WetSock for Windows 95

WetSock for Windows 95 -- WetSock is a Windows 95 specific weather client that delivers current weather conditions and forecasts to your desktop via an icon in the Windows 95 tray bar. The icon graphically portrays the current weather conditions in the city of your choice, and clicking on the icon will bring up additional information. Information available to WetSock users includes current temperature, humidity level, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, and general weather conditions. In addition to current weather conditions, you can access 2-day and extended weather forecasts for most major cities in the United States. Unfortunately, unlike its primary competition (WinWeather), WetSock is currently limited to locations in the United States. WetSock also presents a minor annoyance in the fact that cities are not sorted alphabetically and can therefore be relatively difficult to find. Another disadvantage in WetSock is that only one city can be monitored at a time. Despite these shortcomings, WetSock offers a quick and efficient service for displaying the latest weather information for your favorite city. What makes WetSock even more impressive is that it bundles a multitude of features into a small (50 Kb) and inexpensive ($12) package. If WetSock can improve on its current shortcomings, the forecast looks bright indeed. Pros: Direct delivery of weather conditions and forecast to your computer; one time fee of $12 Cons: Limited to displaying information for only one city, user interface could be made more intuitive New: Over 350 new cities, new and improved servers used, revised interface, more Version Reviewed: 1.5a Date of Review: 6/28/96 Reviewer: Forrest Stroud