Is it going to rain?

Re:Is it going to rain? by kylec on Thursday November 27, 2008 @07:13PM (#378992)

I like how simple it is, but it definitely needs an RSS feed. Seeing as they're using some sort of IP geolocation, it would be cool if the forecast 'followed' me in the feed when I switched locations.

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Re:Is it going to rain? by wonka on Thursday November 27, 2008 @08:25PM (#379030)

That would be pretty pointless considering RSS feeds are cached.

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Re:Is it going to rain? by ahpeeyem on Friday November 28, 2008 @09:36AM (#379311)

I think "pointless" is going a bit overboard, it's up to the client to decide how long to cache a feed, and the cache policy for the feed should use normal HTTP conventions - the Last-modified, If-modified-since and Expires headers.

If the feed expired in 60 minutes that would be enough to update for changing locations.

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Re:Is it going to rain? by arohner on Saturday November 29, 2008 @12:30PM (#380222)

I bet it breaks on google reader, and similar browser-based feeds.

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