Switching between weather models now takes 3 clicks
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With the updated version of Windy it now takes clicking three times (once on the model name on the bottom bar, again to select the model you want and a third time to close that popup box or click away into the main Windy screen to get back to seeing the information).
I regularly switch between weather models to compare forecasts and try to make accurate predictions for where to send resources. I have multiple tabs of Windy open at a time (10-40 tabs) and use them to analyze weather in different cities during a planning meeting. Having to click around multiple times to switch between weather models makes our meetings run much less efficiently and could cause us to make less accurate predictions due to increased time needed to swap between data sets.
Please change the new bottom bar to either include all of the weather models to allow single clicking between them or add hotkeys to swap between weather models. The new system causes a lot of friction and may force me to look for alternatives for weather prediction.
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@acummings Hello, thank you for your report. I already note this and will discuss it with colleagues.
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Another vote for returning this function to its prior behavior. On desktop this change serves no purpose and only generates frustration.
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@acummings I too like to switch between models without bringing up the whole compare window, and the selector blocks a large part of the Meteogram. Not a fan of this new selector.
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@Suty said in Switching between weather models now takes 3 clicks:
about 21 hours ago
@acummings Hello, thank you for your report. I already note this and will discuss it with colleagues.
Definitely would like to see this return back to how it was previously please!
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Please return to what it was, remove the annoying red bottom bar and allow easy access of models!
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Me too, the main reason to use Windy is the UI and in particular the ease of comparing models. These, along with plugin compatibility, seem to have taken a step backwards ;-(
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Please make model switch easy again, just revert it how it was. it is really frustrating clicking so many times.
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I have found that every change in UI during last two years is change to worse. Windy should fire UI designers, and make a warning to test team. Just return old version, there is nothing to discuss.
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Have you secretly read my mind?
I full agree with your complaints.
Windy is an app that should be meant to transport a lot of information as efficient as possible. With efficient I mean, the user experience needs to be such that the user needs as little as possible interaction to change the visualized data, location, etc.
Two years ago they decided that now the location is selected by moving the map. One of the worst decisions ever for Windy. Before is was an intuitive tap with one finger.
Then they decided that instead of a clear list of data-options, some random colorful thumbnails are "better" for the user to select data. Back then there was a huge outcry here in the forum to go back to the previous solution (plain list). They seemed to simply ignore that.
And right now, they decided to change model selection to a menu, that requires three clicks to achieve exactly the same what was possible before with one click.
At the same time, when changing to wind-mode, the data on the map changes automatically from the model I selected before to ECMWF.
In german we say, it is a "Trauerspiel", when you watch how someone deliberately ruins a formerly nice thing.
It is a huge miracle to me, what the UX-designers at Windy think. As someone, who uses Windy as a paying user since now about five years (sailing), I fundamentally can not understand why they do these things. I would fire the UX-designers as well, I guess...;)
But seriously, lets hope that one day they come to reason.
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I agree. The pop up box is not a step forward. Hides the bottom dispaly area for the location forecast.
It's attractive, but a pain. I prefer function over form! -
In addition to this pop up getting in the way of seeing the one hour forecast and the map, I am experiencing repeated situations where the pop up window stays up and unresponsive to any clicks. Other times it will not change models but at least the window will close. Reloading the page does nothing. This is happening equally with Firefox, duckduckgo and chrome on a Windows 10 machine. Another problem is every time I look to see different models it changes the map position and zoom to the start up location forcing even more wasted time. The direct comparisons the old interface afforded are the things that attracted me to be a premium user.
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I can only support the criticism of the other commenters:
Usability has deteriorated by the new weather model selector and a number of new deficiencies been introduced- selector can often not be closed when ECMWF is active
- selections are sometimes not effective (although this bug may predate the current implementation
- re-centering the display with new selection is a nuisance
- when selecting ICON-D2 erratic time jumps occur - first forward then backward
which means that when toggling between ICON-D2 and other models the time steps back continuously
It seems this UI re-design was neither planned nor executed/QC'ed carefully.
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Please fix this silly mistake.
It's making Windy unpleasant to use. -
I can only support the previous posts. Please bring the old version back or something equivalent.
best regards
Peter -
Totally agree with above comments re change to the toolbar at the bottom of the viewing window...."if it ain't broke, don't fix it!".
Is there a reason for the change to the structure of the UI?????
I have posted a suggestion in the past that may resolve this issue for PC users ---- provide some "keyboard short-cut keys" allowing accessing to and changing of NWP models in addition to the current method of mouse clicking. The Windy Team have made available short-cut keys for some other functions.
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I am not sure if devs, or decision makers at windy really understand what they did here? This is so frustrating, I am seeing my use cases as unusable now, up to the point I am thinking to cancel my premium sub.
Please, please revert to old model switch!
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I made an account just to complain about this new "feature." It's terrible! Please switch it back
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Another vote - please bring it back. It looks like the entire component was designed by AI without a human UI/UX. Another UX problem is that now it is not immediately clear when the model was last updated -> how relevant it is...
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@Václav-Ráš said in Switching between weather models now takes 3 clicks:
Another UX problem is that now it is not immediately clear when the model was last updated -> how relevant it is...
Yet it is clearly displayed, no?
