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    Posted: 12 Nov 2019 at 12:16pm
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Went on for a look at the weekend and discovered it has all changed and  has different graphics . What do you all think?
Weekend looks good out east !!!!Thumbs Up

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Had a look a while back.. got a email about it.
 Apparently .. the most important bit is the data bases used have also changed....Wink
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Originally posted by the demon the demon wrote:

Weekend looks good out east !!!!Thumbs Up


SwellMap/Windy agree! Smile
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Although hard to believe looking out my window!
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Not a fan,
Prefer old layout.
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I love it! What does it look like?
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Not bad,click on area and up pops forecast,havent done a full explority though
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Yep not bad as far as user friendly goes..
 But a couple reality checks on home grounds
 Waikato river bar... for boating.
 And not the 1st time done this.. checked it a couple weeks back on new site...

Although hard to believe looking out my window!

1/ doesnt take into account tide dependent Thumbs Down
2/What is out the window now is not "medium" it is uncrossableThumbs Down..low tide.
3/The swell height is on there low side Thumbs Down and that not even taking into account for chop on top of that

4/ Wind is in WNW turning west and increasing to over 12knt + (thats sea caps) over next few hrs. And bar still rated at medium Thumbs Down

I did not expect to have to write something anywhere as negative as that...
thats scary big time in more ways than 1.

There "medium" is a uncrossable.

Next window to cross will be thurs/ Frid  NEXT WEEK.




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I reckon its crap.  No doubt they have an IT team who needed a "Project", plus the budget, so this is it.

Fine.  Now the forecast has a bland cscreen with pictures of red boats, orange boats or green boats.  Lovely.  I just love looking at pictures of red, orange or green boats.  Not proper boats, mind you, but some simple cartoon.

Oh well, the info I need is hidden in there somewhere I'm sure, i just need to waste a few more hours figuring out how to find it.  But why?  Oh, I remember: an IT team who need a "Project" and have the budget.  I live with this bollocks at work.  
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Originally posted by smudge smudge wrote:

I love it! What does it look like?


Like something a very big dog left on your lawn 🥔😕

Honestly, it's either really crap or I'm getting too old for new stuff....I'm erring on the side of crap for now😁
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Agree with others. Poorly executed changes. Swell map is far superior.
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Originally posted by brmbrm brmbrm wrote:

I reckon its crap.  No doubt they have an IT team who needed a "Project", plus the budget, so this is it.

Fine.  Now the forecast has a bland cscreen with pictures of red boats, orange boats or green boats.  Lovely.  I just love looking at pictures of red, orange or green boats.  Not proper boats, mind you, but some simple cartoon.

Oh well, the info I need is hidden in there somewhere I'm sure, i just need to waste a few more hours figuring out how to find it.  But why?  Oh, I remember: an IT team who need a "Project" and have the budget.  I live with this bollocks at work.  

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Spent more time discovering.

What has been removed was large maps containing all the info I required to make an assessment on wether I would dig further to review.

There is a lot of info, but it's problem is it is multilayered to seek the info.

Previous was fast to access on first page over a large area , the north island as an example.

I could then choose to go down in the layers I required.

Best thing so far, f all ads.
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It would appear I was too quick to judge the new Metservice website.
My comment description of “poorly executed” is taken back.
The more appropriate comment is “what a piece of 💩.
I thought if you select a coloured boat this would direct you to conditions with values?
Maybe it does but I lost patience with it.
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Hmmm, maybe I just haven't got used to the new visual display and I'm too used to the old one, I seemed to understand the old one more intuitively.....so yeah not really that excited about it.... 
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I reckon its designed purely for smart phones.  I go there on PC/laptop.  Not good.
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Dont like it, I use windy.com. I find it more accurate and you can see whats happening.

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