Totally disappointed by recent update (picker, layer list)

Lure

@Ftjwinfs I would also like to understand why this very useful use case (inspecting various locations on map) is not supported anymore.

I am also a sailor and have exactly the same needs: explore options on a map to find better route or anchorage for the night.

The new "Move the map to change the forecast location" is not a replacement for the old feature that we all loved.

Ftjwinfs

@Lure
We need to stay stubborn here!

It would be so simple, to give us back the old functionality:
It would e.g. only be necessary to implement a "long tap" on the map as selection for a new location. Very little change necessary for a huge win in user-friendliness.

As I explained above, its a huge step-back from the old app to the current situation, where we now need three steps to switch location to study wind in detail there. Before it was only one quick tap on the map.

@Ondřej-Šutera Are you guys aware of this degradation in user interaction?

bluechipfish

I've been a premium user for a while, and I have put a lot of my friends onto the Windy app. The new update, as said above, is a catastrophic change to the UI/UX. The picker, the switching between wind models (now takes longer to navigate a huge menu), and the rest of the complaints here. If it helps Windy, I'll make my own thread to air my complaints. This update is 15 steps back, and Windy went from being the best weather app available to very mid-grade. Just give me a legacy version, this new update is much more laborious to use.

Ftjwinfs

@bluechipfish

I fully agree.

If on Android, you can find the old APK-files online. Thats what I do...

GreggBrickner

@Ftjwinfs
An excellent summary of this disaster, thanks for being so clear. I agree 100%. Give us back the old UI!

Ftjwinfs

@GreggBrickner

Its only a pity, that there is so little response to our continuous, negative reviews.

Dear Windy-team. Please, schedule a meeting, grab a cup of coffee and have a serious discussion if your new version with those major changes to the UI was really such a good decision. You do not loose face, if you admit so and roll back some features.

Your paying members tell you since summer: It wasn't a good decision to break user interaction. Please, listen.

Ftjwinfs

@Ondřej-Šutera

Hi Ondrej, any news regarding an update of the location picker? Please see in particular my post from the 8th of November 2023 in this thread for some suggestions.

It would be very much appreciated, if the process of selecting a different location can be made more efficient: At the moment, due to the UI that was introduced mid 2023, I need three steps to change location where before it required only one single tap on the map.

Thank you for your feedback.

Suty

@Ftjwinfs It is still no planned right now. We are testing a new release and there is no adjustment of this.

Ftjwinfs

@Ondřej-Šutera

Is it completely off the table or probably in the backlog?

Suty

@Ftjwinfs It is off the table for upcoming months, but I don't want to say never, since you never know.