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Developer explains why weather extension shows only one metric
Original: One of the weirdly difficult decisions I ran into while building SkyFeels was deciding what the... # webdev # weather #
A developer building SkyFeels, a Chrome toolbar weather extension, has written about a design decision that proved surprisingly difficult: choosing which weather metric to display. They chose to show only one, and the write-up explains the reasoning behind keeping the toolbar minimal. The post also touches on inclusive design and community feedback, and is drawing interest from web developers and people interested in simple weather tools.
Why now: Developers are engaging with a first-hand account of a counterintuitive product design decision.
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- One of the weirdly difficult decisions I ran into while building SkyFeels was deciding what the... # webdev # weather # extensions # chrome # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Why I Only Show One Weather Metric in the Chrome Toolbar · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 1
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