Re: [Evolution] Summary -- Weather

[Ibukun Okitika <ibukun computer org>]

The thought of -40.0 degrees C in Houston. *shudder*

Thankful that has been ironed out (or has it?)

Ibukun

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benoît Pelletier" <bpelle tsp ece mcgill ca>
To: <evolution ximian com>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:19 AM
Subject: [Evolution] Summary -- Weather


> My Weather summary for Montreal today shows:
>
> Few clouds - 24.0 C
>
> This may be fine for many cities in the world but for Montreal and many
> other North hemisphere cities, the minus sign in front of the actual
> temperature may be confusing; is it +24 or -24??  Today it's easy to
> figure out but in december, the question may be: is it -5 or +5?  And
> then it is less obvious...
>
> So I suggest that the separator sign be changed to something different;
> a colon, an arrow or even put "+" instead of nothing when the weather is
> in the positive degees.
>
> Just some suggestions...
>
> Benoit P.
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