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It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework

Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew

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On 16/08/2020 14:28, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351


https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework


Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew

same here windows 10...Don't you just hate computers....?
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On 16/08/2020 14:28, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.


The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework

Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/


The cookie button (and cookie settings button) also has no effect in
Pale Moon under Linux Mint, so the website has a coding problem.

I can remove the cookie banner using the add-on for Pale Moon to "Remove
the overlay from this page". That allows all the page to show and a
region to be selected. Once that area is selected, it appears but the
cookie overlay reappears! I can then use the add-on to remove it again
and view the selected area weather details.

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On 16/08/2020 14:28, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351


https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework


Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew


This one is fine -

https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

Also shows more of Europe.
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Andrew wrote:

It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect


I use this firefox add-on

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies

it nuked the metoffice cookie warning just like it does hundreds of
others (I had to disable the add-on and reload to even see it, and yes,
the OK button fails here too).


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On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:28:01 +0100, Andrew wrote:

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just installed the
most recent Win10 patches for 1909


Also fails with Chrome 84.

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Chris Hogg wrote:

But it's still not raining here!


Just had 10 minutes of magenta/white rain, and looks like even more is
coming down the track, sounds like thunder with the next lot ...
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On 16/08/2020 14:28, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351


https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework


Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew


Yep, doesn't work in Opera.
Gave them feedback, that bit works. Dunno if they'll take any notice.
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Jethro_uk wrote:

Another website made unusable by "improvements".

It was once easy to see when the "weather warnings" spanned. Obviously
too easy. Now it's a series of clicks here and clicks there and (unless
I'm missing something) you still don't get a timeline display.


I think the only place you get a clear graphic tiimeline is the local
forecast page. Even that is complicated by the use fof tabs for each
day.

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On 16/08/2020 14:28, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351


https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework


Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew



Do you mean this page:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/...3.50&lat=53.76

It works ok for me in FF on Linux Ubuntu


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On 16/08/2020 19:58, RobH wrote:
On 16/08/2020 14:28, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351


https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework


Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew



Do you mean this page:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/...3.50&lat=53.76


It works ok for me in FF on Linux Ubuntu


Only if you're using appropriate extensions.
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I've noticed problems with web sites like this, in my case its recognised as
a control that is either clickable or a button, but no matter what you do,
simulated mouse overs or enter or space etc, these refuse to budge. I did
have some success with IE of all things but many web sites chuck you off if
you use it. Another annoyance for me with sites is that they detect you have
an ad blocker, and refuse to let you see the tuff under said banner, but the
controls often don't work on this either. I have a big bone to pick with
sites like its, since the site design may be accessible but the adverts
screw up the access of the site if you allow them, so we blindies tend to
vote with our keyboards and go elsewhere!
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On 16/08/2020 14:28, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.


The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework

Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/


The cookie button (and cookie settings button) also has no effect in Pale
Moon under Linux Mint, so the website has a coding problem.

I can remove the cookie banner using the add-on for Pale Moon to "Remove
the overlay from this page". That allows all the page to show and a region
to be selected. Once that area is selected, it appears but the cookie
overlay reappears! I can then use the add-on to remove it again and view
the selected area weather details.

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Andrew Wrote in message:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework

Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew



they regularly screw their weather app up too with updates that
break the most basic immediate "simple weather forecast"
functionality... seems likely to be a load of meja studies grads
& somebody still working their way through the "for dummys"
developer books...
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On 17/08/2020 09:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:27:06 +0100, Roger Hayter wrote:

Jethro_uk wrote:

Another website made unusable by "improvements".

It was once easy to see when the "weather warnings" spanned. Obviously
too easy. Now it's a series of clicks here and clicks there and (unless
I'm missing something) you still don't get a timeline display.


I think the only place you get a clear graphic tiimeline is the local
forecast page. Even that is complicated by the use fof tabs for each
day.


The problem is that it was exactly perfect before. A nice line underneath
the hourly forecast on the same page. No need to click further.

But there is a slider bar at the bottom so you can move smoothly through
all 7 days. And at the right of the screen is an to click on too.

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On 17/08/2020 09:56, Jimk wrote:
Andrew Wrote in message:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework

Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew



they regularly screw their weather app up too with updates that
break the most basic immediate "simple weather forecast"
functionality... seems likely to be a load of meja studies grads
& somebody still working their way through the "for dummys"
developer books...

They had an interesting Global Weather map (beta) but for some
reason it has gone, and a message inviting people to register
their interest has replaced it.


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On 16/08/2020 14:28, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351


https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework


Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew

Fails on Chrome 84 here. It looks like they are failing to set the
SameSite attribute in their cookie request which the newer version of
Chrome (and probably other Chromium based browsers) is now refusing to
accept on security grounds.


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On Sunday, 16 August 2020 14:28:07 UTC+1, Andrew wrote:
It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't
easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because
the Cookie OK button has no effect, so it blocks the bottom
half of the screen.

The problem occurs with Firefox 79.0 and Edge. I have just
installed the most recent Win10 patches for 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4565351

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...-net-framework

Could someone else try it ?. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Andrew


I have no such issue. Using W10 2004 and Firefox 79.

Maybe uBlock Origin? Or existing cookie settings (only accepting what I can't refuse)?

Mind, was using the app on my phone earlier and the adverts in it made it really annoying to use. Don't we already pay for the Met Office?
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:31:15 +0100, Andrew wrote:

On 17/08/2020 09:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:27:06 +0100, Roger Hayter wrote:

Jethro_uk wrote:

Another website made unusable by "improvements".

It was once easy to see when the "weather warnings" spanned.
Obviously too easy. Now it's a series of clicks here and clicks there
and (unless I'm missing something) you still don't get a timeline
display.

I think the only place you get a clear graphic tiimeline is the local
forecast page. Even that is complicated by the use fof tabs for each
day.

The problem is that it was exactly perfect before. A nice line
underneath the hourly forecast on the same page. No need to click
further.

But there is a slider bar at the bottom so you can move smoothly through
all 7 days. And at the right of the screen is an to click on too.


Ah, yes. But now the problem is to access the slider (on my config) I
lose the top labels so have no idea what day/time I am looking at. So
it's still not as good as it was.

With 20 years web development to my name, I can spot politics and someones
pet project a mile off. Whatever happened to A/B testing ?


The problem is that the website's function is not to please you, it is
to advance the designer's career. So ease of use, accessibility, etc
are well down the list of desirables, while fancy-looking gadgets are
right at the top.

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