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Track the impacts on https://www.spaceweather.com/ https://www.spaceweather.com/

dylan604 2y ago
Holy cow that's an insane website design. So, where exactly do I see the tracking? Is it below the grift of a 3D printed moon? Is it near the ads for casinos. Or maybe the mood rings? This isn't a bitch about ads. It's I honestly cannot easily find the actual information the site is supposedly hosting.
- BenjiWiebe 2y ago
  There's an information/status bar on the left. There's a header on top with important info/ current events. Then it's kind of in blogpost format. And if you ever want to know what info was there last year, there's an archive viewer on the top right, that actually shows the page just like it was, at any date!
- mystified5016 2y ago
  Woah, they must be doing something weird to get past ad blockers. This is an outrageous monstrosity of a website
  - dylan604 2y ago
    Weird as in self-hosting? This is what ads should be like instead of 3rd party auction data harvesting non-sense. It's just some people have no concept of couth, or less is more, or self control. There's no stopping bad taste.
  - damiankennedy 2y ago
    They're not using an automated ad service of any kind they have manually put these ads in the source code of their web page. We all see the same ads. I prefer it, these ads mean something to the people that run the site, they put some effort into putting them there and presumably purchasing the products benefits the organisation in some way. They also have a no AI disclaimer at the top.
    - dylan604 2y ago
      > these ads mean something to the people that run the site I wouldn't go that far. They mean something as in somebody was willing to spend money, so this is what they get in return. Just look at the randomness of the types of ads. I doubt there was any "qualifying" of the ads other than did the check clear.
- grayfaced 2y ago
  I spent way too long trying to find basic info before I gave up on that site. The two questions I was hoping to see: 1. When will it be the strongest 2. What latitudes should expect to see auroras. The first question is answered by: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/3-day-forecast https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/3-day-forecast (Strongest at Fri 2100-0000 UTC)
- gonzo41 2y ago
  You've just been sheltered by bootstrap for the last 10 years. All science on the web is 'fun' like this.
- pfdietz 2y ago
  I love the design! It has heart.
- drmpeg 2y ago
  Looks good to me even on Netscape 4.7. https://www.w6rz.net/netscape.png https://www.w6rz.net/netscape.png
  - dylan604 2y ago
    Best viewed at 640x480. That way, there's no extra space to place those ads
    - ithkuil 2y ago
      Any constraint is a driving force for art. I'd love to see creative pixel-art ads. How do we call the equivalent of steam-pubk aesthetics but where tech has stopped on pixel art instead of steam?
- animex 2y ago
  Insane? It's pretty typical for an early 2000s era site.
- hattmall 2y ago
  That site design is awesome. That level of information density is exactly what makes a good site. The information is right in the front, ads are off to the side. It's basically like a newspaper. Which is great for information.
  - pfdietz 2y ago
    And it loads really fast. Slow-ass loading (and things jumping around as the ads load) are what really drives me to ad blockers.
- partomniscient 2y ago
  My 'local' page is [1] which is fairly simple but likely has only the information you're interested in, nothing else and none of that side-scrolling bullshit you need to do to see the forecasts on the https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ page. [1] https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/ https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/
AlienRobot 2y ago
Thanks, I'll add it to my bookmarks.

Holy cow that's an insane website design. So, where exactly do I see the tracking? Is it below the grift of a 3D printed moon? Is it near the ads for casinos. Or maybe the mood rings? This isn't a bitch about ads. It's I honestly cannot easily find the actual information the site is supposedly hosting.

BenjiWiebe 2y ago
There's an information/status bar on the left. There's a header on top with important info/ current events. Then it's kind of in blogpost format. And if you ever want to know what info was there last year, there's an archive viewer on the top right, that actually shows the page just like it was, at any date!
mystified5016 2y ago
Woah, they must be doing something weird to get past ad blockers. This is an outrageous monstrosity of a website
- dylan604 2y ago
  Weird as in self-hosting? This is what ads should be like instead of 3rd party auction data harvesting non-sense. It's just some people have no concept of couth, or less is more, or self control. There's no stopping bad taste.
- damiankennedy 2y ago
  They're not using an automated ad service of any kind they have manually put these ads in the source code of their web page. We all see the same ads. I prefer it, these ads mean something to the people that run the site, they put some effort into putting them there and presumably purchasing the products benefits the organisation in some way. They also have a no AI disclaimer at the top.
  - dylan604 2y ago
    > these ads mean something to the people that run the site I wouldn't go that far. They mean something as in somebody was willing to spend money, so this is what they get in return. Just look at the randomness of the types of ads. I doubt there was any "qualifying" of the ads other than did the check clear.
grayfaced 2y ago
I spent way too long trying to find basic info before I gave up on that site. The two questions I was hoping to see: 1. When will it be the strongest 2. What latitudes should expect to see auroras. The first question is answered by: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/3-day-forecast https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/3-day-forecast (Strongest at Fri 2100-0000 UTC)
gonzo41 2y ago
You've just been sheltered by bootstrap for the last 10 years. All science on the web is 'fun' like this.
pfdietz 2y ago
I love the design! It has heart.
drmpeg 2y ago
Looks good to me even on Netscape 4.7. https://www.w6rz.net/netscape.png https://www.w6rz.net/netscape.png
- dylan604 2y ago
  Best viewed at 640x480. That way, there's no extra space to place those ads
  - ithkuil 2y ago
    Any constraint is a driving force for art. I'd love to see creative pixel-art ads. How do we call the equivalent of steam-pubk aesthetics but where tech has stopped on pixel art instead of steam?
animex 2y ago
Insane? It's pretty typical for an early 2000s era site.
hattmall 2y ago
That site design is awesome. That level of information density is exactly what makes a good site. The information is right in the front, ads are off to the side. It's basically like a newspaper. Which is great for information.
- pfdietz 2y ago
  And it loads really fast. Slow-ass loading (and things jumping around as the ads load) are what really drives me to ad blockers.
partomniscient 2y ago
My 'local' page is [1] which is fairly simple but likely has only the information you're interested in, nothing else and none of that side-scrolling bullshit you need to do to see the forecasts on the https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ page. [1] https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/ https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/

AlienRobot 2y ago

Thanks, I'll add it to my bookmarks.