Feedback request: alternative customizeable weather dash

[WeatheredScientist]

I've built my own weather dashboard with resizeable tiles, and some auto sizing and auto arranging. I know a lot of folks like Belchertown, but I kind of got started on this before I knew about it, and I had some specific goals, like water balance. 

Link is below, but feedback would be very welcome, esp. for those that play with the various features and run into frustration and have suggestions for improvement. I'm hopeful that there are some bits and pieces here that people find useful.

github rep coming soon, but for now, here is the main site:
https://eaglehuntweather.org

-WeatheredScientist

[Pablo Sanchez]

It looks very slick. 

• Is there multi-language support?
• With the dark theme, I find the dimmed text hard to see.
• Some small text is .. really, really small. :)
• Is there a way to change to a 24h clock? Switching to metric did not change it.
• It is very hot where you are located! Yeow! :) :) :)

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[Colin Larsen]

Nice layout - warm there though! 35.6 deg C !

Metric worked ok here

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[WeatheredScientist]

Thank you for the fast feedback! I have done all of this with English in mind, I am sure it would not be too difficult to change the forecast to a prognóstico, etc. I think what is kind of new is the ability to move stuff around and resize to customize the dash. And the charts are designed to be compliant with design principles from Edward Tufte's book on data visualization, with a color palette that is colorblind-friendly. but there is definitely room for tweaking on the font sizes and the colors. I definitely note the dark theme text complaint, and a 24h clock. i am guessing that things just display my local time, though the timezone is specified.

And yeah, it's a bit warm. and humid. First Western Europe and now the Eastern US. We mostly have A/C, but mine was dumping so much water down the condensate drain that the outlet couldn't keep up and it was starting to pool on the floor.This morning, out went a few hundred to a HVAC outfit to get a pump and some tygon tubing routed properly to my sump pump. But fortunate to even have that option (and on the 03Jul in the US, nothing short of a miracle on such limited notice).

[Pablo Sanchez]

You are welcome for the feedback. It was quick. I was purposely trying not to be nitpicky. :p

I display both French and English content so a skin that supports both is what I need. I suspect that I am in the minority though. :)

I like the idea of being colorblind-friendly. It is always good to be inclusive.

I am right above you, in Québec. It has been hot!

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[WeatheredScientist]

I love Québec, Montreal is probably my favorite city on the continent. I am hoping to go to Mont Tremblant later this year. Definitely will think about how to adjust language!

[gary....@gmail.com]

I like it. Some of the text would be hard to read without being VERY close.

The Imperial/Metric switching is instant.

I do see an odd greenish arrow (?) that looks misplaced. Look at the 'S' in SPEED

[Weathered Scientist]

That's a good catch on the green arrow: it's a baro trend arrow.

I am going to work on making the text larger without crowding it, leaving enough white space to guide the eye. I also want to make the panels a little easier to save as an image, especially the charts: png, csv, and pdf?

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