I loved Omweather but switched to the Foreca applet -- it shuts up and does its job. That's what I want. Also, the weather predictions from Weather.com (which I gather are what Omweather uses) have been outrageously wrong for Southern California (which of course is always warm and sunny, so what's the problem? -- joke). I'll keep trying Omweather, though -- it's the one I WANT to prefer.