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AccuWeather.com, the world's leading commercial weather service, is now providing the free weather content for the "Forecastfox" extension created by Ensolis, LLC. Forecastfox is a free downloadable extension that brings worldwide weather from AccuWeather.com to a browser toolbar, so that a choice of weather information is free and readily available to the user. It is available to users of Mozilla's Firefox, the Mozilla Suite and Netscape web browsers. When the user enters a zip code or U.S. or international city, Forecastfox creates a series of attractive, yet unobtrusive weather icons that may be placed in your choice of locations: the lower right toolbar, the navigation bar, personal toolbar, status bar or main menu bar. By setting their choice of locations and then scrolling over these icons, the user sees a quick pop-up view of current conditions, up to a week's worth of forecasts, precipitation data and wind information. For U.S. locations, two special new icons point to a current radar map and to an alert if any severe weather warnings are in effect. All Forecastfox weather information is provided by a data feed from AccuWeather.com. One click on any icon takes the viewer to www.accuweather.com, with additional in-depth weather data that includes: Detailed 15-day forecasts Animated radar maps Satellite imagery Hour-by-Hour™ forecasts AccuWeather's exclusive,patent-pending RealFeel™ temperature Details on severe weather information Weather, temperature and UV maps Current conditions and forecasts for over a million worldwide locations are available at a touch, and multiple locations can be personalized for fast and easy checking of weather in the user's preferred locations. To access Forecastfox with AccuWeather.com's weather data, Firefox users simply choose this option from the Extensions list, where it's one of the most popular extensions available. Users of other browsers can switch to Firefox by visiting www.GetFirefox.com to download the browser, and may then choose Forecastfox from the list of extensions. "We're pleased to partner with Ensolis to offer fast, easy access to the world's best weather data," says Jim Candor, Senior Vice President of New Media at AccuWeather.com. "Forecastfox powered by AccuWeather.com gives Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape browser users the ability to quickly personalize, view and understand all of the weather information they want for a million locations around the world."	AccuWeather API All the data you need to power your ideas! Have you developed an application or are you thinking about doing so? AccuWeather loves creativity and can provide the data you need to make your great idea a reality. Are you interested in applications? games? software? We pride ourselves on our flexibility and willingness to help developers. We offer personal assistance without the messy red tape. Just contact us to get started. We look forward to hearing from you! New Developer Information and Assistance Michael Sylvie Business Development Manager email: developer-at-accuweather.com Phone: 814.235.8638 MOZILLA UPDATE June, 2005 Editors Pick Posted on June 3, 2005, 7:35:26am by Chris Blore If you're reliant on the weather, whether it be for work, leisure or just curiosity, Forecastfox is the extension you've been looking for. With it, you are able to see the latest weather information directly from your browser. Using it's dedicated feed at Accuweather.com, Forecastfox is able to provide a diverse range of information from temperatures and windspeeds to moonphases and planetary events...

What is Forecastfox? Forecastfox is an extension that brings international weather from AccuWeather.com to your Firefox web browser. You can use your US zip code or you can easily find your town or city by using the built in search tool. It is unobtrusive and lightweight, yet can be customized to display nearly as much data as the leading desktop weather programs! If you can't find what you are looking for, click the weather icons displayed to open the AccuWeather.com forecast for your location. A slider pops up from the bottom right corner of your screen when the current conditions are updated. You can even set what appears in it or disable it! Forecastfox lets you customize everything, from the number of days to be forecasted, to the content of the tooltips. You can decide whether to see the labels, and you can decide what toolbar to place Forecastfox in. The options window is intuitive and makes it fast and easy to change any of the settings you'd like. The profile system lets you easily change between multiple locations. Each profile saves all of its own settings, including the tooltips and labels, the number of days forecasted and the location of the forecast. There is even a setting that allows you to automatically rotate between the profiles at a given time interval. Download it! Head over to the installation page to get the latest version. Translations Available If your language is not available in Forecastfox, you can submit a translation that will be included in the release. First make sure that we don't have your locale available for the latest release. You can see a list of locales and their respective versions here. If its not there or is not included in the latest release, follow the directions in the tutorial to translate Forecastfox. When your are finished, email Alexander with your new locale attached. Thanks for helping Forecastfox out!
About AccuWeather.com AccuWeather.com, The World's Weather Authority®, presents accurate, localized, branded forecasts and severe weather bulletins to over 110 million Americans each day via the Internet, mobile devices and IPTV, through the airwaves, and in print. The 113 meteorologists at AccuWeather deliver a portfolio of customized products and services to media, business, government, and institutions, and inform millions of visitors worldwide through the free AccuWeather.com website. AccuWeather also provides content onto more than 20,000 third-party Internet sites, including CNN Interactive, ABC's owned and operated stations, The Washington Post and The New York Times. For more information about AccuWeather.com, please visit our website at www.accuweather.com. About Ensolis, LLC Ensolis, LLC is a software development company founded by Jon Stritar, a junior at MIT. Forecastfox was developed by Jon and Richard Klein, a consultant to Ensolis. Forecastfox has been one of the most popular extensions for Firefox and the Mozilla Suite since it was originally released in the fall of 2004, and it currently is used by more than a million and a half people worldwide. For more information about Ensolis and Forecastfox, please visit http://www.ensolis.com or email info@ensolis.com.

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