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windfind
Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 1905
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:28 am Post subject: Tomales |
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There was a post about our Tomales sensor this morning. When I tried to answer it, the entire post disappeared. Please repost question
The old Classic IW is on its last legs. The only programmers who know that ancient code are all retired or in old folks' homes or dead.
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windsrf
Joined: 01 May 1998 Posts: 464
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately, like some of us aging WSers.... |
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radross
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 142
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Since it is "all about the ebb," before classic is gone, may we have the data for currents for certain sites (e.g., TI) made available on the windalert app? |
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windfind
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gronquist
Joined: 12 May 2000 Posts: 70
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:12 am Post subject: |
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Please DO NOT get rid of the Classic IWS format.
Thank you. |
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emcc
Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 16
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:34 am Post subject: |
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I'm with gronquist:
Please DO NOT get rid of the Classic IWS format. |
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martyrosse
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 118
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:41 am Post subject: |
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+1 |
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windfind
Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 1905
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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emcc wrote: | I'm with gronquist:
Please DO NOT get rid of the Classic IWS format. |
Hi emcc,
One of my passions has been to keep classic IW going. There is a reason you will rarely find a "classic" version of a website anywhere on web with the exception of craigslist.com.
HTML code has changed radically since the original iwindsurf was coded back in the 1990s. And as browsers continue to evolve using modern HTML some of the old code simply is not supported, so some old features disappear.
At the same time, the number of users of Classic IW is dwindling fast. Even the usage of this forum is dropping even though the number of people using our sites and apps is growing fast. Many people these days prefer to get their information using phone apps, not websites. (TempestWeather, Sailflow, TempestOne, FishWeather, WindAlert, iKitesurf, Wind&Weather, TempestLightningNetwork, etc)
So we will continue to support classic IW but the time will come when the evolving web standards will break the website beyond repair. Some of you remember we once had a separate version of IW that was partially Flash based. We are very lucky that we did not drop the old IW at that time.
Mike |
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scottm
Joined: 28 May 1998 Posts: 6
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Although I am still committed to the IWclassic website, I'm curious if a couple of the barriers for folks to adapt the new WindAlert format might be the lower contrast and smaller fonts...I'm not always wearing my reading glasses when checking the wind on my phone, and if I can't see the numbers, I'm frustrated (and go back to Classic). It's particularly vexing when I zoom and the numbers stay the same size (just like streetnames in google maps...argh).
Anyway, if there was some sort of canned "accessibility" features in the windalert preferences that you could point us to, it would be nice to try those.
I'd love to see bigger fonts, higher contrast, and could easily give up some of the fine detail in wind streamlines, etc.
And as you can probably guess, I'm REALLY happy with the wap.iwindsurf.com interface. That's my mobile device go-to site. I hope that's not based on legacy HTML too...probably is! |
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scottm
Joined: 28 May 1998 Posts: 6
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Although I am still committed to the IWclassic website, I'm curious if a couple of the barriers for folks to adapt the new WindAlert format might be the lower contrast and smaller fonts...I'm not always wearing my reading glasses when checking the wind on my phone, and if I can't see the numbers, I'm frustrated (and go back to Classic). It's particularly vexing when I zoom and the numbers stay the same size (just like streetnames in google maps...argh).
Anyway, if there was some sort of canned "accessibility" features in the windalert preferences that you could point us to, it would be nice to try those.
I'd love to see bigger fonts, higher contrast, and could easily give up some of the fine detail in wind streamlines, etc.
And as you can probably guess, I'm REALLY happy with the wap.iwindsurf.com interface. That's my mobile device go-to site. I hope that's not based on legacy HTML too...probably is! |
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