- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: December 21, 2004
- Total Downloads: 14,242
- Downloads last week: 16
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 14 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This weather application claims to provide the current temperature for a given location in the United States, but its results left us cold.
WeatherGopher finds its home in the system tray and has a tabbed interface for configuring the location by postal ZIP code, customizing the color display, and specifying the Web site from which it will pull the temperature. (The U.S. National Weather Service and Weather.com are among your four options.) The temperature is displayed in the system tray and is refreshed every 15 minutes. Double-clicking the icon will take you directly to the site and its more detailed listings.
However, when we compared the displayed temperature in the system tray to the forecast site, we found a discrepancy in the measurements. In further testing, we had to rely on visiting the site; the tray icon was merely the WeatherGopher symbol with a rollover message indicating a server problem. Users looking for a reliable weather utility for U.S. temperatures will be disappointed in this freeware.
Publisher's description
From WeatherGopher :WeatherGopher displays the weather conditions and temperature in the system tray. Though lacking extensive features, it is hard not to appreciate WeatherGopher's clean, unobtrusive design. Version 0.75.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 14 votes
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: WeatherGopher 0.75.2
Pros: Simple; shows local temp in system tray. My weather station was 2 miles down the street from me! Can't get more reliable temp than that. I recommend the Yahoo report site; you'll see what i mean.
Cons: Microsoft didn't think of this basic, logical thing?! No surprise there.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WeatherGopher 0.75.2
"Seemingly good program and functional, but it didn't recognize my zip code"
Pros: Wonderful in downloading weather
Fully functional
Cons: Didn't recognize my zip code,which in my mind, doesn't give me a fully accurate forecast. I had a near by zip code.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WeatherGopher 0.75.2
"No ads! Clean interface. Uses about 5 megs of memmory."
Pros: No ads! Clean interface.
Cons: The only addition that would be nice to have is dangerous weather alerts such as tornadoes. The bug with zip codes starting with zeroes has been fixed. Check the forums for problems weathergopher.com/support/
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WeatherGopher 0.75.2
"Nice little piece of software for free!"
Pros: Unlike WeatherBug, this program doesn't bombard you with flashing advertisements that give you a headache. Small and simple. Very appealing.
Cons: Nothing much to complain about. Maybe just that the temp could be a darker bigger font... otherwise it's a decent freeware program. I love it.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WeatherGopher 0.75.2
Pros: no spyware that i can see..simple and works
Cons: none that i see
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