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    • BertBrilB Offline
      BertBril @Koss5 | Premium
      last edited by BertBril

      @Koss5 "Windy should fire ..." This is a bit harsh, but I can see a general issue here: It looks like the UI designers are operating the code as if it is visiting a toy shop: "Oh I like this one", "No look at this, even better".

      You can do that in early stages of development, but people are now using the product at a large scale. You cannot just change the UX every few days, or move functionality around all the time - it pisses people off. Look at Debian: One big update every 2 years. In between, mostly bug fixes, polishing, etc.

      Of course you can still do stuff. But you've got to be a bit more cautious. This was one of those 'not so well thought out' things. It has a serious impact on UX. It may look slick, but it's all about how it's actually used.

      More CO2 is better (for nature, for the planet, for us). Its effect on the climate is negligeable, and what if it weren't? Nature would still love that! So stop making propaganda for Big Capital.

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        Ftjwinfs @BertBril | Premium
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        @BertBril Very well said.

        @Windy Team: Please keep user interaction with core functionality as is. To be more precise, revert some of the negative things, that were introduced during the last weeks (see above).

        Thank you.

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        • SutyS Offline
          Suty Windy Staff @Ftjwinfs
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          @Ftjwinfs RIght now, there are no changes planned for this mode switcher. I am sorry about it.

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            Ftjwinfs @Suty | Premium
            last edited by Ftjwinfs

            @Suty Thank you.

            Really, really sad, that the developers apparently cannot unterstand our constructive feedback.

            Would it be possible that you share what the reasons were to implement (and keep) the current approach?

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              Suty Windy Staff @Ftjwinfs
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              @Ftjwinfs I will do my best. To be sure, do you mean that change of model switcher, when the detail is open, correct?

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                Ftjwinfs @Suty | Premium
                last edited by Ftjwinfs

                @Suty Exactly, I mean this whole issue of the new approach to change the weather model.

                • Before: One click to change the model.
                • Intermediate approach: A menu that open on click to then select the model.
                • Now: A new horizontal bar with full length across the screen which shows available models. This task-bar automatically closes after a number of seconds.

                I assume, that some developer really, really loves his new horizontal bar...

                Please, at least deactivate the "feature", that the bar automatically vanishes/closes after a certain number of seconds. It seriously drives me crazy, when apps think they know better than myself what I want. If I open the bar to see different models I DO NOT want it to vanish after a number of seconds. I want it to stay open, until I BY MYSELF decide to close it.

                Thank you.

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                  zlatokoza @Ftjwinfs | Premium
                  last edited by

                  @Ftjwinfs said in Switching between weather models now takes 3 clicks:

                  Would it be possible that you share what the reasons were to implement (and keep) the current approach?

                  some AI agent suggested so..

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                    Ftjwinfs @zlatokoza | Premium
                    last edited by

                    @zlatokoza

                    ;)

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                      Ftjwinfs @Ftjwinfs | Premium
                      last edited by

                      said in Switching between weather models now takes 3 clicks:

                      @Suty Exactly, I mean this whole issue of the new approach to change the weather model.

                      • Before: One click to change the model.
                      • Intermediate approach: A menu that open on click to then select the model.
                      • Now: A new horizontal bar with full length across the screen which shows available models. This task-bar automatically closes after a number of seconds.

                      I assume, that some developer really, really loves his new horizontal bar...

                      Please, at least deactivate the "feature", that the bar automatically vanishes/closes after a certain number of seconds. It seriously drives me crazy, when apps think they know better than myself what I want. If I open the bar to see different models I DO NOT want it to vanish after a number of seconds. I want it to stay open, until I BY MYSELF decide to close it.

                      Thank you.

                      @Suty since the selection bar for the weather models still automatically vanishes, every word from my cited post above is still valid.

                      Any news on this?

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                      • Z Offline
                        zlatokoza | Premium
                        last edited by

                        It is so sad this can't be natively implemented. And such a simple request with so many interested users and 11k views on the topic.

                        I have made myself a tempermoneky script to solve this for myself. It may got broken from release to release but at least makes the windy usable.

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                        • idefix37I Offline
                          idefix37 Sailor Moderator @zlatokoza
                          last edited by idefix37

                          @zlatokoza

                          You can switch between the models
                          For me the windows of model list on iPad stay open.

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                            zlatokoza @idefix37 | Premium
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                            @idefix37 Switching was always possible, this topic was never about switching not working. It was about convenience.

                            As you showed model switcher work, and it always worked. Only thing before was that you can select location and switch model just with one click and see detailed forecasts at a location.

                            I am not sure why you say it stays opened.

                            For me this is not the case. Tested in chrome, it vanishes after few seconds when not focused with the mouse pointer. Unless there is some other way to pin it...

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                            • idefix37I Offline
                              idefix37 Sailor Moderator @zlatokoza
                              last edited by idefix37

                              @zlatokoza
                              I have checked with Chrome and Safari on desktop.
                              Yes, with these browsers the windows of the model list do vanish.
                              But not on my iPad with Safari.

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                              • idefix37I Offline
                                idefix37 Sailor Moderator
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                                @suty
                                How is it possible to explain this differences ?
                                What is the normal behavior of these windows ?

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                                • SutyS Offline
                                  Suty Windy Staff @idefix37
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                                  @idefix37 If we talk about the model selection on the desktop, in the forecast detail, this is correct that it is automatically closed, but the mobile interface does this as well.

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                                    idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Suty
                                    last edited by idefix37

                                    @Suty
                                    I had checked and I double-checked these windows for model selection on my iPad (15.8.5).

                                    With the mobile app:
                                    The pinned list of models stays open, but not on iPhone.
                                    The list of models below the detailed forecast panel closes automatically.

                                    With the browser version
                                    The list of models that you can open at bottom right corner of screen stay open.
                                    The list of models below the detailed forecast panel stay open

                                    @zlatokoza
                                    So I have deleted my previous post

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                                      Ftjwinfs @idefix37 | Premium
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                                      @idefix37 said in Switching between weather models now takes 3 clicks:

                                      With the browser version
                                      The list of models that you can open at bottom right corner of screen stay open.
                                      The list of models below the detailed forecast panel stay open

                                      Really? That is interesting. For me the list of models closes after a few seconds (Windy in Browser).

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                                      • idefix37I Offline
                                        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Ftjwinfs
                                        last edited by idefix37

                                        @Ftjwinfs
                                        You are right. Now the list of models below the detailed forecast panel stay open only few seconds.

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                                          Ftjwinfs @idefix37 | Premium
                                          last edited by

                                          @idefix37 Ok.

                                          I find this really, really annoying. What do you think about this?

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                                          • idefix37I Offline
                                            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Ftjwinfs
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                                            @Ftjwinfs
                                            I would much prefer it to stay 3 seconds longer.

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