InerziaLightning
As usual with a widget, also InerziaLightning is doing one thing: it calculates the distance
of a thunderstorm from you, by measuring the time between the lightning bolt and its thunder.
Obviously, we have to tell the widget when we see the light and when we hear the thunder: this
is done by clicking on the same button.
The usefulness is clear if we think to the possible danger to our modem or router due to the overload
caused by a lightning fallen too much near us; this widget helps to understand when the thunderstorm
is approaching and it's time to pull the plug from the modem.
The speed of sound depends on the air temperature: for this reason, we can insert it in the preferences;
on the same back, we can also choose the temperature scale and the distance measurement unit.
If we change the units, the data that are already present will be coverted; we can select meters,
kilometers, yards, miles and nautical miles, while the temperature can be expressed in Celsius,
Farenheit degrees or Kelvin.
Screenshots
The front and back of InerziaLightning.
License
Inerzialightning is free, you can use it as you want and you are encouraged to distribute
it (provided that you do it with all the release notes).
Anyway, the development took us many hours: if you think it is a good software and you find yourself using it
very often, you could consider to contribute to the development with a small donation (PayPal link).
This will help us to improve the software with new features!
If you decide to do this good action... please, don't send less than 2 euros, otherwise the transaction fee
eats a great part of the donation!
Warning
This software is supplied as is, without any warranty expressed or implied. We are not
responsible for this software behaves well under all conditions. We have tested it deeply but
it must be clear that by downloading it, you will keep the risk of using it on your computer.
If you don't intend to accept this risk, please don't download.
Version History
ver. 1.1 (2009-09-26)
- Added foot unit;
- Some code optimization.
ver. 1.0 (2009-08-15)
- First public release.