Comment by alecfreudenberg

3 years ago

Shout out to FlowX on Android. ( https://flowx.io/ )

The best weather app I've ever used.

Much thanks to the founder Duane & his partner for the ongoing development

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screamingninja  3 years ago

Not to be sceptical, but here's my initial impression. Try the "privacy" link at the bottom of their homepage.

https://flowx.io/privacy/

> Page not found (404) > Request Method: GET > Request URL: http://flowx.io/privacy/ > Raised by: wagtail.core.views.serve

> You're seeing this error because you have DEBUG = True in your Django settings file. Change that to False, and Django will display a standard 404 page.

They tout excellent app UX but the website has a lot of rough edges visually.

Again, not discounting their work. I'm still going to install and try out, but initial impressions matter.

  • duanem  3 years ago

    Flowx dev here. I'm not sure if the 404 page or the Debug = True is the concern?? but there are two privacy pages in the help section: https://flowx.io/help/privacy/ https://flowx.io/help/privacy-policy/

    I'm not a fan of website - they have become complex. I'm currently looking into static pages as a replacement.

    That said, Flowx has many moving parts: app development, data servers, data processing, support, forum, website, and others. My main focus is app development and probably the least focus is the website.

  • alecfreudenberg  3 years ago

    Good eye! I added this to their bugs forum.

    I believe they are still a team of one, and have focused on app progress and efficiency at the expense of bugs & loose ends that would typically be handled in a larger organization with dedicated teams for that sort of thing. I bet they would

    Personally I find it charming. That is until I run into a security issue.

    I can't speak for Flowx though.

    • duanem  3 years ago

      I've actually already looked into the DEBUG=True issue just now. Setting it to false causes an "Internal Server Issue".

      So do I spend hours looking for a fix, look into replacing it with a static pages site (I'm thinking Hugo) or just go back to porting Flowx to Apple :-)

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