Any way we can just go back to the old UI/UX? The new picker is very laborious, and the fact that the wind speed and direction now displays in the top left of the screen really interrupts the workflow on the app, and makes my daily usage go by with much less efficiency. The direction and speed should be right at the picker like before. Changing the wind model is now buried in a menu.. this new update is very disappointing. I really hope you all can fix this. I cared enough to track down this forum to post in, I hope you all care enough to listen to your users.

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Longtime windy pro user very disappointed
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RE: Totally disappointed by recent update (picker, layer list)
I've been a premium user for a while, and I have put a lot of my friends onto the Windy app. The new update, as said above, is a catastrophic change to the UI/UX. The picker, the switching between wind models (now takes longer to navigate a huge menu), and the rest of the complaints here. If it helps Windy, I'll make my own thread to air my complaints. This update is 15 steps back, and Windy went from being the best weather app available to very mid-grade. Just give me a legacy version, this new update is much more laborious to use.
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RE: New version is terrible
@Siyeza It's incredible that they thought this was a good change. Having to scroll all around on the map, and look at not only the bottom of the screen to see what day/time you're on; but also having to watch the top left to see wind speed! It's wild.. it makes the process of wind forecasting extremely clunky. It was excellent before.
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Older version UI better than update
Hey Windy team! Long time premium member, and I've gotten many of my friends to use Windy as well.
The old style "picker" and wind prediction interface is MUCH better. The current version for iPhone leaves a lot to be desired, it stripped away one of the greatest parts of windy for me- being able to quickly scroll through a model forecast and watch wind direction and predicted speed. Now, I have to monitor the top left as well, which takes A LOT away from the efficiency of using the app for my weather monitoring.
I also find the new version is more laborious to go through to choose different models etc.
I hope in your next release you can include a "legacy version" toggle or something, the old version was perfect. This new version really takes away from what made Windy so special.
Please realize this comes from a good place, as I want to keep paying for the app as long as myself and all the others are heard, and our grievances are acted upon.
I cared enough to find this outlet and type this out, please do your part to see what it would take to give us an option to revert back to the old UX.
As a leader of a tech company myself, my feedback from users is very important. I hope that rings true for Windy as well.
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RE: New version is terrible
@Siyeza It's incredible that they thought this was a good change. Having to scroll all around on the map, and look at not only the bottom of the screen to see what day/time you're on; but also having to watch the top left to see wind speed! It's wild.. it makes the process of wind forecasting extremely clunky. It was excellent before.
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Older version UI better than update
Hey Windy team! Long time premium member, and I've gotten many of my friends to use Windy as well.
The old style "picker" and wind prediction interface is MUCH better. The current version for iPhone leaves a lot to be desired, it stripped away one of the greatest parts of windy for me- being able to quickly scroll through a model forecast and watch wind direction and predicted speed. Now, I have to monitor the top left as well, which takes A LOT away from the efficiency of using the app for my weather monitoring.
I also find the new version is more laborious to go through to choose different models etc.
I hope in your next release you can include a "legacy version" toggle or something, the old version was perfect. This new version really takes away from what made Windy so special.
Please realize this comes from a good place, as I want to keep paying for the app as long as myself and all the others are heard, and our grievances are acted upon.
I cared enough to find this outlet and type this out, please do your part to see what it would take to give us an option to revert back to the old UX.
As a leader of a tech company myself, my feedback from users is very important. I hope that rings true for Windy as well.
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Longtime windy pro user very disappointed
Any way we can just go back to the old UI/UX? The new picker is very laborious, and the fact that the wind speed and direction now displays in the top left of the screen really interrupts the workflow on the app, and makes my daily usage go by with much less efficiency. The direction and speed should be right at the picker like before. Changing the wind model is now buried in a menu.. this new update is very disappointing. I really hope you all can fix this. I cared enough to track down this forum to post in, I hope you all care enough to listen to your users.
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RE: Totally disappointed by recent update (picker, layer list)
I've been a premium user for a while, and I have put a lot of my friends onto the Windy app. The new update, as said above, is a catastrophic change to the UI/UX. The picker, the switching between wind models (now takes longer to navigate a huge menu), and the rest of the complaints here. If it helps Windy, I'll make my own thread to air my complaints. This update is 15 steps back, and Windy went from being the best weather app available to very mid-grade. Just give me a legacy version, this new update is much more laborious to use.