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Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

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Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#11

Post by JeremyChase »

thorax wrote: post #7

I was skeptical when I clicked the link. Neat, though. I like it well enough. Comments: * It incorrectly thought I was 1200 miles away from where I am. Probably due to another ISP recently acquiring my local ISP and GeoIP databases getting confused now. It doesn't seem like anything I do can trump the GeoIP when I visit the site-- it always sends me back to the wrong state. * I like the look and the local comments, I…

I'm using the free maxmind database that is updated monthly, so it isn't a huge surprise that it got out of date.

You are right; you should be able to set your location.

The 'updated 1 minute ago' thing is also a problem because you can't do any caching of data that renders a date like that. I have thought about changing this for that reason, but yours is a good point.

Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#12

Post by JeremyChase »

csomar wrote: post #10

ok i'm in sfax and it showed up Tunis weather. any way, it's simple and good, but i don't think i'll use a site to get the weather, i have it in my windows side bar, so why trouble with the website; I don't find comments really important. What i want to tell you, you have thought about the need and that's good, but how to provide the solution for the need and the way to provide it, is the most important

I find that I prefer to look at the weather using my dock widget, and I wrote this site. So I hear you. :)

Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#13

Post by garcara »

I would suggest the icons on the left side of the weather (I didn't even see them the first 2 times I looked and I felt they were missing). I don't mind the vertical presentation but I would suggest you do something to distinguish the days such as different background colors. Right now they kinda blend into each other in my opinion. A simple fix to put the weather as the highlight of the page would be to put it where the comments are. Most people read left to right.

Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#14

Post by sfphotoarts »

I love it!! Its got a great sense of style and does one thing really well. I wouldn't have bothered with comments personally because I live in SF where we have no weather to speak of. Sometimes it's chilly, sometimes its a little warm, but that's about the only extremes we have and I see no reason to UGC it. The location detection was spot on for my desktop (much better than Wolfram Alpha that thinks I am in San Jose - as if!!!)

It didn't work on the blackberry, the ip address could not be resolved to a place (for very good reasons outside of your control)

If I were the designer (you!) I'd loose the comments and make the actual weather info more prominent and maybe more data if you have it. For me, its about weather not what people say about the weather.

Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#15

Post by aroon »

Have you considered using Facebook connect to make the page more relevant? Local comments can be fun to read once in a while but if a friend has left a comment I definitely want to see it. Just make people log into facebook to leave a comment. You can also tell me what other friends have "been interested in" the weather at the location I'm looking at.

It also gives you a clear method of expansion (ie. into facebook through mini-feed stories and stuff).

I like the page. It's very simple and to the point.

Love the page. It's very simple and nice.

Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#16

Post by sachinag »

JeremyChase wrote: post #4
asimjalis wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why doesn't HN enable links in stories?

from the HN FAQ: How do I make a link in a question? You can't. (This is to prevent people from using this method as a way of submitting a link, but with their comments in a privileged position at the top of the page. If you want to submit a link with comments, just submit it, then add a regular comment.)

FFS people, submit your Please Review as a link, then immediately copy/paste your description as a comment.

Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#17

Post by there »

aroon wrote: post #15

Have you considered using Facebook connect to make the page more relevant? Local comments can be fun to read once in a while but if a friend has left a comment I definitely want to see it. Just make people log into facebook to leave a comment. You can also tell me what other friends have "been interested in" the weather at the location I'm looking at. It also gives you a clear method of expansion (ie. into facebook t…

so do you like it or love it?

Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#18

Post by soundsop »

Bookmarked!

You may want to add a small "change city" link at the bottom of the city name that's in a huge font. That's the first place that I looked.

Also, I like the font sizing, but I think the emphasis is backwards. The weather should be in the bigger font and the city in the smaller font.

Re: Ask HN: Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info

#19

Post by m_eiman »

sachinag wrote: post #16
JeremyChase wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

from the HN FAQ: How do I make a link in a question? You can't. (This is to prevent people from using this method as a way of submitting a link, but with their comments in a privileged position at the top of the page. If you want to submit a link with comments, just submit it, then add a regular comment.)

FFS people, submit your Please Review as a link, then immediately copy/paste your description as a comment.

I find it convenient to have the description always on top like this. If it's a comment it'll probably end up some way down the comment list and it might not be obvious what it is.
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