On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 12:18 -0800, Michael Jennings wrote: > On Friday, 13 November 2009, at 22:06:02 (+0200), > Viktor Kojouharov wrote: > > > strange that only you complained about the method yahoo uses to > > identify locations. imho, I doubt everyone knows or should know > > these airport codes. I certainly don't know any of these codes, and > > so far I haven't needed to know them. > > I'm not sure why you think that's "strange" or what point you're > trying to make here.
My point is that from the very beginning, you've been saying that going to yahoo for the weather has been a huge mistake, when it wasn't. Whether it was a mistake at all is also questionable. > > As for not knowing your airport code, the vast majority of people do > know them, even if you don't. I doubt that, though neither my claims nor yours can be proven. > And I'll guarantee you that > significantly more people know their airport code than know their > obscure Yahoo! weather code. That is more believable. > > Google for airport code or ICAO code if you want to find yours. > > > which also brings another question. how do you provide a weather > > forecast for a location that has no airport? > > That's exactly why Yahoo! uses a different system -- because it > provides greater granularity. But it does so at the expense of > accessibility. While I acknowledge that finding the yahoo code is a pita, I'm sure people in the middle of nowhere find the old "weather" very accessible. > > Michael > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
