Switching between weather models now takes 3 clicks
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@idefix37 "clearly displayed" - That's not the wording I would use.
Do you remember where this information was before? Right in the bar.
The entire modal now hides the weather forecast for the next X hours, so you have to change the model, remember when it was updated, close it, remember what the forecast was, and repeat the whole process for all relevant models in the area.
You could say that you could use model comparison, but nope, another UX fail. With the hourly forecast, for which I pay premium, you can't see the forecast for the next hours and the time the model was updated at the same time. The constant horizontal scroll to get this information is similarly unfortunate. In this case, it would be enough to put sticked to the right "model-desc flex-row svelte-5z0hfd" and sticked to the left "legend-wrapper svelte-5z0hfd" element. Not that hard.
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@Václav-Ráš
The full information about model updates is still available by clicking the small circled i in bottom right corner. This has not been changed. -
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iin the bottom right corner on the default forecast page for a location. - This thread is about this very problem - that information that used to be immediately visible now has to be searched for, and that switching models takes three clicks instead of one.
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@idefix37 There is a special bowl in hell for UI designers using light grey font over white background, example of that is on your screenshot. (By the way why you didn't underline it with light yellow?). Your UI designer should be fired one more time.
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@Koss5
You know that I’m just a Windy user ! I have no UI designer. -
@Koss5 @Václav-Ráš @Ftjwinfs We already have an adjustment for this model switcher and I think we found really solid alternative and compromise solution for this tool.
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@Suty hi, when we can expect planned improvement for model switcher to be live?
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@zlatokoza Hopefully today. I have reported some issues in our test version to colleagues, but it is still planned to release our 47.1 today.
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Can only agree with everything said in this thread. Usability has been going downhill steadily for quite a long while, unfortunately...
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Hi @Suty, I see new changes now. It is one step forward imo but still few steps back from the original switcher.
Where we can now easily see when the model was updated last time?
And if it would be possible ti pin the model list such it does not hide after few seconds it would be really good step forward.Thanks.
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@zlatokoza Thank you for the feedback. I will note both suggestions.
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@Suty Thank you for noticing this. The latest update info is important that now in this latest iteration of the model switcher is not shown anymore.
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@Suty I see that "solid" solution now, however I would call it "floaty", because forecast now float over switcher up and down.
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I just checked for the latest version of browser app 47.1.1.
What is fixed: The selected model is not automatically changed anymore when switching e.g. to wind mode. That's good.
The interface for model selection, that was introduced now, is not a good solution at all. Now, when intending to switch the model, a new "footer-bar" pops up, eating up valuable vertical screen size. At the same time, the standard footer-bar as well as the new footer (select model) are used only by half. The rest is simply empty horizontal space (see screenshot).
It would easily be possible, to add the different models to the standard footer bar. No screen space wasted anymore.
Surprise, this is as it was before (which was very good).The browser app is used on devices that usually have a horizontal screen. For phones there are apps. So why waste vertical space while not using unused horizontal space?
Please, dare go back to how it was before introducing the popup menu. There is no shame in going back to something that was good before. Try to accept, that not everything needs to be changed every few months just to change something and make things "better"...
Also, the new footer-bar that allows to select models closes automatically after a few seconds. This is a no go. Let the user decide when he is done comparing models and don't assume, that the user does not need this anymore. Please, seriously.
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@Ftjwinfs
Can you imagine that not all users have a large screen?
The UI must also be suitable to the screen size of laptop, and even worse, tablets.
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@idefix37 I am on a laptop...
On tablets you can use the dedicated mobile app.
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@Ftjwinfs
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I disliked the popup - it blocked the panel, blocked some of the layer I was looking at, and I had to click it closed...so I like the fact that they made this change so quickly.
I like your note about the empty space on the right side of the main footer - is it possible to tuck all the models there somehow? Just have them there, automatically display or not depending on your location on the map. That way no one has to click anything expect the model they want to look at. I'm curious what the limitation is around implementing that - seems like the ideal solution.
If they can't do that, maybe they can decrease the padding a bit around the new bar - there is definitely some empty space there - maybe Windy can tidy that up a bit? Save some space?I do agree with the timing - maybe increase the timer too. I like that it closes automatically - so I don't have to click again....but I don't like that it closes so quickly.
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You asked "is it possible to tuck all the models there somehow?"
Of course that is possible ;)
See below a screenshot from July this year ;)
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@Ftjwinfs This is not a proper example, since when you check the central Europe, we offer much more models there. The eastern part of Austria offers 9 models now.
Also, we wanted to offer this popup menu with upcoming intentions, that can be understood in the future.
