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19 out of 31 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: The Weather Channel Desktop 6.0.0.10
"A nice piece of software from the authority in Weather."
Pros: Its free.
It has an attractive interface.
It provides some good weather information.
Cons: Kind of annoying at times. The alerts are rather annoying.
Not as attractve as Weather Pulse.
I do recall this having advertisements all over it at one time.
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5 out of 20 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: The Weather Channel Desktop 6.0.0.10
"I watch the weather channel."
Pros: But, I'm afraid there are better desktop weather applications. I use "Weather Pulse" which is also free but not available here. This is a dependable weather application that gives several looks, any city or zip code, "Doppler" radar images, accurate tempratures and more. The local traffic report is great. The GUI is nice and it's user friendly, except for the adds!
Cons: It is identified by good anti spyware applications as "low risk adware" . It displays adds every time it opens and if this is the weather application you choose, you'll have to live with them.
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: The Weather Channel Desktop 6.0.0.10
"The Weather Channel knows weather."
Pros: This is a good program that delivers weather information directly to the desktop. It has good alerts, also. For example, it plays a thunderstorm sound when there is a thunderstorm in the area. That is far better than the ignorable chirp that Weatherbug gives. It displays information that is customized to what you want. For example, it has a customized Pollen count display, Driving Conition display, and even a fitness display. It gives extended forcasts, and it shows a detailed picture of the area that your weather is happening in.
Cons: It does consume a fair amount of memory, so be forwarned. Slow systems may not benefit from it. The installation process is a bit tedious, since you have to opt out of a lot of newsletters before it installs the program. Other than that, I highly recommend it.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: The Weather Channel Desktop 6.0.0.10
"Sometimes updating is not the best."
Pros: The Weather Channel Desktop is OK!
Cons: I could do without all the features that was added. I don't need pictures when I just want to see a map of the weather. The add ons are not that interesting to me.
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: The Weather Channel Desktop 6.0.0.10
Pros: None! whatsoever
Cons: My Bitdefender firewall and antivirus lit up like a xmas tree when I attempted to download this rubbish.The adware that was trying to connect to my pc was astonishing.
I take it the people that have downloaded it so far must be ignorant or dont have a good firewall or antivirus.This is a complete advertising hog.It loaded half way then I aborted it.I tried to uninstall what was downloaded and it would not uninstall, saying the usual cr*p..."file in use" blah blah blah.I did a reboot and still I had 14 files that would not move from my Programme files.I had to use "Hijack This" to remove files on reboot, and that did the trick.If you have any sense at all LEAVE THIS GARBAGE ALONE!!!!!!!!
It may be free, but its bundled with spyware/adware.
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