Sub-menus (~mid July) - ability to group similar data icon, e.g., clouds with total cloud, low, mid and high cloud, or waves with height, direction and period.
Secret feature #2 (mid July) - gotta create some anticipation and surprise)
OpenZones (mid July) - where Flowx opens up all data in disaster regions, e.g., a hurricane hitting Florida.
Finish scales and colour spectrums
Fix widget updates on Android 9+
GPX tracks
a better graph editor
theme editor
add/remove/edit the number gauges above the map.
Minor Features:
better swipe speed settings.
Scheduled nightly job to delete old data. The current approach is not optimal.
Prioritize downloads, e.g., graph downloads first, then visible data downloads, then the rest.
A āplay buttonā is something Iāve avoided adding since itās a complex feature and replicates an existing function.
I call it complex because people will want different speeds, a time range to replay over (you might want to only view radar but have 7 days set), and a loop vs swing back and forward. Youāll also need a dialog pop-up to set these. If you select āShareā in the top-right menu and create a movie, youāll see what I mean.
Compare this to the simplicity of the swipe function.
I also get frustrated with them - when you see something of interest and want to check what day/time it happens, itās already gone past the time.
This feature has been requested a few times but itās unlikely to be added since I havenāt seen a convincing or compelling reason for the feature.
Just an indication on how I choose features to add. Iām a solo developer so I can only do one thing at a time so I choose things based on time to implement and the impact (and how fun it is). Letās say itāll take a week to implement a play button and a week to add another data source, clearly the data source is more valuable than the play button - so itāll be selected.
Hope that explains things.
Ha, ha, I just looked at my list and dates. I didnāt expect the ābuilding the houseā to take that much of an impact. Iām kind-of working on submenus now.
I understand. Your reasons all make sense. I love this app (Even paid for the Gold because I love the extra data sources). I figured it would be neat so that when I show your app to friends and family it would be easier than showing them how to swipe and that it correlates with the time. It would also take the app to the mass consumer level of having customizable āplayā settingsā¦ Being able to select speed and range. Just a thought if you can get around to it. Keep up the good work, we love your app!
I donāt mean to be a wet-blanket, but āplayā settings will not tip the needle one bit. Many times Iāve added a feature thinking āthis will do itā and the result was underwhelming.
The best example of this was my āEclipseā feature which showed the shadow of the eclipse passing over USA as you swiped. You could view this with clouds and find the best place to view the solar eclipse. This was the first and only app/website to offer this feature. Surely, this would do it. Itās so relevant. I worked on it for over a month, release and NOTHING!! I posted it on forums and posted videos on YouTube - still nothing. It felt like tumble weeds were rolling by. One of the major reasons was that most viewers were on Apple. But the number of Android users that appeared to use it was less than 10, probably less than 5.
The only things Iāve seen to tip the needle are new data sources, increasing the prices (this surprised me), online articles mentioning Flowx, and better prompting for the Pro version.
I used to think ālow price = high volume = profitā so I had Flowx at $2/year and we made little growth. Then I changed it to $5/y, $10/yr and $20/yr, and we got much higher growth. I think the reason is that people thought Flowx sounds cheap , and hence not good, at $2/yr.
is it possible to add āFront linesā to the map? I can usually figure out where they will be by watching the animated winds and barometric pressures, but it would be convenient if they were already drawn.
I recently upgraded to Gold because I have enjoyed the free version of the app for a while now and wanted to throw some support your way. The added data is worth it plus the extra days in the forecast! Thanks for the great piece of work!
Weather fronts is a manually process done by trained meteorologists.The first reason is that Iām not meteorologist. The second reason is to do this manually for 64 weather simulation forecasts per day where 10 are global forecasts is beyond me.
The might be automated methods but they are cutting edge and I donāt have time or computer power to implement these. Just do a search on āAutomated Front detectionā to see this research.
but thatās a Big List