BING is the best. I try to stay clear of anything Google related(Except YouTube which isn't a Google product). BING and Firefox are a great combination.
The thing with guys like Brian and Wendell is that they use Google search and Google Chrome not for functionality, but just the fact that everyone else uses them. If everyone would give BING and Firefox a try, they would probably never use Google Chrome or IE again, as they are junk.
Todd, Chrome is MUCH faster than IE or Firefox on HTC TP2 "smart" phone--using that word loosely. So...I sat down and learned how to use Chrome to keep from going bonkers. (I'd get an Android phone, but that's an entirely 'nother story. Some other time perhsps).
Yes - we are all blessed with the married and single jet jockeys. There are old pilots, there are bold pilots....but not too many left of the old and bold !
Chrome on my HTC TP2 works fine for METARS. Maybe "Portugal" is platform dependent. ALSO...METAR encoding is great. Things line up...can see spatial weather trends very quickly. Get with the program! (FAA won't change the basic format soon).
HOWEVER...I'd like to see ASOS/AWOS reports update on-line in a more timely manner. Seeing 30-50 minute old reports sucks (even after paying an arm and a leg for XM weather in the cockpit!!!).
Weather changes too fast for 30-50 minute AWOS delays to be safe!
I am a military communicator from the 1960s era. I clearly remember tuning this stuff in on an unencrypted 60 words per minute radioteletype signal. 60 wpm was incredibly slow for the amount of information to be passed and the Metar shorthand was essential. In those days, I was required to be able to copy Morse code at a minimum of 22 wpm in order to graduate from basic radioman school. But HEY! This is the 21st century. The military doesn't even include Morse code in communications training anymore. Metar shorthand is almost as ancient as Morse code and needs some serious updating in the modern communications world.
Sounds like you need to switch to Firefox. Google Chrome is basically a watered down version of Firefox anyhow. That's what Google is famous for, being a copycat company, but not very good at it. Plus Firefox has lots of aviation related addons you might like to try, and I promise you'll get addicted.
