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iOS 7 made me use Apple's apps more again
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While I agree with the occasional need for radar, I'm not sure it's worth getting pissed off. In my mind it's more of an advanced feature than a default the basic built-in app must include.
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These are also advanced functions not necessary in a default app as 99% of the public has no need for them.
A smartphone is meant to simplify tasks for users. It's not meant to tingle people's geek senses. It's also much easier for most to just get the info right then and there, than to try and interpret graphs and data.
Apple Maps is STILL sending me to wrong locations.
Seriously, get it together guys.
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lmao...
I stay away from the stock weather app because of the LACK of radar. They couldve made that app huge if they included it.
Seriously, get it together guys.
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lmao...
I stay away from the stock weather app because of the LACK of radar. They couldve made that app huge if they included it.
How can you say so! How can being off by over 3300 miles just because I didn't spelled a street name (yet provided the city and state) without a space be dreadful! /sarcasm.
Although that's the only real issue locating wise I've encountered (confusing Parkridge Dr, Medford OR with Partridge Dr, Milo Maine...), it does think it's okay to route people through parking lots instead of nearby roads.
Calc tape isn't that advanced - and if you need it, you tend to really need it.
Like weather radar, it would be a nice addition to be able to toggle.
Except that it supports ActiveSync, which Mailbox does not and therefore becomes useless to most of us.
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That's just it, most of us don't.
That's why there are 3rd party apps to satisfy the additional things some people might need, beyond the essentials that are provided by stock apps, which are often more than enough for the majority.
Weather folks who like radar, just use Yahoo's Weather App. More beautiful than iOS 7's (I'm sure it itself is based on Yahoo' s new app to begin with), and includes all the advanced features you'll ever need. Just like always I've kept Apple's stock weather app hidden away since Yahoo's is so good.
Ok, maybe I should have rephrased that.
But still, a weather radar wouldn't give a benefit to most users. Just a report on how cloudy it is, and the weather conditions should do.
i always used the apple apps that i needed. i didn't use the game center, stocks, compass,reminders,passbook. and still won't, because i dont need them.
Weather radar is useful because it shows where it's raining, and by animating it, you can see the direction the rain is headed. During the summer thunderstorm season, this is very important. Lack of weather radar is what keeps me from using the stock weather app as my go-to weather app. (Lack of animation keeps me from using Yahoo's otherwise excellent app as my go-to weather app).
I see where it's raining by looking outside. 
Seriously though, it's really only necessary for major storms. On any regular rainy day I don't need to track where the specific rainstorms are for any reason. If there is a chance of rain that day, I take an umbrella. If not, I don't. Seeing rain on a radar won't really change anything.
Seriously though, it's really only necessary for major storms. On any regular rainy day I don't need to track where the specific rainstorms are for any reason. If there is a chance of rain that day, I take an umbrella. If not, I don't. Seeing rain on a radar won't really change anything.
For you maybe not, for others that might not be the case. That's really all there's to it.I see where it's raining by looking outside.
Seriously though, it's really only necessary for major storms. On any regular rainy day I don't need to track where the specific rainstorms are for any reason. If there is a chance of rain that day, I take an umbrella. If not, I don't. Seeing rain on a radar won't really change anything.
I see where it's raining by looking outside.
A tried-and-true method, and very useful if you want to know if it's raining near your window.
When there's rain in the forecast, I often look to see if the rain is nearby yet, and how heavy it is. To me, radar is an essential feature of a complete weather app. Obviously, not everyone feels that way, and that's fine.
I would put money on the fact that the majority of you posting about how unnecessary a radar is do not live in Florida.
We use that thing religiously down here and theres a reason that the "MyRadar" app on the AppStore has roughly 5 million downloads. Mainly because the "majority" of people do find it useful.
We use that thing religiously down here and theres a reason that the "MyRadar" app on the AppStore has roughly 5 million downloads. Mainly because the "majority" of people do find it useful.