New RTE Weather graphics.

squarecircles · 11-01-2018 8:05pm #1

In a word, atrocious.

pad199207 · 11-01-2018 8:09pm

Looks like they got the cloud and rain symbols from the 90’s

snowstorm445 · 11-01-2018 8:13pm

Maybe it was just my tv but I could barely read the temperature icons. The colour scheme didn’t really work.

squarecircles · 11-01-2018 8:25pm

snowstorm445 wrote: »

Maybe it was just my tv but I could barely read the temperature icons. The colour scheme didn’t really work.

Yep the lack of contrast left me squinting,weather symbols are now flat as opposed to 3 dimensional,circa 1987.

I was also wondering why there were small yellow eggs on the map,that must be the sun symbol.

I watched the European forecast earlier and it looked like a dog's dinner,couldn't make out the temperatures and really faint little weather icons.Its a disgrace.

Rock Lesnar · 11-01-2018 8:29pm

The 80's called, and they want there graphics back

JanuarySnowstor · 11-01-2018 9:40pm

Very poor
It's like back to the future only worse

Comhrá · 11-01-2018 9:50pm

They must be some sort of trial or experiment. They're surely not leaving them like that, are they? :eek::eek::eek:

Wanderer78 · 11-01-2018 9:54pm

not very impressed

Gonzo · 11-01-2018 10:23pm

they look a bit unfinished alright. Nothing will ever beat the classic BBC Forecast symbols used in the 80s and 90s.

Storm 10 · 11-01-2018 10:34pm

Just seen it now and thought I was gone back to the old days, they look absolutely terrible who in God's name approved them, there like something a child would do, certainly not what you would expect from our weather service

pad199207 · 11-01-2018 10:38pm

Comhra wrote: »

They must be some sort of trial or experiment. They're surely not leaving them like that, are they? :eek::eek::eek:

Unfortunately not a trial, they are the new graphics. They are RTE graphics though not Met Eireanns.

kod87 · 11-01-2018 10:38pm

well i haven't watched the rte news or weather in over ten years now so I went on the rte player to see what the graphics were like. Look fine to me tbh, not that different to how I remember them, certainly not awful anyway. Only issue is I have is that it's hard to see the numbers clearly

4068ac1elhodqr · 11-01-2018 10:41pm

Is this them (below)? They're just below average, but not the worst in the world.
The final screen has several issues, font size and lack of any contrast = squinty eyes.
The '7' looks like '?' suggesting 'who knows'.

Calibos · 11-01-2018 10:42pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

The 80's called, and they want there graphics back

Graphics from the 80's??

I remember 80's weather forecasts like this

https://youtu.be/JvX-jOlIFds?t=1m30s

AllForIt · 11-01-2018 10:45pm

Calibos wrote: »

Graphics from the 80's??

I remember 80's weather forecasts like this

https://youtu.be/JvX-jOlIFds?t=1m30s

Yeah, much better.

Chris_5339762 · 11-01-2018 10:45pm

I always had a soft spot for these ones from RTE. Although this one, maybe perhaps, is dubbed over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z23rc1Dk15A (Some bad language)

Oscar Bravo · 11-01-2018 10:48pm

Some nice graphics from 1989 here

Wanderer78 · 11-01-2018 10:48pm

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

I always had a soft spot for these ones from RTE. Although this one, maybe perhaps, is dubbed over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z23rc1Dk15A (Some bad language)

this is exactly how forecasts should be, language and all

squarecircles · 11-01-2018 11:47pm

Kohen Hallowed Treasurer wrote: »

Is this them (below)? They're just below average, but not the worst in the world.
The final screen has several issues, font size and lack of any contrast = squinty eyes.
The '7' looks like '?' suggesting 'who knows'.

Note the colour of the cloud on the east coast is almost the same colour as the sea,looks like something took a bite out of Leinster.

mojor · 12-01-2018 12:42am

That 5 day forecast is a ****ing disgrace

Kermit.de.frog · 12-01-2018 12:59am

Colour contrast is terrible.

No advance here. Hoping for better from M.E's new website whenever that will be.

sryanbruen · 12-01-2018 1:00am

Here's the previous ones just for comparison sakes.

squarecircles · 12-01-2018 1:13am

sryanbruen wrote: »

Here's the previous ones just for comparison sakes.

Bright,colourful, high contrasting ,modern realistic weather symbols.

Somebody should inform RTE pronto.

Oneiric 3 · 12-01-2018 3:15am

Haven't seen them, but I think anything would be an improvement over the overly bright graphics they have used up to now. Never liked the too light greens they used for map colours, and the too light blue for sea colour, which is just a bit too 'Mediterranean' and sunny looking for me.

Much prefer the colour scheme that Met Éireann themselves use for weather charts:

Less glaring on the eyes with more traditional and darker look, which is better suited to our climate.

Maidhci · 12-01-2018 11:21am

Absolutely atrocious, it is most definitely a retrograde step. I first saw these last night, thought there was a reception problem or some issue with the saorview box.

The only comparsion I can come up with is a computer desktop running Windows XP in safe mode.

Popoutman · 12-01-2018 2:24pm

Just to compound matters - someone obviously decided to "update" the weather section on the RTE website to the "metro" type of crap user interface becoming so unfortunately popular amongst websites thinking they need to update known-working sites.
The large expanses of brightest white, with grey on grey graphics, little to distinguish between the icons for showers from the icons for rain, unless that icon is highlighted and there's a slow animation that needs to be watched for more than a few seconds to see which one it is.

The RTE site could definitely be worse, and I have seen worse, but it could be oh so much better, with only a little more effort. We can be thankful though that there is no lots of baby blue on it..

Harry Palmr · 12-01-2018 8:01pm

Awful stuff, half expecting the forecaster to stick on some symbols.

4068ac1elhodqr · 12-01-2018 8:25pm

The website, although less important than the telly weather needs a colour injection also (as below).

Whoever is responsible for the new stuff must have missed the entire 1st yr class on colour theory in art school.
Most of the aul wans in the country don't have 4k 55' tellyboxes so those screen supers and various labels will be lost

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squarecircles · 12-01-2018 9:21pm

Just watched the weather after the 6.1 news.

Couldn't see anything on the chart ,just a blur of faint colours and symbols.

May aswell just look down at your shoes and listen to it verbally.

It's actually hilariously bad.

Gaoth Laidir · 12-01-2018 10:56pm

These first two seem fine to me, at least on the Player.

However, this one's bad. I never understood the difference between rain, hail, sleet and snow icons on Met Éireann's forecasts, on both TV and their website.

Timistry · 12-01-2018 11:07pm

Saw them for the first time tonight, appalling......

Oneiric 3 · 13-01-2018 12:41am

Seen the forecast on the website and have to say, I don't mind the new look at all. Not ideal for sure, but still preferable to the old style.

squarecircles · 13-01-2018 1:28am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

These first two seem fine to me, at least on the Player.

However, this one's bad. I never understood the difference between rain, hail, sleet and snow icons on Met Éireann's forecasts, on both TV and their website.

The temperature map on television screen has no contrast like on the website.

Daz9718 · 13-01-2018 4:39am

The new symbols are horrible , thought where supposed to be moving on with technology not go the other way ðŸ™„ðŸ™„ðŸ™„

Edward M · 13-01-2018 9:25am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Seen the forecast on the website and have to say, I don't mind the new look at all. Not ideal for sure, but still preferable to the old style.

Yeah, I thought it was fine online and on TV too.
But that red outfit?

Pangea · 13-01-2018 6:17pm

I'm not a fan of the general map with a cloud with three bits of rain coming out of it. It looks childish and lazy. Although I believe this was on the last graphics too. Other than that I can't say anything bad about new graphics.

4068ac1elhodqr · 13-01-2018 7:57pm

The internet him/herself has spoken, and decided the white on yellow is a AA/AAA fail with a ratio of just 1:1.8.
Let's hope the weather warms up, as can't be doing with all this squinty eye - particularly for these skinny single digit temperatures.

sdanseo · 14-01-2018 1:25am

Saw the rainfall radar tonight for the first time. Looks to have been upgraded. Also the topography map is a bit better if I'm not mistaken?

An improvement overall, they just need to work on a few icons which look like a 2 year old drew them with a box of crayons. But then so did the beeb's ones back in the day.

Their studio (not sure if it's in RTÉ or Glasnevin) also needs an upgrade to HD. Noticeable drop in quality and blurring during the weather.

Oneiric 3 · 14-01-2018 1:34am

sdanseo wrote: »

Saw the rainfall radar tonight for the first time. Looks to have been upgraded. Also the topography map is a bit better if I'm not mistaken?

An improvement overall, they just need to work on a few icons which look like a 2 year old drew them with a box of crayons. But then so did the beeb's ones back in the day.

Their studio (not sure if it's in RTÉ or Glasnevin) also needs an upgrade to HD. Noticeable drop in quality and blurring during the weather.

The BBC ones were simple (though how complex did they need to be?) but also very readable. Classic icons in my opinion.

sdanseo · 14-01-2018 2:09am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

The BBC ones were simple (though how complex did they need to be?) but also very readable. Classic icons in my opinion.

Oh I agree. I even had this when I was a kid, a plastic poster of the UK&I with stickers of those same icons you could put on

Harry Palmr · 14-01-2018 7:26pm

Where has the forecaster gone?

Storm 10 · 14-01-2018 7:28pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Where has the forecaster gone?

Wtf was that about

caviardreams · 14-01-2018 7:31pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Where has the forecaster gone?

I hope this is not the new norm, and they were just having technical difficulties or Siobhan forgot her outfit!

mcw100 · 14-01-2018 7:31pm

No weather forecaster after six o'clock news, just voice over..

Water John · 14-01-2018 7:38pm

Whatever the hiccup was, we still got the weather.

ZX7R · 14-01-2018 7:40pm

Could all be down to the cut backs much talked about in rte, would not surprise me if they try to cut the weather forecast back to less than 2 minutes

Beechwoodspark · 14-01-2018 7:40pm

Saw the voiceover. I hope it was a technical glitch that forced them to do that and not that this will be the standard forecast from now on.

irishfeen · 14-01-2018 7:56pm

Graphics look very very ordinary, such a pitty too because Met Éireann’s RTÉ’s forecast is top notch - the knowledge of some of their on screen forecasters far surpasses that on most channels.

JanuarySnowstor · 14-01-2018 8:15pm

They need to ditch these weather symbols quickly.
I doubt the forecasters themselves like them either.
I'm baffled they were ever allowed in the first place. It's like a trip back to the 80s only much much worse!!

secman · 14-01-2018 8:17pm

The graphic designer who designed it should check the calibration on his computer, in a word they are "terrible ".

AOH77A · 14-01-2018 8:18pm

Terrible graphics and hopefully the voiceover is a once off. Not the same without a presenter.

New RTE Weather graphics.

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