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Re: Flighty Airports

#91

Post by oslem »

sneak wrote: post #14
hmartin wrote: post #2

Love Flightly, one of the best apps ever. Beautiful design + incredibly useful info.

Flighty is poorly designed. It’s one of those slick apps designed to superficially look nice without actually being well-thought-out. That’s not what design is or should mean; that’s just aesthetics. Case in point: one of the most important pieces of data for a flight, its duration, is displayed in the tiniest type size on the flight info display pane, in light grey text on a slightly darker grey background. It’s bor…

I use their widgets more than the app itself. They display the most important information I need well imo.

Re: Flighty Airports

#92

Post by JCharante »

jitl wrote: post #56
exidy wrote: post #24

While I appreciate the aesthetics of this feature I actually fear it represents a loss of focus for Flighty. As a traveller, I don't need a global view of airport disruptions, I need relevant info for my flights . Given the prominent TV Mode button in the interface, this update seems to be about competing with Flightradar24, who sell business subscriptions for airports and related sectors for information displays.

it sounds like the app already does what you need it to do. developers can spend a few hours on something other than #1 most pressing core feature every now and then.

the app has so many bugs and missing features, I'm not a heavy user just like 60 flights a year but I love and hate flighty

Re: Flighty Airports

#93

Post by ZeWaka »

globular-toast wrote: post #90

Isn't this currently showing a flaw in their system? It correctly shows LaGuardia as having issues but also shows nearby airports as having issues due to severe arrival delays. But surely those delays are also due to LaGuardia? Maybe that's still useful, though? I don't know. Rarely fly.

A lot of that was due to LGA, yes. However, that doesn't stop those airports from being affected. Getting tons of traffic rerouted is inevitably going to cause delays across the whole airspace. Very useful to know.

Re: Flighty Airports

#94

Post by chinathrow »

culopatin wrote: post #69

How does an app like this make money? I made an app that I simply can’t promote because it would bankrupt me. Every person I share it with thinks it’s genius and been using it but if it ever hits critical mass without me knowing it, id be those guys with the “my cloud provider reamed me overnight” posts.

Why do you need a cloud provider? Can't a 5$ VPS do the job?

Re: Flighty Airports

#96

Post by friendzis »

nemothekid wrote: post #81
culopatin wrote: post #69

How does an app like this make money? I made an app that I simply can’t promote because it would bankrupt me. Every person I share it with thinks it’s genius and been using it but if it ever hits critical mass without me knowing it, id be those guys with the “my cloud provider reamed me overnight” posts.

I use the Flighty app pretty often, and its $60/year.

The app is mac/i os-only, though.

Re: Flighty Airports

#98

Post by friendzis »

zeroonetwothree wrote: post #76
sneak wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flighty is poorly designed. It’s one of those slick apps designed to superficially look nice without actually being well-thought-out. That’s not what design is or should mean; that’s just aesthetics. Case in point: one of the most important pieces of data for a flight, its duration, is displayed in the tiniest type size on the flight info display pane, in light grey text on a slightly darker grey background. It’s bor…

Why is duration important? Surely you already knew what it was when you booked and it's not like it changes. I can't say that I've ever wanted to double check the duration of my flight.

Knowing when I land, especially if there are any disturbances, is probably THE most important piece of information with regards to a flight. I have already planned my airport arrival, at least for the first leg, and the worst scenario is I have to stare at a screen/book for a bit longer. If the landing is delayed I might need to make amendments to the plans for the rest of the day.

Re: Flighty Airports

#99

Post by teaearlgraycold »

culopatin wrote: post #69

How does an app like this make money? I made an app that I simply can’t promote because it would bankrupt me. Every person I share it with thinks it’s genius and been using it but if it ever hits critical mass without me knowing it, id be those guys with the “my cloud provider reamed me overnight” posts.

What’s your app? Where do the costs come from?

Re: Flighty Airports

#100

Post by friendzis »

cantalopes wrote: post #97
friendzis wrote: post #95

Note: the web interface exposes minimal info, the rest is hidden in a mac-only app. Don't bother.

I mean, still better than having to go to airports' official pages

A select airport view has flight data limited to some x hours, meaning you cannot even see if a flight later in the day is still scheduled to arrive on time without consulting those official pages anyway. So quite objectively no, it's not even objectively worse, it's effectively useless.

Going back to a map view from an airport view resets the map, so exploration for fun is again borderline unusable.

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