Isolines of pressure toggle frequently turned off
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I basically always want isolines of pressure on. It seems to toggle off a lot on iphone.
I presume this is with app updates. I think I need to login again for these too which stops some automatic notifications. Both are irritating but I'd really like isolines to be persistent.
After years of using this app I just installed the similarly named app to avoid this but it just doesn't have the data I want. Please honor the setting
Edit: I'm trying to add this comment but it's repeatedly blocked as spam:
Actually, now that I think of it, the radiosondes toggle reverts to off a bit too. Maybe around the same time?
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@Bodey-Baker May I ask which layer do you use as a default one?
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@Suty Good question. It's wind now but that's the application default. I recall setting it to satellite once and I can't think of why I would have set it back to wind. I usually want to quick toggle that layer
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@Bodey-Baker Oh, the isobars are a persistent toggle shared with some layers and for other layers it always seems to toggle off.
What's the rationale there? Sometimes understanding is enough to lower the frustration. I'd imagine though, a common use case is comparing layers and the different behaviour gets in the way.
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@Bodey-Baker We automatically turn isolines off in satellite and radar layer, since we would compare forecast with observed data, and that can be confusing.
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@Suty I'm really confused. All of that is data that can be measured. Nothing seems to be indicating on the map or legend that one is measured and one is forecast. I'd just assumed that any layer showing forecast data showed measured data after the fact. And that assumption, I think shows this difference isn't surfaced well and that your teams idea of isolating it as a cognitive concept distinct for each layer is a bit flawed.
I doubt this is or would be on your roadmap, but if I wanted to use windy to do a forecast for a back country area before a trip, and then without taking screenshots, come back after my trip to compare the forecast with the actual, then how would that look? Obviously cluttered, but it would make have to make these things clear and a design sprint on the thought experiment, even if you never built it, could hopefully result some indicators that empower the user to parse your data instead of just presuming how they should use it.
It's odd, but I often look at clouds and wonder why they are there. Knowing the pressure, temperature and wind can all help make a hypothesis. It sucks having parts of that information disappear as I toggle layers and the root cause being because someone decided people shouldn't use the product that way. I already went looking for another product and would happily jump if I could find one
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The above was me not having self control. I came here to say:
I just had to login after an update on an iPhone and all isobar persistence was lost. My settings pane looks like things have persisted though. Can you please persist the isobar setting the same way even if you disagree about it being persistent for all layers?
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@Bodey-Baker Unfortunately, it was already discussed by the team and decided to keep this setup as it is now. I am sorry about that.