My Dream App Winner: Atmosphere
Tigerstorm (1010 points) | Fri, 2006-10-27 10:37
A while ago a website came to my knowledge called My dream app which is basicly a site where 4 developers put up a contest where people could suggest their dream application in OS X.. Out of these crazy suggestions on application that could be built only 24 went on.. Now you could easily vote on your favourite idea and the developers were having a word on each application, pro's and con's with the idea and suddenly the other day it was finished..
Cameron Westland was the winner of this contest with his idea called Atmosphere. And when I look into it.. I thought more and more of it as a genius idea..
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So what does Atmosphere do?
Well basicly it's a screensaver desktop image application which get's the current data from a weather report and put an desktop image with the right weather on the desktop.. So if you wonder what the weather is on the outside, just check your desktop image :)
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Here is what Cameron wrote about the application:
See the weather: A near real time weather simulation application that provides a fun interface into weather forecasting, day/night cycle, moon phases and seasons.
Weather forecasting: View the weather on the timeline, similar to how time machine works. Simply go forward in time to get the weather forecast for your area, or backwards in time to see how the weather was a month ago.
Day/Night cycle: Watch atmosphere smoothly cycle from beautiful sunsets to starry skies.
Moon phases: Now you can howl at the moon in the comfort of your own den! See exactly what phase the moon is in, or use the timeline to see when the moon will be full, a new moon, and more.
Seasons: As the fall passes into winter, watch Atmosphere build up snow and see rain drops turn into snowflakes.
I think this is a cool idea for an application and the way the application is being designed. Perhaps a bit of a joy application but hey we all like fun apps don't we?
I think the contest "My dream app" is a new and fun way of getting ideas for developers and mainly just see if they can build it. Someones dream application.
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It's better for your eyes to refocus on the outside world every once in a while!
Also, living in the middle of nowhere in Ireland often means that these weather widget things just don't offer a location that is very close to where I live. We have a lot of micro-climates in Ireland :)
Right now it is overcast and about 13 Degrees Celsius. Light rain expected.
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( Light rain is always expected! )
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I agree, the concept of how the App is built up is cool. But, the app itself is almost useless. I would download it and use it for probably a couple of days before switching back to a simple desktop image. From than on, the only time, I will switch it on is when I want to shock and awe a PC user friend.
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aye, it certainly looks fancy
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that at least, didn't look craptacularly useless
Lance
It's good for those folks in a small little computer "nook" in the city. They may have a window or two, however; the real weather may not be easy to see.
I thinks it's fun. I've always loved the Tiger widget that has rain all over it. It's much faster to receive visual information that text based.
Lance
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does anybody know where i can get the app? i've just been serching it for a while but with no success ;(
mfg, Neo_II