AniWeather
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AniWeather is a browser extension that displays weather information using animated and graphical reports. Its name comes from the combination of "Animated Weather" and "Any Weather". AniWeather uses Flash animations to show 5-day forecasts that simulate real weather conditions (e.g. rain and snow), with the data feed coming from weather.com
. It also uses static or animated image reports to display weather information (such as temperature, humidity, radar info, satellite info, wind speed, UV index, hurricane info, and precipitation), with the data feed coming from weather.gov
.
AniWeather is available for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome
, the iPhone
, and the iPad
. The first version (0.5.0) of AniWeather went online on June 8, 2009. Currently, AniWeather is one of Firefox's featured add-ons, and it has over 500,000 users. AniWeather is also included in Mozilla's collection "Best of 2 Billion Firefox Add-ons".
The Weather Channel
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. It also uses static or animated image reports to display weather information (such as temperature, humidity, radar info, satellite info, wind speed, UV index, hurricane info, and precipitation), with the data feed coming from weather.gov
National Weather Service
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AniWeather is available for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or...
, the iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
, and the iPad
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
. The first version (0.5.0) of AniWeather went online on June 8, 2009. Currently, AniWeather is one of Firefox's featured add-ons, and it has over 500,000 users. AniWeather is also included in Mozilla's collection "Best of 2 Billion Firefox Add-ons".