For the past couple of years, one of the first extensions that I’d
get for a new browser installation is one that can track local weather.
With services like iGoogle dead, I just need a way to quickly eye what
conditions in my area are going to be like. Firefox and Chrome both have
a lot of great extensions in that area, so it’s a no-brainer.
For something as important and as frequently-checked as the weather, I’d really prefer the browser not to be a dependency. What’s even better than being able to spot weather conditions in the browser is being able to check up on them in your Windows system tray. I am a system tray junkie. Portable applications really get me going, too. sWeather is awesome weather tracker software that remains portable and docks to your Windows system tray.
sWeather
Running sWeather is as easy as extracting it to the folder of your
choice. As with all portable applications, I recommend it go either in
your Dropbox or on a flash drive. Out of the box, sWeather only grabs at
~9,500 K of memory and it works on any version of Windows including and
past XP.Upon launching the application, you can see how many features are on the face of it. It comes preloaded with a location so that you can see all of the data it pulls. You’ll also notice that it now sits in your system tray, where the weather icon matches the conditions of the area (which I really love). Hovering the tray icon will also show a quick summary of the conditions.
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