Looks great on mobile in portrait mode. Bonus points for the audio.
The Weather Channel – RetroCast
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Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#12Well done. Added to my home screen. Imagine a daily smooth jazz weather report will soothe the soul nicely.
Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#13This appears to be a fairly low effort simulation of a WeatherStar 4000, but it's been done much better by someone else here: https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/ Also for those of us like me who grew up with a cable provider that still ran the old WeatherStar III, there's this one: https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/
The one you posted works only for americans
Because, IIRC (it has been a while since I’ve looked at the code) it grabs weather from the US National Weather Service… which is also a primary source of data for the original WeatherStar.
It’s useful for this purpose because all of the data is in the same format as the original down to the different forecast types and phrasing used
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#14This appears to be a fairly low effort simulation of a WeatherStar 4000, but it's been done much better by someone else here: https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/ Also for those of us like me who grew up with a cable provider that still ran the old WeatherStar III, there's this one: https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/
that one doesn't put my laptop to aspirate and it;s fast
Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#15why do i love this so much? nostalgia hitting hard these days.
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#16I love how it's built. How they did the blurring and filter stacking. I assumed the whole thing was being streamed in as video.
Good job Weather Channel dev. I just wish it would loop forever. Make a loop checkbox at the start screen.
Also the music slaps.
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#17Now we just need gen AI weatherwoman with a really really bad bluescreen and have her show the 3d map rotating around randomly toward cities.
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#18This appears to be a fairly low effort simulation of a WeatherStar 4000, but it's been done much better by someone else here: https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/ Also for those of us like me who grew up with a cable provider that still ran the old WeatherStar III, there's this one: https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/
This may be an age or geography thing, but Weather.com/Retro looks a lot more like the weather channels I remember than either of your two links.
I don't think they were trying to recreate the thing you were expecting, but it seems a little harsh to call it low effort. It's neat! A fun little nod to their history.
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#19So good. That music had me relaxing for 5' straight.
Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#20This appears to be a fairly low effort simulation of a WeatherStar 4000, but it's been done much better by someone else here: https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/ Also for those of us like me who grew up with a cable provider that still ran the old WeatherStar III, there's this one: https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/
The blurring/low quality effect in the weather.com version is so much convincing, it feels like watching it through a CRT tv