Hi,
I need to clarify that the sole thing Dark Sky sends push alerts about is
the arrival of falling precipitation. that is why I mentioned having more
than one weather ap. for alerts for more severe forms of weather which only
let you know of impending severe storms and the like you'd need something
else such as Weather Alert USA IMap Weather Radio and such.
I can't speak for other models of phones or flavors of iOS but at least
under 8.1 many apps for me seem to sound a default sounder when giving a
push alert. I could be wrong but it is my understanding that this is
governed by the app itself and is not necessarily something the user can
determine in terms of sound it uses but for weather alerts that don't make a
sound as described in other posts I'm wondering if sound is one of the
things enabled under its settings in notification center, just a thought.
Robin
-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy Inglis
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 1:19 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Dark Sky verses native Weather app
Does dark skies give more weather alerts than weather alert usa? Does it
work better with voice over than weather alert usa?
Cathy and Tiny.
On Nov 14, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Jessica Dail <jldai...@gmail.com> wrote:
Does it have the option to alert to severe weather? Are the notifications
audible?
Can you save weather for multiple cities? Is there a limit? Right now I am
using weather alert USA. I like that app. But, if I must restore my phone,
I must also put back all of the information into this app. This is
extremely time-consuming.
The weather Channel will do this but the notifications are silent. It
never makes a sound. The only way to know if you have an alert, is for
voiceover to read the lock screen.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 14, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Robin Frost <robinn...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Speaking from the perspective of running with many weather apps as each
has different features which I happen to like. for instance some do
severe weather alerts better than do others via push notification as one
example. where the Dark Sky app excels is the ability to send a push
notification alerting you to precipitation which is soon to start
falling. It is also quite specific about the type I.E. Drizzle, light
rain, and such. This will be my first Winter with it so I'm assuming
it'd alert for the more frozen variety's of precipitation as well but
haven't yet experienced it myself. I've found it to be quite accurate in
these alerts. If the alert doesn't coincide exactly with the start of
the precipitation it usually commences within 20 minutes.
I found out about this app from a guide dog user who found it an
invaluable resource for getting in that last walk before bad weather
started. I myself am not amongst their numbers but still do appreciate
the alerting capabilities it offers.
I've never known the native weather app to provide push notifications of
any weather related events which is why I have so many others along with
it.
I've no affiliation other than being a happy purchaser and user of the
app. I hope that helps.
Robin
-----Original Message----- From: Wayne Merritt
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:28 AM
To: viphone
Subject: Dark Sky verses native Weather app
Greetings. For those that use the Dark Sky weather app, what do you
like about it over the native Weather app in iOS 8? I am considering
getting this app and am curious what other people think?
Best,
Wayne
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