WeatherMan for Mac

User Reviews

• Very Nice

  julia22/6/2010

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I'm a long-term Meteorologist user (and lover) but it's broken and its future seems uncertain. Weatherman's info is complete and its graphics nice to look at. I'd like to see Weatherman have an option to live in the menubar with drop-down windows instead of having to keep its window open all the time.

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• Welcome Back!

  byzcath2/6/2010

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I had used this program as my main weather app for years until it broke. Seems to be working fine, and I am glad it is back.

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• Developer has always answered my emails....

  John Petty7/18/2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I've had WeatherManX and WeatherMenu for years and have been very happy except for occasional glitches when the national weather service changes how it maintains its website. I emailed the developer a couple of days ago and indicated forecasts were not loading and others were complaining about lack of response from him. He emailed me back within two days directing me to a new update. He suggested I delete cities I was having trouble with and add them again. That did the trick.

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• Great program with some quirks

  FireTeacher7/18/2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I've used WeatherManX and the (now officially unsupported) WeatherMenu for many years, with satisfaction for the most part. This is the best internet-based meteorological program I have tried, has a good interface, and can be configured to update itself quite effectively - it does not work as well "straight out of the box," you need to tweak it a bit, and the "tweaks" are not always intuitive ones. The biggest complaint I have is that AfterTen is slow to react to Weather Service server changes, which they seem to make on a disturbingly frequent and random basis (why, by the way?). There is a support forum at the developers site, and the developer does seem to respond to the comments there in a reasonable amount of time, but you can tell this is not his day job!

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• Good as usual

  younkint5/16/2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I'm always surprised when I read that anyone has had trouble with this application. I've run it for years with hardly a hitch. Occasionally, the Weather Service makes changes and this always messes up my weather programs (I run more than one), but normally all of them will have a similar problem. The developer has always had rapid responces to my email questions; certainly within a reasonable timeframe. This newest version is working fine even though I have quite a few locations it must load. If I had to buy the license again, I wouldn't hesitate. When I need accurate weather information quickly, this is where I go. This program is used constantly by me and I depend on it.

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• Still no forecasts

  kc1ihlmw6/30/2006

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Still no forecasts in version 1.9.5.

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• All my forecasts for US and Canada are now back in...

  d_link6/21/2006

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  ...1.9.4<br />This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Version 1.9.2 solved many problems from earlier versions, but I still didn't have full forecasts for my Canadian locations. Version 1.9.3 completely eliminated all forecasts for Canada, so I returned to 1.9.2. Version 1.9.4 has now brought full functioning to my Canadian sites. I only wish that radar images were possible, but it's another country.... Thank you, Dean, for your hard work and prompt replies to emails.

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• No Forecasts

  kc1ihlmw6/7/2006

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />The new version still gets no forecasts, as has been the case for the last several versions. I wrote to the developer a while ago and got no reply.

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• Still the one for me

  younkint2/20/2006

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I've used WeatherMan and WeatherManX for years now and am quite satisfied with it. Since I am employed in the aviation industry, I particularly appreciate the addition of the ceiling information in version 1.9.1. Over the years, the only problem I've had with this program is when the U.S. Weather Service changes their location database. Then WeatherMan has to be revised (or something) to make corrections. The developer has always been pretty quick about updating as needed. Further, the price to register this software is very reasonable. This software has continually improved over the years, and I see no reason why this will not continue.

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• Beats the Web

  GNJ2/18/2006

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />No ads, no pop-ups. I monitor my own location and others of my family scattered about the world on one screen (a window for each location). Trends, forecasts, alerts, maps (some animated) arte supported. Sure, some locations do not have all the features showing, but that is a matter of resources available for the location. The clean customizable location display alone is worth the small shareware fee to me.

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