dotTech Promo: Free YoWindow Unlimited! [24-hours only]
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Back in May dotTech discussed Repkasoft’s YoWindow, a fun and unique tool for keeping track of the weather right from your desktop. For those that did not read that don’t remember, I suggest reading my previous review to recap your memory, or watching the following video (video created by the developer):
There following is a description of YoWindow as per the developer:
What is YoWindow?
YoWindow is a weather application.
A new kind of a weather application.YoWindow displays weather conditions over a nice and peaceful landscape.
So you can watch the weather looking at the landscape.
Naturally – just like looking out of your window.That makes YoWindow special.
You see the picture instead of bare weather data.In your window you can watch current weather only.
YoWindow is able to display the weather forecast.
You can point at any time you wish and enjoy the weather picture.
You can even scroll the time.At the moment, there are no weather application of this kind.
YoWindow is a next generation interface for weather application
Key features
- Beautiful picture – quality graphics and animation.
- The weather picture is easy to get and easy to remember, opposed to weather reports.
- Watch the weather at any moment you wish.
- The picture is built on top of the real data – weather, sun-light, season, astronomical calculations.
- Every weather phenomenon is supported:
- various clouds
- rain
- snow
- hail
- fog
- wind (reflected in the clouds, grass, rain drops, etc)
- thunderstorm
- Every weather parameter you need is available for display: temperature, wind speed and direction, pressure, humidity, etc.
- You can choose virtually any place on earth to watch (21,000 locations)
More
We are trying to make YoWindow close to reality. The location of the sun, moon, moon phase, sunrise and sunset times correspond to the actual values for the place you choose.
The look of the landscape changes considerably depending on the season. YoWindow selects the most appropriate season for the given date at the place you choose (we use weather history). Scroll through the year using the calendar – and you will see how seasons change.
The weather is updated automatically, fast and only on necessity.
You can use YoWindow as a reliable world-clock. Whatever location you choose, the local time displayed by YoWindow is correct. Daylight saving time is computed flawlessly.
Occasionally, you may notice interesting objects in the skies like a plane or a shooting star.
As discussed previously, YoWindow comes in two editions: YoWindow and YoWindow Ulimited. YoWindow is free, while YoWindow Unlimited costs $9.99 USD. The following chart shows the differences between YoWindow and YoWindow Unlimited:
That said, for the next 24 hours (promotion starts 00:00 PST Sunday December 26, 2010 and ends 00:00 PST Monday December 27, 2010) everyone can get YoWindow Unlimited for free!
This promotion of YoWindow Unlimited works a bit differently than past dotTech Promotions. Instead of providing a special landing page or registration form for this freebie, this promotion takes place through Plimus, the company that manages Repkasoft’s sales system. Essentially you will be “purchasing” YoWindow Unlimited, but you will be purchasing it for $0. Since you are not paying anything, no credit card or PayPal or other payment details are required but you do have to fill out a form that includes personal details such as name, address, and phone number. Please note that none of this data is going to dotTech. Everything is being managed through Plimus – whatever data you submit goes to them and/or Repkasoft.
To get YoWindow Unlimited, follow these simple directions:
Version being give nout for free: v2.0 Build 429
Free updates: Yes, but 2.x updates only
Free technical support: No official tech support is provided. However, Repkasoft will answer e-mails for two days, and there is a forum on their website for people that need assistance.
Supported OS: Windows XP/Vista/Win7
Download size: 3.7 MB
Giveaway time-frame: This promotion starts 00:00 PST Sunday December 26, 2010 and ends 00:00 PST Monday December 27, 2010. Since you are “purchasing” YoWindow Unlimited through this promotion, you own it forever so you can install/reinstall it whenever you want.
- Visit the Repkasoft YoWindow purchasing page. You should see the following form:
In the coupon code box enter dotTech9217 and hit Recalculate. The Order Information box should now look like this:
NOTE: This promotion is available to everyone; however this is a dotTech.org promotion. Please do not share or re-distribute the coupon code on other websites, blogs, forums, etc. Rather, if you want to share this offer with others, provide a permalink (alternatives link) to this article. Thanks!
- Fill out the Customer Information part and hit Next >. If you do it properly you should see a confirmation screen:
- Check the inbox of the e-mail address you registered with. Look for an e-mail from sales@repkasoft.com with the subject of YoWindow 2.0 Unlimited order information?. In the e-mail you will find your registration code:
- Download and install YoWindow.
- After installation register YoWindow with the registration code you received to turn it into YoWindow Unlimited:
Note that as part of these registration directions I have instructed you to not set the default and home locations. Please make sure you go back and do that after registration if you want YoWindow Unlimited to work properly.
- Enjoy!
- (Optional) As a way of thanking Repkasoft for this freebie, please provide them with feedback regarding their software in the comments below. Feedback can be anything including but not limited to bugs fixes, desired features, desired changes, ways to improve the program, input on the current price, etc.
If you have any trouble getting YoWindow Unlimited for free, post below and other dotTechies or I will try to help. The developer has also told me to instruct people having trouble to send an e-mail to support [at] repkasoft [dot] com and he will try to assist everyone that has issues participating in this promotion.
Update: This promotion is now over. Sorry to those that missed it! To avoid missing promotions in the future, consider subscribing to dotTech: RSS Feed | E-mail | Twitter | Facebook.
Oh this sounds cool Ill have to grab it,thanks Ashraf :)
I found it did not work in Firefox for some reason; however it worked fine in Internet Explorer. Hopefully this will help those who are having similar issues. Merry Christmas.
Excellent program. So far no problem. Willlet the developer know, if something wrong happens. Thanks Ashraf.
I purchased this back in the earlier days of it’s development and I can tell you it is awesome and runs like a charm and probably the cheapest software I ever bought (@ $10.00 it was a steal for the quality of this software) The support is awesome on their forums and it is always evolving. I highly recommend anyone to grab this freebie while it last – Unlimited is for a lifetime by the way!
Thanks dot Tech and Ashraf for all the hard work in finding the coolest freebies!!!
I`m having a issue with very high CPU using this program, Is this normal?
And Yes, Merry Christmas
Thanks Again, Ashraf
Thanks a ton dude!
Many thanks for this !! very great
Very nice. Thanks for this
Very nice weather program, Thank you
Thanks Ashraf for this beautiful program!
Thanx a million !
will certainly enjoy this offer :-)
Fantastic! It even has my little, old town. Now, I really don’t want a bunch more snow; but it would be great to see YoWindow in action ;o)
Thank you!
Thanks Ashraf! I have been using the free version for some time. It’s a great program :)
I’ve been using the free version of YoWindow for several months, very nice program! Yes, it uses a lot of resources/CPU but it’s easy to shut down when I’m doing multi-track recording or playing a power-hungry game. By the way, I went through the registration and download process just now using Firefox 3.6.13 on Vista Home Premium 32-bit, no problems.
Thanks, Ashraf and Repkasoft, for this offer. What a nice Christmas present!
Great app! Thank you and Merry Christmas
I’ve been using the free version for a couple of weeks and I love it. However, giving up my personal data and phone number to an unknown third party is a a lot to ask for extending the forecast and the number of locations. Thanks, but I’ll keep the free version and pass on this one.
Thank you very much, Ashraf and Repkasoft.
I had been running the free-ware version for about a month now and was very happy for this morning’s offer. A very nice after Christmas gift!
Thanks and have a great new year.
I am using Firefox 3.6.13 on a Windows 7 HP x64 machine and it upgraded my, previously installed, free version with no problems greater than having to fish their email from my spam filter.
Dear Ashraf,
You have been very “quick on the take” regarding the good-high quality of the products showing up on dottech! I have been lapping up the right products for me and it’s been a very eventful last 2 weeks at dotttech, isnt it? I always enjoy keeping up with the weather and going by the posts ,you seem ( sorry, i have downloaded and not yet enjoyed the scenery) have given us a real winner here! Thanks mate!
Warm Regards,
Vyver.
@ Filtereyez
I agree with you a centum! A thriller of a software! The only glitch for me is I GET TO SEE THE TEMP. IN FAHRENHEIT AND NOT CELSIUS!(SORRY for the bold type)
My first download from dotTech, and can see this from several rooms in the house on a big HD screen, so it really trumps the tiny weather app on my wifes phone. Thanks Ashraf and Repkasoft. I look forward to watching it.
@vyverjet: You can change to C by going into options and units. Change to metric and you have it!
Simply Wonderful !!!!
Thanks !!!!
I see a lot of snow in my future.