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Met Office weather website funny
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 |
Met Office weather website funny
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....? |
Met Office weather website funny
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. -- Jeff |
Met Office weather website funny
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. |
Met Office weather website funny
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). |
Met Office weather website funny
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. -- TOJ. |
Met Office weather website funny
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 ... |
Met Office weather website funny
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. |
Met Office weather website funny
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. -- Roger Hayter |
Met Office weather website funny
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 |
Met Office weather website funny
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. |
Met Office weather website funny
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... -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
Met Office weather website funny
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. |
Met Office weather website funny
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. |
Met Office weather website funny
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. |
Met Office weather website funny
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? |
Met Office weather website funny
Jethro_uk posted
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. -- Algernon |
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