Re: [PATCH] notification hints for weather applet

[Alex Graveley <alex beatniksoftware com>]

Seems like a simple heuristic could be employed here, to not be overly 
intrusive and still very useful...

Define a set of extreme events, such as rain, sleet, snow whatever.  If 
and only if the weather changes from a non-extreme event to an extreme 
event, then notify.  Use a time threshold (like say 2 hours) between 
notifies to avoid annoying the user, and cover the case where 
rain/no-rain is toggled repeatedly.

Or you could just play a thunder sound when it starts raining ;-)

-Alex

Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 11:53 +0100, Calum Benson wrote:
>
> > On 25 Aug 2005, at 11:01, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> >
> > > ok, committed original patch to HEAD.
> >
> > I didn't read the code, but is this really a patch that notifies you  
> > every time the weather changes?  If so, I have to say that sounds  
> > utterly crackful to me... especially if you're monitoring the weather  
> > in Ireland, bloody thing would never be off the screen :)  What would  
> > it actually be useful for?  To tell you when to run outside and take  
> > the washing in?
>
> it's off by default, so no need to use it if you don't like it. It0's
> just a non intrusive notification of a change. whatever you use it for
> is up to you :)