaries in this addon), make changes, test PRIVATELY if it works, and post a solution to Jon, let him push the official update.  Until or unless a source code repository gets populated (GitHub or Google Code for example).

Leif

[Jon Stritar]

Hey all,

I'm planning on open sourcing this on Github. I first want to do a little cleanup and make it easier for others to contribute. I'll let you know when it's posted there.

--Jon

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