The service is completely free, except for a little-noticeable banner in the far corner of the screen. This is a common occurrence, the developers finance their own work at the expense of advertisers.
It’s as simple as genius.
There is nothing superfluous on the site, and this is pleasing. On the first screen after the call the most necessary data about the weather right now and for the rest of the day: air temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind. Just below is a weekly calendar with peak day and night temperature data. Clicking on the day of interest opens a page with detailed information. In the settings you can set the frequency of weather forecast updates and the measurement system.
The most annoying is when it takes a long time to find the necessary information in the application, turn the pages, and wander through the sections. All this requires a lot of time, and we are always short of it. The developers of WeatherBug were aware of this problem, and organized the user interface in such a way that the information about the weather is arranged in the hierarchy of priorities.
The research of British scientists showed that when a user opens a page of a website or the interface of a mobile application, his attention does not wander aimlessly, but is fixed in a strictly defined order.
First the eyes look at the top horizontal, then the left vertical, after that the attention for a long time is fixed on the main information, which according to the logic of user convenience should be in the center. The information of the second category of urgency is located in the basement. This is the format in which the WeatherBug application interface is designed. So, the user’s attention naturally shifts from the more important to the less important.
More features
Weather information is taken from nearly 100,000 weather stations around the world, primarily in the U.S. and Western Europe. Storm warnings are always on. A 7-day forecast is provided with the ability to view the weather predicted for each hour of the day.
In addition to the table with the weather in the nearest location, there is a page with the weather on Google maps, where you can see the state at the points of interest to the user by lightly tapping on the desired location. This option will be of interest to users going out of town for a picnic or fishing. In addition to digital and textual information, a visual format is available. You can see photos, videos from 2,000 cameras in the U.S. and other countries around the world.
Weather data and forecasts can be shared with friends, relatives, and business partners. For example, if you are going to organize a party outdoors with a barbecue, it’s wise to know in advance the prospects of weather conditions for a certain time and place. And discuss important details of the meeting with your guests.
For quick access to weather information, you have a choice of two widgets, larger and smaller. And WeatherBug also monitors your battery power status and automatically turns off non-critical weather notifications if you’re dangerously low.
