Moving Weather Widget in Snow Leopard

[PatriotInvasion]

Hi all - I know there are some other threads on this, but none seem to have a definitive answer. So this issue happened on my previous MacBook Pro with Leopard and then again with Snow Leopard.

Now, it's happening again on my brand new 27" iMac. Every time I restart and bring up the dashboard, my weather widget loads and then jumps down a quarter of an inch or so on the screen. How can I stop this from happening and why hasn't Apple fixed this after 2 years???

 

[dogtanian]

Hi all - I know there are some other threads on this, but none seem to have a definitive answer. So this issue happened on my previous MacBook Pro with Leopard and then again with Snow Leopard.

Now, it's happening again on my brand new 27" iMac. Every time I restart and bring up the dashboard, my weather widget loads and then jumps down a quarter of an inch or so on the screen. How can I stop this from happening and why hasn't Apple fixed this after 2 years???

Err I think it happens on everyones mac. Just never thought to bring it up. Bit of a bugger. Sorry I don't have a solution!

 

[PatriotInvasion]

Some brilliant MR's reader has to have a fix for this!

 

[nobias]

Did you load the iMac with the MacBook pro's old settings?

The computer may be using the old ones screen resolution to determine the position of certain apps.

Things like this used to happen to me. I just load all files onto a new pc myself instead of using automated backups like time machine on a new computer.

 

[PatriotInvasion]

Did you load the iMac with the MacBook pro's old settings?

The computer may be using the old ones screen resolution to determine the position of certain apps.

Things like this used to happen to me. I just load all files onto a new pc myself instead of using automated backups like time machine on a new computer.

No, the iMac was setup fresh and new. All I did was pull my iTunes and iPhoto libraries from my Time Capsule as well as documents and address book contacts. I think it's an issue with Snow Leopard itself.

 

[R94N]

If there's any way to report bugs somewhere, either in the OS or on the Web, that's probably the only way to solve the issue in the long term, if everything else doesn't work.

 

[PatriotInvasion]

So nobody has a fix for this huh? Strange

 

[MacHamster68]

strange i have the weather widget too on my iMac 17" core duo and it stays same size and always same spot
at least i think its the same mine says under info on the back "the weather channel in a square and powered by yahoo "

 

[GGJstudios]

strange i have the weather widget too on my iMac 17" core duo and it stays same size and always same spot
at least i think its the same mine says under info on the back "the weather channel in a square and powered by yahoo "

Not the same widget. It's a very old issue (at least 5 years) with the one by AccuWeather.com, and it does the same thing on mine, using 10.5.8. I just move it up each time. It's not a a big deal, since I so rarely reboot.

 

[PatriotInvasion]

Not the same widget. It's a very old issue (at least 5 years) with the one by AccuWeather.com, and it does the same thing on mine, using 10.5.8. I just move it up each time. It's not a a big deal, since I so rarely reboot.

Still bugs the heck out of me. They should fix this...seems like it would be easy to do so. I put in the bug report on Apple.com...we'll see.

 

[GGJstudios]

Still bugs the heck out of me. They should fix this...seems like it would be easy to do so. I put in the bug report on Apple.com...we'll see.

The bug isn't with Apple; it's with AccuWeather. If it really bugs you that much, use a different widget.

 

[PatriotInvasion]

The bug isn't with Apple; it's with AccuWeather. If it really bugs you that much, use a different widget.

It happens in Mac OS X...how is it not an Apple issue? This is a stock widget that they provide as the default weather widget on all of their machines. If it were just some random widget I downloaded elsewhere, I could see your point but I can't imagine Apple is happy with the default weather widget being buggy on all of their machines right out of the box

 

[GGJstudios]

It happens in Mac OS X...how is it not an Apple issue? This is a stock widget that they provide as the default weather widget on all of their machines. If it were just some random widget I downloaded elsewhere, I could see your point but I can't imagine Apple is happy with the default weather widget being buggy on all of their machines right out of the box

Apple doesn't write all the widgets. They simply offer them on their site, the same way as the App store. They also don't write the music they sell on the iTunes Store.

It's also not a Mac OS X problem because it only happens to that widget and not others.

Read the text at the bottom of the Apple widget site:

Apple is providing links to these applications as a courtesy, and makes no representations regarding the applications or any information related thereto. Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the applications must be directed to the appropriate software vendor.

 

[PatriotInvasion]

Apple doesn't write all the widgets. They simply offer them on their site, the same way as the App store. They also don't write the music they sell on the iTunes Store.

It's also not a Mac OS X problem because it only happens to that widget and not others.

Read the text at the bottom of the Apple downloads site:

Regardless, Apple ships all Macs with this widget on the Dashboard right out of the box. How does it look for them if every new Mac owner fires up their Mac and immediately sees a buggy, falling weather widget after every restart. Not a good look.

So I think by alerting Apple of the issue, they can either make AccuWeather fix it (if it is their issue) or stop using that as their default widget on new Macs. Make sense?

 

[GGJstudios]

Regardless, Apple ships all Macs with this widget on the Dashboard right out of the box. How does it look for them if every new Mac owner fires up their Mac and immediately sees a buggy, falling weather widget after every restart. Not a good look.

So I think by alerting Apple of the issue, they can either make AccuWeather fix it (if it is their issue) or stop using that as their default widget on new Macs.

It doesn't matter if it's shipped with a Mac or if you download it from their site. The same rule applies. Apple can't and won't "make AccuWeather" fix anything. That's why they tell you "Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the applications must be directed to the appropriate software vendor."

 

[PatriotInvasion]

It doesn't matter if it's shipped with a Mac or if you download it from their site. The same rule applies. Apple can't and won't "make AccuWeather" fix anything. That's why they tell you "Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the applications must be directed to the appropriate software vendor."

Again...that's fine that it's AccuWeather's problem, but if Apple cares about first impressions of their Macs, they should remove this widget from the preinstalled list since it does not work as it should.

 

[GGJstudios]

Again...that's fine that it's AccuWeather's problem, but if Apple cares about first impressions of their Macs, they should remove this widget from the preinstalled list since it does not work as it should.

The app works fine. You're simply obsessing about the slight movement. That movement does not affect the functionality of the widget.

 

[PatriotInvasion]

The app works fine. You're simply obsessing about the slight movement. That movement does not affect the functionality of the widget.

Fair enough...but it shouldn't move! That's bunk man

 

[Jolly Jimmy]

If anyone is still wondering about this small problem that has bugged me since the introduction of the dashboard in Tiger, I have finally found a solution of some sort. Locking the file ~/Library/Preferences/widget-com.apple.widget.weather.plist stops the widget moving around when dashboard launches.

 

[spacemanspifff]

Weather Widget Moving STILL!!

The reason this widget is moving around is because the images that it uses at the top are all different sizes and have different offsets. This means that when the widget loads, it plots its position on screen from its prefs and then brings in the graphic for your location. If this graphic is bigger than the last one then it moves the widget down to accommodate it. If it's the same size the widget will stay where it was before.

I would think that the reason Apple have not fixed it in years is because they don't see it moving, coz its always 70 degrees and sunny in LaLa land. lol

I fixed mine by going into the code with dashcode and changing the offset for each graphic to 0. This stops the picture extending out of the top of the box but means the box is always the same size. Sometimes it looks a little weird but at least it's always in the same place now.

It would be pretty simple for Apple to sort out, in fact I could have calculated the correct offset for each graphic myself, but I just couldn't be bothered.

Perhaps it will get fixed in 10.7.3? but I doubt it.

By the way to the guy above who's been banging on about it not being Apples problem - I am afraid that you are wrong my friend, it is their problem, the code is all theirs and has their copyright at the top, they just use the AccuWeather service for the data. So they SHOULD fix it.

 

[PatriotInvasion]

By the way to the guy above who's been banging on about it not being Apples problem - I am afraid that you are wrong my friend, it is their problem, the code is all theirs and has their copyright at the top, they just use the AccuWeather service for the data. So they SHOULD fix it.

Thank you sir.