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Weather Live has been doing this for quite some time; I wouldn't call this "so special". It's not an enviable feature. Right now I am in San Jose and I can see what the temperature was in Boston last time I launched the app.
If you're using Chrome, the Currently extension is a must: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ojhmphdkpgbibohbnp... When you open a new tab, it'll show you current time and weather forecast: http://f.cl.ly/items/1X373t2P143f0j1I3a3R/Screen%20Shot%2020... Nice typography, choose from 3 color schemes and whatnot.
So the icon shows what the weather was the previous time you ran it? Maybe I'm misunderstanding it but it seems like an anti-feature to me.
My understanding of it is that they're working within the constraints of WebKit in iOS. Developers aren't able to update the icon in realtime, but if you have a homescreen webapp it can update the icon each time you launch it. This is a nice workaround, since I used to launch my homescreen weather app every ten minutes, and chances are the temperature hasn't changed much since the last time I checked. I say "used to"…
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My understanding of it is that they're working within the constraints of WebKit in iOS. Developers aren't able to update the icon in realtime, but if you have a homescreen webapp it can update the icon each time you launch it. This is a nice workaround, since I used to launch my homescreen weather app every ten minutes, and chances are the temperature hasn't changed much since the last time I checked. I say "used to"…
Is there something I am missing? Why would you be checking the weather so often? I agree that this is a novel use of a site icon, but it has limited (minimal) advantages.
Ugh... minimal doesn't have to mean useless. In my mind you could display four times as many stats about the weather and still be a far cry from the clutter-fuck that is weather.com. As it is this is useless for anybody who wants to know anything beyond "is it hot or cold right now."