Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features
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Oh dear ! I’m struggling with the new version. I can’t find my preferred forecast easily and it feels as if everything has been turned upside down. Far too many changes have been implemented all at once and it’s just hugely frustrating trying to find your way around the new layout which I am not finding intuitive at all. I wish I could opt out and go back to the earlier system.
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@cathy666's comment is on spot. Too much has changed, no option to continue as was.
I don't like the new interface, I don't understand the problems it was trying to solve.
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As I have stated previously, I love the amount of effort the team puts in to make this the best weather app on the market. However, the latest updates seems to be simply for the sake of change and not because it added any real measurable value (at least, that seems to be the consensus of a large percentage of the user base).
I think making so many dramatic changes to a UI that was (in my humble opinion as a former UX/UI designer) nearly perfect as it was, is a bit too much all at once. It's never a good idea to make a change then try to foist it upon the users because you, as the designer/developer, say that it's better. You can't know for certain if some change or update is going to be better until you put it in the hands of your users and test it in real time. After the latest update, the sentiment seems pretty clear that most of us are not in favor of the update. The ideas behind the changes seem sound, but the execution wasn't what I've come to expect from Windy.
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How do you pin a location in the map now, so when you move the map around that location and its picker remains, like in the broswer version?
I don’t mean the Pin menu, but what you could do in previous versions and the web version, like holding on a point in the map and get the measures for that point?
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Very nice, thanks for this version. I use Windy for sailing and the route planning feature is handy, you can see the forecast along the intended track with its change in time. But I have a few problems with it.
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I assume the time shown on top of the forecast data in the yellow box is the intended departure time. When I now tap in the data to place a cursor, the time show on the vertical line is wrong, it even does not increase monotonously from left to right, it jumps randomly.
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The wind direction arrows do not make sense to me. Is it showing absolute wind direction (north up) or is it showing the direction relative to the track (head up). Both variants do not agree with the with the direction shown in the animation
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In the web view the orientation of the wind barbs in the route planner can be changed unter "more options", but there is no such setting in the app.
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@Rares Hello, please try steps in this article - https://community.windy.com/topic/27159/android-v-39-widget-loading-issues
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Hi
When I use the new route planning, it seams as if the wind direction is shown completely wrong. An other small detail - if the route takes 3 days there are no symbols for day or night. It is all sunny, even in the middle of the night. I use it for sailing. -
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@Arne-Christensen-3 I have the same problem. I think the wind direction is shown relative to the planned track with the head of boat pointing to the right, somewhat counter intuitive. The arrows are green for down wind and get red for up wind courses. In the web version of windy you can change the orientation of the arrows (barbs) under "more options" but this setting is missing in the app.
Shading of day/night times as in the "normal" forecast would be nice in deed.
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@vict90 I feel the same. Main points that need attention for me are:
- performance on Android (it is loosing a lot of frames now)
- disappearing timeline (only way to fix it is app restart)
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@quantenschaum
@Arne-Christensen-3Yes, the default setting of wind direction reference in the Route planner on mobile app is “Left to right”. It is not really intuitive and need a thorough explanation. As there is no possibility to change it, at least it would be necessary to have North up as default setting. May be in next update ?
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iPhone 14 last IOS, premium, the widget does not update its location ….
I have to go in settings, turn on and off there and get back and only then the widget readjusts to current location.The app detects current location, no problem.
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When are you going to add lightning information for south america, mainly brazil?
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@Tanja1985 said in Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features:
@David-Polášek
I keep losing the date selection in the screen. For example, when I choose the layer temperature, the option to choose the date for the next 10 days disappears. Thus I can only see the 'now' and not the future. This does not change if I select another layer. It only returns after fully closing the app and restarting it. I am on the latest version of Windy and of Android. Do you have a solution?Exactly the same issue I've noticed. The timeline for the next 10 days disappears. It seems an error of the app. Is it possible to fix it?
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I personally don't like tge wind ctoss hairs I liked the old version better
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Please bring option to have a list to open like on the previous version. All the images makes the app a frustration to use and clutter the menu now. Was much easier to click from the list I wanted to open. Use Windy as a Pilot and all the images makes it more difficult to use in the air now.
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Do you remember when Skype was a perfect, quick, slim and loved app? Then Microsoft bought it and converted it to a sluggish, slow, overcomplicated monster crashing computers and phones nobody loved any more. You are now on the same path.
I don't want a master-class to check my weather. I want a quick, user friendly, responsive smart app with precise predictions. An app like windy before this update. These silly huge pictures instead of menu - whom are you trying to impress with unhelpful, similarly looking pictures with tiny size text, instead of a quick and slim menu which is easy to read?
The UI became cluttered, confusing, easy to lose details you want to see, just gimmicks. Maybe there are improved functions, but I can't see them through the pile of shiny junk you added. Clean it back, bring back usefulness, order, stability and clarity. This is a weather app, not a game for preschool children.
I loved windy and bought license to support it. Now I won't renew it and will look for something else. You killed it. -
Unfortunately changes are challenging. This was also true to the new version of windy. I was not happy, cause I needed the weather forecast for a flight! The "rain & T/S" menu does not have a time line anymore. It was only static. This was very disappointing!
After time it still changes. Sometimes the page is static and sometimes it has a time line as before... the same is true for "clouds"...
I guess the new version has advantages but I would really appreciate to get informed upfront if a new version will be released. This information should already explain the changes. Thanks! -
@David-Polášek said in Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features:
to make Windy easier to use when you know how to use it.
Ok, so now it is me who does not know how to use your great, new UI. And it is not you who broke a perfectly working system.
