New version is terrible
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An option would be to keep the version one likes, avoiding upgrades as long as possible...
Personally, I've welcomed each major upgrade to Windy, including the recent Version 39. As long as I've used Windy, I've had to adapt my habitual scrolls and taps, and get used to some display changes, but each upgrade has added so much to my weather information, and especially its presentation!
Would I really prefer not to have the Hurricane Tracker?
I don't regret being able to see tide state & wind & time all changing before my eyes.
Even at points when i think it's not exactly as I want it, Windy amazes me out of complaints.Remember when software programs cost scores or hundreds of dollars?
Not long ago, all of this was completely and utterly impossible. Enjoy it. -
I agree on almost everything what you say.
In one aspect I absolutely do not agree: It makes no sense at all, that a development team decides to introduce some new, fancy user-interaction concepts, and doing so without feedback from the users what would make their life easier.
An example: The drastic change in the process, how to select the location where you want to see the weather. At the moment it is not efficient at all, it simply awkward. The old version was brilliant.
For the version v39, a dev-team has decided that it exactly knows what is better for the users (there are several comments from the team here, that show exactly this attitude), where actually the users rush in every day and utterly complain about the broken new version.
The dev-team think, that the new version is better for touch screen, while IT IS NOT. I've used Windy for years also on much smaller screens and phones with bad resolution, no problem.Instead of making things better, the whole process is broken and (on a certain professional level) simply unusable. Thats why I downgraded to the former, better version and can only hope, that at some point the Windy team comes to reason.
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Before the new version, in the iOS app on iPhone but not on iPad, to select a location you had to touch the screen anywhere. The picker appeared in the top third of the screen as a flag in a fixed position and it was necessary to move the map under the picker to get the parameter value on the location.
I had heard from someone of the Windy team, that a fixed position of the picker was better because a big fingertip is not able to select precisely a location on a small screen. And by this way it was possible to hold your phone in one hand and to touch and scroll the map and timeline with only the thumb ! Try it, it works.
But I would like to know how many users do it like that. In any case this is not possible with a tablet which now use the same app as the phone. -
The new version is a cluster of errors. If it isn't broken dont fix it .
Please revert to the last version. I love to use windy for my school and teaching but it is detracting from the great info with all the bugs, drop outs and simple un friendliness that it has become since the last update.
I beg you to revert and uphold the high standards you have been known for in the past. -
After downloading, install the older version following the standard installation procedure. To prevent automatic updates to the newer version, disable automatic updates within the software settings.
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@Pgt You get get old versions e.g. at apkmirror
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Same same , really regret paying that money now, feel like I've just been ripped off. Works well on my android but terrible on my iPad, had no problems before and so many features that make no sense , bring back old version and I'll be happy ier or give me back my money
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I completely agree with the other sailors.
You made a very good version worse.
If you want to play around and upgrade, then please don't move buttons to new places...
... but please find a solution in which you can download a defined region over a 3 or 5 day preview. That would be very helpful for trip planning. Thanks -
Several online platforms offer similar wind pattern visualization features as the older Windy version. Exploring these alternatives might provide a temporary solution until Windy hopefully reintroduces the desired features.
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@Ocean-Skipper said in New version is terrible:
... but please find a solution in which you can download a defined region over a 3 or 5 day preview. That would be very helpful for trip planning. Thanks
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@Caefix this version to mark a point with dot and line is not available anymore ... very sadly.
I upgraded my chrome, my windy and also loaded firefox as a browser.
Your option in the menue with video does not show up. -
@Ocean-Skipper
❤ Something works, at least on desktop: https://i.windy.com/a/548xr/5mo7xh.mp4
But I miss the option "Save at home only" and can´t delete it from windy page. :/
Maybe You need a 3rd party screen-recorder? -
@Caefix No thanks ... what else do I need just to use a wheather forecast ... in this case I also can use Predictwind which gives a lot more options.
Windy was perfect like it was and I can't understand for what reason it-cracks are allowed to test their knowledge in a program that can save lifes.
Please let them play on another playground ... not on this adults one 😰 -
@Siyeza It's incredible that they thought this was a good change. Having to scroll all around on the map, and look at not only the bottom of the screen to see what day/time you're on; but also having to watch the top left to see wind speed! It's wild.. it makes the process of wind forecasting extremely clunky. It was excellent before.
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@BonniTyrai
In Settings keep the picker “always on”
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HATE IT!! You could see wind and gusts in the same icon menu, before. Wind is only 1/3 of the true forecast, without gusts, worthless. Wave and wave hight are good if you are in-shore, offshore swell is key - can't see that anymore in the same menu. Pretty sure the developers there don't understand boating.
Was the #1 app for planning trips from Great Lakes to Bahamas - looking for something else... -
I can no longer easily find windspeed for a spot and then see how it is going to change over the day - the reason I use Windy. Why did you break a good app.
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@Ftjwinfs I didn't update Windy app from v.37, which worked flawlessly for me. But in April they disabled all forecast and maps in v.37. I believe they will also disable v.38 at some point, unfortunately. So now I am looking for a replacement for Windy application.
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@Pilot2121 Totally agree! What were they thinking of? The buttons for wind and wind gusts are separated so it is not possible to toggle between them. This new version must be for city people.
