{"id":1938,"date":"2011-02-10T21:31:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T10:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2011-02-10T21:31:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T10:31:54","slug":"keep-tabs-on-the-climate-conditions-with-forecastfox-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/keep-tabs-on-the-climate-conditions-with-forecastfox-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Tabs on the Climate Conditions with Forecastfox Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another quick tip for tonight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1939\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Weather-on-my-Cisco-IP-Phone.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1939\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1939\" title=\"Weather on my Cisco IP Phone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Weather-on-my-Cisco-IP-Phone.png?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"Weather on my Cisco IP Phone\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Weather-on-my-Cisco-IP-Phone.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Weather-on-my-Cisco-IP-Phone.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weather on my Cisco IP Phone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not all of us are lucky to have desktop phones that show the weather at a glance but there is a way to get it in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome without too much fuss.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a great little add-on called <a title=\"Forecastfox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getforecastfox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forecastfox Weather<\/a> which, as you might guess, add the weather to your browser. Originally built for Firefox but later ported to Chrome, this nifty little add-on allows you to add the weather for one or more locations of interest. Furthermore, you can adjust other settings that control:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the display of the temperature (either as number, icon or both),<\/li>\n<li>the units presented (Fahrenheit\u00a0or\u00a0Celsius),<\/li>\n<li>days forecast ahead,<\/li>\n<li>the presentation of intra-daily weather (day only, night only or both),<\/li>\n<li>the ability to automatically rotate through tracked locations at a given interval of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1940\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Forecastfox-in-Firefox.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1940\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1940\" title=\"Forecastfox in Firefox\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Forecastfox-in-Firefox.png?resize=416%2C252\" alt=\"Forecastfox in Firefox\" width=\"416\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Forecastfox-in-Firefox.png?w=416&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Forecastfox-in-Firefox.png?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forecastfox Weather in Firefox<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can see. I prefer to keep Forecastfox Weather tucked away down the bottom of the browser screen away from my toolbars. You also have access to satellite imagery, hourly forecasts as well as a five day outlook on the weather for the selected location.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used this for years (when it used to be called Weatherfox) and have found it to be one of the essential add-ons for Firefox. It can take a little bit of time to set it up and tweak it so it&#8217;s just right but once done you can backup your settings if you need to deploy them to other computers later on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another quick tip for tonight. Not all of us are lucky to have desktop phones that show the weather at a glance but there is a way to get it in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome without too much fuss. 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