Weather 5.0.2 -- By Neo101
Maxthon Sidebar Plugin
Release Date: 1 February 2007


===== Description =====

This Maxthon plugin shows the weather forecast from weather.com in your Maxthon sidebar.
You can view the weather from nearly every city in the world.

It has support for 5 different cities, detailed weather information, 6 style sheets, 
more than 9 icon sets, a lot of options to customize and much more!



===== How to install this Maxthon Sidebar plugin =====

For Maxthon 1.x:

1. Unzip the downloaded file to Maxthon's Plugin folder. (for example in "C:\Program Files\Maxthon\Plugin")

2. Restart Maxthon - the new plugin will be detected and you'll be asked to activate it.

3. Open the sidebar if it isn't already open in "View >> Explorer Bar".

You can enable or disable every plugin in "Maxthon Options >> Plugin >> Maxthon Plugin".


For Maxthon 2.0 Preview:

1. Unzip the downloaded file to Maxthon's Plugin folder. (for example in "C:\Program Files\Maxthon2\<<EmailAddress>>\Plugin")
	Where you should replace <<EmailAddress>> with the email address you use for your Maxthon account
	
2. Restart Maxthon

3. If you do not see the plugin in the sidebar you might have to remove the "plugins.ini" file
	in "C:\Program Files\Maxthon2\<<EmailAddress>>\Plugin" and restart Maxthon.


===== NOTE =====

Proximitron's popup blocker may cause problems with this plugin.

You can access the plugin configuration if you click the 'engine' icon, between the refresh icon and the '1', just below the city name.


===== Links =====

Author's website: 
		http://www.neo101.nl
Support Page:
		http://forum.maxthon.com/index.php?showtopic=33672


===== History =====

Version 5.0.2				1 February 2007

- Updated translations
- Updated plugin release date in configuration

Version 5.0.2 RC-3			20 January 2007

- Fixed script error caused by wind directions
- Fixed visibility conversion problem
- Weather-type translation improved (ignores spaces before & after '/')
- Updated translations

Version 5.0.2 RC-2			8 January 2007

- New weather source for "now" panel (Yahoo! Weather)
- "now" panel includes pressure information, including pressure changes (up, down, stable)
- Updated translations
- Some other small changes

Version 5.0.2 RC-1			22 November 2006

- Fixed a problem with the current temperature
- Changed filename of the configuration, so Maxthon doesn't think it can open it like a normal plugin configuration
- Added a welcome message when you run the plugin for the first time
- Added Danish translation (thanks to janborup)
- Updated French and Polish translations
- Other small changes & improvements

Version 5.0.1 Final			30 July 2006

- Updated Portuguese, Polish, French, Italian, Turkish, Russian, German translation
- Added Swedish translation (thanks to Rizzly)
- Fixed a small issue when you click the city name, the top panel starts to flicker
- Fixed incorrect weather icon for "now" panel

Version 5.0.1 RC-2			4 July 2006

- Fixed an issue with temperature set to Fahrenheit
- Fixed a translation issue
- Added date to 'future' (format can be changed in settings.ini, look for "DateFormat")
- Added option to use old "Now" weather source

Version 5.0.1 RC-1			30 June 2006

- Added a small Expand/Collapse animation
- Switched weather source for the "Now" weather, because it didn't work correctly anymore
- Fixed a bug when lowering the number of active cities

Version 5.0.0 Final			24 May 2006

- Fixed a bug that made it impossible to use PNG iconset
- Added Traditional Chinese translation (thanks to FlameJoker)
- Sorted languages in configuration
- Updated many translations

Version 5.0.0 RC-2			15 May 2006

- New plugin icon (thanks to Direct2Brain)
- Added option to hide 'today detailed' or 'future'
- Fixed a separation problem with 'small sidebar' enabled
- Added font selection to fix problem with small Chinese characters
- 'future days' displays the correct number of days
- Fixed some translation issues
- Fixed: "Now" displays 'loading...' even when an error occured
- Updated many translations
- Other small changes

Version 5.0.0 RC-1			12 February 2006

- Fixed incorrect units
- Updated French, German, Chinese, Italian, Russian translations
- Added Spanish translation, thanks to Spsp_1981
- Fixed problem with very slow city search
- Pressure is more accurate with "Fahrenheit" units
- Added option to show last-update time (please note: this is only for the data from today/tonight/today detailed)
- Added option to set the abbreviation yes/no
- Added 'More details' link
- Configuration HTML is no longer cached for now to avoid problems for translators
- Other small changes

Version 5.0.0 BETA 1			05 February 2006

- Completely rewritten plugin
- Greatly improved performance
- Decreased plugin size
- Weather now, today, tomorrow and future can be displayed in one tab
- Improved styles
- Configuration is now inside a dialog box
- It's now easier to add custom icon sets
- You can select what weather data can be displayed
- Icons can have any extension now
- Other changes


Version 4.42 RC-1			20-12-2005

- Updated French, Dutch Translations
- Changes to the style option happen in real time (like a preview)
- Added collapse/expand button for city-search in configuration
- Improved performance
- Stucture of settings.ini is better on first install
- Fixed an issue with never-updating weather information in 'Sum' mode
- Other changes

- Removed outdated Spanish translation

Version 4.41 Final			19-11-2005

- Updated Russian, Portuguese and French translations

Version 4.41 RC-1			14-11-2005

- Added option in settings.ini to disable all tooltips
- Configuration will not be overwritten when you update
- Updated Turkish, Hebrew and Chinese translations
- Other script changes to improve readability
- Fixed the display of times like "24:45" in future mode
- Fixed a script error when changing city with the Floating window enabled
- Improved performance a little bit

Version 4.40a				09-10-2005

- Fixed: "Future" mode did not work with "compact display" set to "no"
- Updated Italian translation

Version 4.40 Final			08-10-2005

- Fixed problem with Sun Up/Down time always being displayed in AM/PM time mode
- Updated Portuguese, French, German, Turkish, Russian and Czech translations
- Split the scriptfile into smaller parts, to make it easier to understand
- Other script changes to improve readability

Version 4.40 BETA			26-09-2005

- Added option to set the time to AM/PM or 24 hours
- Added tooltips for each option in the configuration
- Added option to show today's date after 'Today' title, you can modify the style in settings.ini
- Added option to chose the alignment of the titles
- It's now easier to add/remove icons, using the Icons.ini file
- The plugin no longer switches scripts, this could improve performance a little bit
- Fixed collapse/expand problem in the configuration
- Fixed a script error when using the auto-update feature while viewing the configuration
- Fixed showing the UV when it's night in '10 day future'
- possibly fixed issue with Proximiton's popup blocker
- Added Latvian translation (thanks to rotkalis)
- Updated Dutch, Hebrew, German, Italian, Turkish, Portuguese and Czech translations

Version 4.30 Final			01-09-2005

- Small GUI improvements
- Added more translation strings
- Updated Chinese, Russian, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Dutch and Polish translations
- Other small changes

Version 4.30 BETA			29-08-2005

- Added new icon set
- Added 2 new styles (Black and Red)
- Improved styles
- Added option to change number of cities
- Added option to change the font-size
- Improved configuration
- Fixed a problem with the translation of the Cities and Countries
- Added more tooltips
- City-search results can be translated now
- Cities in City-search can be inputted in original spelling (if the translation supports it)
- The plugin should work better if you have enabled the Windows XP SP2 security options in Maxthon
- The width and height from the window are now saved
- Updated Russian, Turkish, French, Hebrew and Czech translations

Version 4.21				21-08-2005

- Updated German and Portuguese translations
- Fixed a problem with the expand/collapse button that some users experienced
- Other small changes

Version 4.20 Final			20-08-2005

- Fixed a layout problem in the small window when using the larger icons
- Added an option in the configuration page to open the window automatically
- The configuration page doesn't completely refresh anymore when you change city
- Updated Hebrew, Italian, French, Chinese, Polish and Portuguese translations
- Added an error message if the plugin can't read the script files
- Added Ukrainian translation (thanks to vitalis)
- Changed the name of the small window, it's now also possible to close it in the sidebar
- Translators can translate (even) more words

Version 4.20 RC-1			15-08-2005

- Added "today's weather" tab with the today's forecast
- Added "Short Quantity" option, to improve readability
- Added "Compact Display" option, to improve readability
- Improved stylesheets, it's now easier to change the colors of the styles if you like
- Added very simple Window-mode, it's a small window with the weather data, that is visible on top of Maxthon.
- Fixed a small graphical error
- Improved Configuration a bit
- Replaced 6 icons in the "Type1 25px" group with the right size
- Updated French, German translations
- Added Polish translation (thanks to konieckropka)
- Added wind data under "Future" tab
- Other changes

Version 4.12			29-07-2005

- Improved performance
- Fixed a problem: Maxthon could hang when changing city
- Updated the Czech, Italian, Chinese, French and Dutch translations
- Added Hebrew and Turkish translations (Thanks to UFO and bourock)
- Changed some other stuff

Version 4.11			03-07-2005

- Maxthon doesn't hang while updating the weather-info
- It's now possible to translate the wind direction and error messages
- Fixed a small bug with 'Last update'
- Updated the Italian, French, Chinese and Czech translations
- Added Russian Translation (Thanks to KillianMN)

Version 4.10			20-06-2005

- Added the 10-day forecast
- Added cache, if you lose internet connection you can still view the cached weather data
- Added 2 other icon collections
- fixed a '-18' display bug if no temperature was available
- More text can be translated now (thanks to [User_99])
- Improved loading speed
- Fixed auto refresh bug (it's working now :P )
- Added Chinese Translation (thanks to linez3333)
- Other changes/improvements

Version 4.02			08-06-2005

- Added French, Czech, Portuguese and Spanish translations (thanks to HPSam, Jean, Jaromr, npo33770 and RaVeNcRoW)
- Default language (if you install this plugin) is the current language from Maxthon
- Other small changes

Version 4.01			04-06-2005

- Added German and Italian languages (Thanks to Daphy and Direct2Brain)
- Fixed a problem with a missing icon
- Changed the colour of the 'Setup', 'weather', 'refresh' icons (looks much better with the grey and green styles)
- You can now insert a location code in the City Search, like USNY1000, if the search doesn't work correctly
- Small Expand/collapse layout fix (thanks to JarC)
- Small style improvements for the configuration page
- You can now select the plugin language
- Other small changes

Version 4.00			02-06-2005

- You can now select 3 cities
- Weather icons are stored in the plugin folder
- Added Styles (Blue, Green, Gray and the old LightBlue)
- Added 'More Details' link to Weather.com
- Improved startup speed
- Plugin is easier to translate
- Major code improvements/changes
- Improved configuration window
- Fixed the incorrect display of precipitation in 'future'
- Added options for 'Future Days', 'Show Details', 'Mode' and 'Style'
- It's now possible for translators to translate the weather status, like 'Cloudy'
- Changed the expand/collapse icon
- More things I can't remember :P