You'd find the website you want to view, use InTheBox to make an instance of it, save the script I provided in the AppleScript Editor as an Application and use something like img2icns to create an icon.
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Making a weather radar app for Power PC
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Yes, I've tested it and it all works - the only caveat is that the script keeps the app open until you kill the process.
There's probably a way round that but I'm not a coder.
Anyone who can figure this caveat out, please respond here.
I will insert the names of everyone who helped here into the credits Readme that will ship with the new app. Nobody's getting their work uncredited here.
Dronecatcher's applescript launcher Code:
on idle
tell application "WeatheRadar.app"
activate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "InterWebPPC"
keystroke "r" using {command down}
end tell
end tell
return 60
end tell
end idle
@Dronecatcher I tried the script with the box and both are in applications but the launcher just instantly closes. Only thing I changed was 60 seconds to 300 and the app name from WeatheRadar to liveradarppc. It doesn't launch the box at all. Do you know whats wrong here?
Pfft. Forgot that. Yes, it all functions just nice now. I may rename the launcher to "LiveRadarPPC Update Handler".
So, how do I distribute this beast?
You could edit your first post and link it there or put it on macintoshgarden? Guess it depends on what weather site you linked to in InTheBox - it'll only be of use to others if they can enter their own location in it - otherwise, this thread is a good guide for others to make their own, which is the spirit of the forum anyhow.
Well with the NWS data its like a map of the us you can scroll and pan through. So yes, I think anyone can use it as long as they live in the US.
Uh Oh.. How do I change the icons? I have my ICNS and PNG files but how do I apply them? I'm on 10.5.7.
Saved as an application you can't apply an .icns file - but you can if you output the script as an application bundle.
Then you'd right click to Show Package Contents and replace the .icns file inside.
InterWebPPC is one example of that. Plus this specifically runs on PowerPC and I probably should change the name, but it really doesn't hurt anything currently.
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Macworld 2001 Expo. Weren't you there?
Few notes not because it's any of my business but just as a suggestion.
1. No need to include me as a credit. I was just watching.
2. Careful claiming copyright. Are you using ANY part of ANY pre-existing work to make your icon? Can you copyright the URL of the web page in your code? Tricky tricky.
3. Mine fails to launch and I see that part of it could be due to specific rather than relative folder/file directories.
It's better to direct an action to "the enclosing folder of the launched app" rather than specifically "/Applications/".
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OK. I got the fix. Delete ANY version of the app you've got now. Download the new one.
Report back.
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Pretty well done, sad cat.
Oddly, I don't even have InterWeb installed but it runs fine.
edit: I found it.
Eventually I guess the only thing to add will be:
1. Making it fully self contained so that it doesn't require the extra little tumor app.
2. Providing a fail state for checking its directory location.
Failing is something you always want to program for. In this case, it would run like this:
-Check /Applications/ for SkyNet.app
-Success - Proceed
-Failure - Freak out!
For now it's nice to have a small window I could just leave up on my old Mac mini so it can cook 50% of the CPU cycles.
edit: I found it.
Eventually I guess the only thing to add will be:
1. Making it fully self contained so that it doesn't require the extra little tumor app.
2. Providing a fail state for checking its directory location.
Failing is something you always want to program for. In this case, it would run like this:
-Check /Applications/ for SkyNet.app
-Success - Proceed
-Failure - Freak out!
For now it's nice to have a small window I could just leave up on my old Mac mini so it can cook 50% of the CPU cycles.
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Its great to have it, because otherwise I cant use the internet lest i shatter the perfect setup, plus no auto reload. It accurately saw a a storm coming in, and that's fun. If you get any usage out of it, let me know, because there's supposedly a big storm wave across the US.
There certainly is good chance we will have a visit from El Niño this year and I’m not just talking Elian Gonzalez.
I’m currently trying to crack this for my Intel Leopard Mac. It loads the weather site and then immediately crashes. I believe that’s entirely the fault of InterWeb. It really doesn’t like to run under Rosetta and I imagine it’s due to some machine identifier dependency. If it doesn’t detect a PPC architecture, it just doesn’t know what to do. I tweaked your app so it assumes I’m using a G5 and renamed InterWebPPC to include G5 so it all executes properly but somewhere within InterWeb it just takes a dump.
If it worked with TenFourFox…
I’m currently trying to crack this for my Intel Leopard Mac. It loads the weather site and then immediately crashes. I believe that’s entirely the fault of InterWeb. It really doesn’t like to run under Rosetta and I imagine it’s due to some machine identifier dependency. If it doesn’t detect a PPC architecture, it just doesn’t know what to do. I tweaked your app so it assumes I’m using a G5 and renamed InterWebPPC to include G5 so it all executes properly but somewhere within InterWeb it just takes a dump.
If it worked with TenFourFox…
I can create a tenfourfox variant.
Do you want one?
And does it have to be like intel tenfourfox? Because I lack intel stuff but may be able to fix it.
Also we got hail today. Yummy. Pray for everyones cars. (or more accurately, their wallets.)