I do NOT like the new interface :-(
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I don't like it either. This is a step backwards. Firstly, making any changes should have a defined purpose rather than change for change sake. I'm wondering what the purpose was other than to force user to flounder around looking for simple things such as "Wind Gusts" and taking up more real-estate. There is much less data relatively apparent and its not intuitive. So far after some 10min I can not find wind gusts and can find how to animate it or play through the current weather forecast.
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Sure. Right now, with nothing pinned I have this:
I then pin, in this exact order: new snow, temperature, and wind gusts, and I get this:
Now, I add fire danger:
Now I add PM2.5
This is what I mean by not robust. There is no way to take favorites and sort them in a logical way, nor is there any way to pick favorites in any order.
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This is what I am looking at now on my laptop for the same pinned icons before the UI change.....
So now I have to commit to memory which combination/pattern of colors each icon represents as a forecast field.
At least do us the courtesy of making the icons more distinguishable or recognisable to the weather field it is representing.
It is a very pretty but meaningless array of icons.
I reckon this is my final rant ..... you have served me well in the past Windy, onto new pastures.
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The layer symbols on the "map" screen need to be named and grouped similar to v41. Maybe just allow us to choose the individual locations of the symbols/spheres. I don't mind the sidebar change.
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@WeatherMonk The new interface is horrible, is impossible to customize the quick menu
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See you Windy. It was great while it lasted and then you folks screwed it up. One more for the dustbin.
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@Suty The design should respect the fact that your entire user base knows the system already. If they find it less intuitive -- then it is less intuitive. There's 10 zillion layers -- who WANTS to remember what 10 zillion icons look like? You NEED labels. (and hovering over 10 labels to find the popup is not the answer.)
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@stitch Me too. It's a mess.
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@Suty Quite frankly, it isn't about "liking" the new design. It's about functionality.
When I pin cloud layers, why do they not go in order of "low, medium, high"? Why are the cloud layers not on the list next to "clouds".
This new design lacks functionality of the old version. It no longer meets my needs or my workflow so I'll be looking for alternatives to use instead.
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@idefix37 yes, I am talking about the new browser version update.
No, there is no "My favourites"
Firefox browser v. 124.0.2
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@Koss5
When the small heart is ON your favorites are displayed on the map. They don’t ?
To see and manage your list of Favorites, click on your profile picture. -
@idefix37 The small heart change the info shown on the map, but doesn't give me access to the forecast for favourites.
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@Koss5 Click the profile icon in the top right corner.
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@Koss5
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@Teddy010101 Thanks, that is the shorter path than doing it thought big red button called "Menu". However your suggestion doesn't help if I am not logged in.
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@idefix37 It's not easy to punch that smallish hearts on the map, at least with FullHD computer monitor.
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@Flachkurbler Hi, the management or the leading team hasn't changed and the new update was made by still the same team of people, Windy founder included.
We already have collected all feedbacks and consider potential changes to the new UI.
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Perhaps if there was a useable 'legend', it might help to understand what folks are looking at, but there isn't that basic tool, at least not that I could find. I have one map that I was able to put together and saved. It is the only Windy I now use.
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@dariusmil the new interface is still crap
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I more than don't like it either. Sail racers must be a small minority of users. The new interface makes windy much less usable for me.
I use windy for wind direction and velocity predictions to a good picture of what to expect while sail racing. It was reasonably easy to make a table which included 5 model predictions of wind direction, velocity, and gust for each hour on the water. Ideally after a little on the water I could decide which model best fit the day and make tactical decisions accordingly..
This interface makes my use much slower so that it makes it impractical to make a table for more than one model.
