YoWindow weather widget loosing in weight!
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:30 am
This week I've been shrinking YoWindow widget file size.
It took 7 days of hard work.
Why?
To make the widget open fast.
Last widget version size was 846 Kilobytes
New version size is 563K
This is 30% less
I'm proud of myself
Of course when the widget has already been loaded once, the next time it is not downloaded.
Because it is kept in the browser cache.
But, when a new user visits your page, she will see the weather much faster than before.
One more thing.
We have a couple of new variables for the widget: now you can control METAR weather station
and the weather provider (yr.no or NWS).
See widget variables page for the details.
As usual, error reports are welcome.
Do you have a friend who has a blog?
Does he/she know the best way in the world to share the view from the window?
Please let him/her now about this page.
Widget + your picture-landscape tutorial is coming soon...
It took 7 days of hard work.
Why?
To make the widget open fast.
Last widget version size was 846 Kilobytes
New version size is 563K
This is 30% less
I'm proud of myself
Of course when the widget has already been loaded once, the next time it is not downloaded.
Because it is kept in the browser cache.
But, when a new user visits your page, she will see the weather much faster than before.
One more thing.
We have a couple of new variables for the widget: now you can control METAR weather station
and the weather provider (yr.no or NWS).
See widget variables page for the details.
As usual, error reports are welcome.
Do you have a friend who has a blog?
Does he/she know the best way in the world to share the view from the window?
Please let him/her now about this page.
Widget + your picture-landscape tutorial is coming soon...