Forecastfox Weather is a great add-on for Firefox that can provide you with local weather information from AccuWeather.com right in your browser window.

Installing and Enabling Forecastfox

Step 1: Start by downloading and installing the add-on.  Restart Firefox when prompted to.

Step 2: Once Firefox has restarted, you’ll be directed to a new tab to configure Forecastfox for the first time.  If you don’t receive the settings tab, navigate to Tools > Add-ons > Extensions to open the settings tab.

Step 3: Customize your settings by entering your location, selecting your units, icons, and other options.

Using Forecastfox

Now that you have the add-on installed and enabled, take a look and see what it can do.  When you open Firefox you should notice some icons in your status bar.  What appears in the Forecastfox status bar is customized in the settings tab.  Hovering your mouse over the various icons provides you with a bit more weather information.

Hover over the green radar icon to see current radar information about your location.  The size of the radar image can be customized in the settings.

Hovering your mouse over the current day displays weather details for the remainder of the day.

Hovering over a different day provides you with both daytime and overnight weather information.

Forecastfox also allows provides you with severe weather alerts, custom icon selection, and the ability to move the weather information from the status bar to a toolbar.

You can also set Forecastfox up to pull information for multiple locations, which it can switch between every few minutes.

With the detailed information that Forecastfox provides, I no longer need to visit other weather sites for current information.  Give Forecastfox a try and let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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Evan’s Pick – Rainy Days

I check the weather on my phone a lot, and the ability to pull up weather radar at my fingertips saved me and my friends from getting destroyed by a thunderstorm on the lake this summer.  There are a lot of solid weather apps in the Android Market, but if you just want to check out weather radar, Rainy Days is the app for you.

Rainy Days is a very simple application.  Just open it up, press Settings, and select My Location to display the current radar in your area (you might need to enable additional location services in Android – I found that it wanted to use network location instead of GPS).  Standard touchscreen controls work just the same in Rainy Days: pinching and double tapping zooms, and you can drag across the map to move.  The slider bar at the bottom controls the opacity of the radar, which is useful if you want to see specific locations under a storm.

Rainy Days cycles between the last hour of radar footage, which can be paused by touching the screen.  You can control animation speed, automatic location use, and graphical options in the application’s settings.  Rainy Days supports the United States, Western Europe, Spain, and Scandinavia.

Search for Rainy Days in the Android Market or scan the barcode below to download!

Kevin’s Pick – Extended Controls

Android already has a pretty nice built in power control widget that allows you to enable and disable things like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Having one touch access to those parts of your system is incredibly convenient, but wouldn’t it be nice to be able to control even more aspects of your phone? Thankfully, there is a widget on the Market that fills that exact role.

Extended Controls will set you back 0.79€ (about $1.20 as of this writing), but the convenience it offers is well worth the small cost. After installation, long press on an open spot of your homescreen and go to the Widgets menu. In here you’ll find various sizes of the Extended Controls widget, ranging from 1×1 to 1×4. After selecting the size, you’re taken to the setup menu. From here you can adjust the look of the widget (I prefer the defaults, but to each his own) as well as manage the various controls of the widget.

In addition to the five options found on the built in power control widget, Extended Controls gives you access to 20 extra settings. With a single touch you can now toggle options like USB tethering, autorotate, the lock pattern, and 4G.  If you have rooted your phone, you can set a button to reboot your phone, either normally or into the bootloader or recovery mode.

As you add controls, a preview of what the widget will look like can be seen at the top of the screen. Once you’re satisfied, click Apply to add the widget to your homescreen.

If you’d like to see what Extended Controls has to offer, scan the QR Code below to be taken directly to its Market page.

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