[Feature] sailfish weather, update interval [released]
asked 2015-02-19 23:53:46 +0200
the sailfish weather app is great but will be better by adding the possibility to add an automatic update interval (weather updated every x hours or so)
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Hej,
I see no point in manually setting the update interval. Somebody, please explain it to me, why it would be so important. If I was to miss something important...
I used my N9 mostly all the time in PSM meaning no active data connection at all. I had cron to "wake" the phone a few times a day. This setup made the built-in AccuWeather application literally useless to me. Why? because it wanted to update in every hour(?). Every time I checked the Event View of my N9, only the placeholder of the weather widget was present.
I love the Jolla way! I was missing this "update-as-you-wake-the-phone"-feature back then.
LVPVS out.
LVPVS ( 2015-02-21 16:51:29 +0200 )edit
it appears to update when you look at it, thats what i'm noticing anyway
r0kk3rz ( 2015-02-20 00:09:37 +0200 )editit is auto updating but there is no option to set a interval manually
Nokius ( 2015-02-20 00:32:05 +0200 )editThe autoupdate is when not interrupted by a bug just fine, it updates according to foreca's update period (or close enough) so you are always up to date as long as you are online - I would not want it to wake and go online 3 times if I actually never looked at it. So what is wrong with it? (The question for an update-cover-action is also very subjective as it updates according to a schedule anyway and shows an update-cover-action when it was failing due to connectivity - but that is another tjc question)
chemist ( 2015-02-20 01:41:55 +0200 )editIt would also be nice if it could notice location changes automatically.
Mikaela ( 2015-02-20 10:14:22 +0200 )edit@chemist First, your statement 'you are always up to date as long as you are online' is not true. Since I've been using the manual refresh function, most of the time the weather forecast changes after I trigger it manually, so it must have been outdated before I triggered it (I am always online). It would be nice to know what the real update interval is, but if Foreca updates every hour and the automatic update is scheduled for every 60 minutes since the first refresh, then if you happen to go online at 9:59, you will have an outdated forecast for 59 minutes following the 10:00 Foreca update. Or it can be that it also refreshes every hour at x:01, but my aforementioned experience doesn't suggest so.
Second, you are not taking into account that some people do not want the phone to be connected every hour, but rather set it for 3 hours (judging from your replies on the other question, I probably need to stress out that these numbers are made up, just for an illustration) and update it manually when they really need it.
nodevel ( 2015-02-21 16:12:51 +0200 )edit