In message <f8e15ebd50.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk> you wrote: snip > > I've given up on the BBC weather sites, for just the reason that > Gerald mentions. The Metcheck sites (try > http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=GL52%203DS > for instance) seem to work better, though this had just taken 35 > seconds to load, but hasn't made huge inroads into memory. > > > Peter. >
This seems a v.good site just one thing I could not get the tools: Metric/Imperial button to do anything in Netsurf and had to resort to Windros to find the URL which entered into Netsurf gives it: http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/my_units.asp you then have choices of: Temperature: Celsius (°c)/Fahrenheit (°f) Rainfall: Millimeters (mm)/Inches (in) Wind Speed: Miles per Hour (mph)/Kilometres per Hour (Kph) /Knots (Kt)/Metres per second (m/s) Pressure: Millibars (mb)/Inches (in) Height: Metres (m)/Feet (Ft) Once set to your liking it seems to stay set even when loading the originl URL -- Erving