I had a request in the forums from a DesertWeather.com visitor concerning wanting to display current conditions on his desktop. I wrote a brief answer and thought it would be useful to post it here to inform others…
There are a few ways to get the current conditions from DesertWeather displayed on your desktop. The first is DesertWeather Live (click on this link to see Live) which can be accessed from the main menu on the front page. If your select “separate window” that will open a separate window without all the menus and title bar, you can then resize that window to your likings! DesertWeather Live will timeout after 15 minutes to conserve bandwidth. You just need to hit the continue button for another 15 minutes.
Another option are widgets…
If you are using Window XP try Yahoo Widgets
And then the widget to use for Yahoo Widgets is at this site:
http://www.wetlaufer.com/wx/wd_widget.php
***To enable the viewing of DesertWeather.com’s data you must open preferences an add “http://www.desertweather.com” in the “location” field.
If you have Windows Vista you can download a widget for the Vista sidebar here:
http://weather.cobbnz.com/weather/VistaGadget.aspx
***To view DesertWeather.com’s data with the Vista version open the widget’s configuration screen and type in “Palm Springs” in the “Location” field. You should now see DesertWeather above the conditions on the widget.
This Windows Vista widget is more elaborate than the Yahoo one allowing you to click on it and give you a detail “flyout”.
Also Weather Exchange is an excellent little desktop application that is capable of displaying DesertWeather data.
All of these pull data directly from DesertWeather.com and the data displayed is updated every 15 seconds (although you can override the update time within the widgets)I hope you find this useful.
