Jekyll2018-08-11T08:19:46+01:00http://simpleweatherindicator.madadipouya.com/Simple Weather IndicatorSimple weather indicator for Ubuntu unity and Gnome 3Kasra MadadipouyaVersion 1.1 is released2018-08-10T00:00:00+01:002018-08-10T00:00:00+01:00http://simpleweatherindicator.madadipouya.com/general/2018/08/10/release-of-version-1.1<p>Release 1.1 of Simple Weather Indicator is now available officially.</p>
<p>The changes in this version are as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Option to turn weather notification off (<a href="https://github.com/kasramp/UbuntuIndicatorWeather/pull/58">#58</a>)</li>
<li>Some bug fixes (<a href="https://github.com/kasramp/UbuntuIndicatorWeather/issues/46">#46</a>, <a href="https://github.com/kasramp/UbuntuIndicatorWeather/issues/52">#52</a>, <a href="https://github.com/kasramp/UbuntuIndicatorWeather/issues/56">#56</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>The new release is available via PPA for following Ubuntu versions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS</li>
<li>Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS</li>
<li>Trusty Tahr 14.04 LTS</li>
</ul>
<p>In this version, we dropped support for Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus).</p>
<p>To install Simple Weather Indicator, refer to the <a href="/installation">installation guide</a>.</p>Kasra MadadipouyaNew release 1.1 of Simple Weather Indicator is officially availableFinally version 1.0 is released2017-10-06T00:00:00+01:002017-10-06T00:00:00+01:00http://simpleweatherindicator.madadipouya.com/general/2017/10/06/release-of-version-1<p>After waiting for many months and many early releases, we are proud to announce the final and stable release of version 1.0 of Simple Weather Indicator is publicly available via binary package and PPA. This version brings many bug fixes and new features as below:</p>
<ul>
<li>Weather change notification</li>
<li>Feels like</li>
<li>Unified measurement unit</li>
<li>Manual refresh</li>
<li>Last update time</li>
<li>Retry mechanism up to 100 times (when the Internet connection is broken or remote server is inaccessible)</li>
<li>Minor bug fixes</li>
</ul>
<p>This release is the last major version of Simple Weather Indicator as Canonical deprecated Unity desktop environment. However, bug fixes and minor releases will be continued until Ubuntu 16.04 end of life, <strong>April 2021</strong>.</p>
<p>The new release is available via PPA for following Ubuntu versions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Zesty Zapus 17.04</li>
<li>Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS</li>
<li>Trusty Tahr 14.04 LTS</li>
</ul>
<p>In this version, we dropped support for Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid), and Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak).</p>
<p>To install Simple Weather Indicator, refer to the <a href="/installation">installation guide</a>.</p>Kasra MadadipouyaNew release 1.0 of Simple Weather Indicator is officially availableRelease 1.0 is around the corner2017-10-04T00:00:00+01:002017-10-04T00:00:00+01:00http://simpleweatherindicator.madadipouya.com/general/2017/10/04/prerelease-of-version-1-is-available<p>Finally after 8 months waiting, the new release of Simple Weather Indicator is coming soon in couple of days.
This release has many new features and multiple bug fixes. A short list of the features is summarized as below:</p>
<ul>
<li>Feels like - true feeling of the weather based on humidity and wind speed.</li>
<li>Weather notification - never miss any weather changes.</li>
<li>Refresh button - to allow refresh indicator manually.</li>
<li>Last update - to show the last time weather data pulled.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you are keen to experiment with the upcoming release, go to <a href="/installation">Installation</a> page and follow <a href="/installation#via-source-code-prerelease">the instruction</a></p>
<p>Version 1.0 of Simple Weather Indicator is the last major release since Canonical deprecated Unity desktop environment. However, bug fixes and minor releases will be continued until Ubuntu 16.04 end of life, April 2021.</p>Kasra MadadipouyaPrelease of version 1.0 of the indicator is available for testingRelease of version 0.92017-02-01T00:00:00+00:002017-02-01T00:00:00+00:00http://simpleweatherindicator.madadipouya.com/general/2017/02/01/release-of-version-09<p>Very happy to announce the new release of Simple Weather Indicator, <strong>version 0.9</strong>. It is a big milestone for us and we are glad to succeed to deliver this version.
The new version (0.9) comes with many new features and weather metrics. You can find the list of the new features in below:</p>
<ul>
<li>Added weather condition overview</li>
<li>Added humidity level</li>
<li>Added wind speed</li>
<li>Added cloudiness level</li>
<li>Added weather pressure</li>
<li>Added weather visibility</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition to that, we added package support for <strong>Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)</strong>. You can now easily install the indicator via PPA repository. For more information refer to installation page.</p>
<p>On the other hand, in this release we have dropped the support for <strong>Ubuntu Wily (15.10)</strong>, soon we will drop the support for <strong>Vivid</strong> as well. Our advice is to use the newer version which is still supported by Canonical.</p>Kasra MadadipouyaHappy to announce the release of version 0.9 of Simple Weather Indicator which delivers with set of new featuresMoving to new API2017-01-31T00:00:00+00:002017-01-31T00:00:00+00:00http://simpleweatherindicator.madadipouya.com/general/2017/01/31/moving-to-new-api<p>We are super excited to announce that we have moved to the new in-house API which is highly scalable and is much more accurate than the old one.</p>
<p>The new API developed and deployed in a very short period of time. The API named <a href="http://eris.madadipouya.com/">Eris</a>. Eris offers more metrics than the previous one. However, it is totally backward compatible and does not require any updates on the indicator. In fact, the API has already deployed and currently you are using it. Isn’t cool!</p>
<p>For more clarity and allowing other developers to collaborate and/or use the service, we open source Eris codebase and all its documentations. Feel free to fork it and deploy your own instance.</p>
<p>Additionally, we have moved away from <a href="http://ip-api.com/">Ip-api.com</a> as it is blocked in some countries. Instead, for location detection we have integrated Ip-api in our service. This makes the code cleaner and easier to maintain.</p>
<p>Lastly, Eris facilitates us to move forward and adding new metrics to the indicator. Stay tuned, we will be back with a newer and better version of Simple Indicator Weather very soon.</p>Kasra MadadipouyaWe are super excited to announce that we have moved to the new in-house API which is highly scalable and is much more accurate than the old one.