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| Started by | liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) |
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| First post | 2025-10-24 15:14 +0100 |
| Last post | 2025-10-31 06:41 +0000 |
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Illegal weather forecast website? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-24 15:14 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-10-24 15:40 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-24 17:48 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-10-24 17:06 +0200
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-25 09:30 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-10-24 16:08 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-24 17:48 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-10-24 21:38 +0200
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-10-24 20:46 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2025-10-24 17:13 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-25 09:30 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2025-10-25 11:23 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2025-10-24 21:59 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-10-25 07:55 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-10-26 07:59 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-26 08:13 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-10-29 11:22 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-25 09:30 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-25 12:06 +0100
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-26 08:06 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-10-26 10:23 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-26 21:05 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-27 08:44 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2025-10-27 09:27 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-28 11:28 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-10-28 11:41 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-28 14:02 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2025-10-28 14:55 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-10-28 15:01 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2025-10-29 08:11 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-10-29 11:30 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2025-10-29 13:02 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-10-29 14:33 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2025-10-29 22:44 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> - 2025-10-30 07:38 +0000
Re: Illegal weather forecast website? Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2025-10-31 06:41 +0000
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| From | liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 15:14 +0100 |
| Subject | Illegal weather forecast website? |
| Message-ID | <1rkpr8a.1h99tyk1xh8qvgN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> |
Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would have to turn on cookies. Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same regardless of the choice of cookies. -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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| From | snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 15:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1rkpst1.ibeiz111bzatwN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> |
| In reply to | #182121 |
Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote: > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > have to turn on cookies. > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > regardless of the choice of cookies. > Just reject cookies; it will still work but not remember your previous locations. -- ^Ï^. Sn!pe, PTB, FIBS My pet rock Gordon just is. My summer holiday pics: <https://youtu.be/_kqytf31a8E>
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| From | liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 17:48 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1rkpyq9.1gq5i83sz92v4N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> |
| In reply to | #182122 |
Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote: > Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote: > > > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > > have to turn on cookies. > > > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > > regardless of the choice of cookies. > > > > Just reject cookies; it will still work but not remember your previous > locations. It won't show me the full version without cookies enabled - this is what has changed in the last 24 hours. -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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| From | Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 17:06 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <10dg4kt$h17e$1@solani.org> |
| In reply to | #182121 |
Am 24.10.25 um 16:14 schrieb Liz Tuddenham: > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > have to turn on cookies. > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > regardless of the choice of cookies. This is technically incorrect. You know what session cookies are? Cookies are not bad per se and if you do not trust the Metoffice why are you visiting their site? -- "Roma locuta, causa finita" (Augustinus)
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| From | liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) |
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| Date | 2025-10-25 09:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1rkr63y.1melqss1bmq6toN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> |
| In reply to | #182123 |
=?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?= <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 24.10.25 um 16:14 schrieb Liz Tuddenham: > > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > > have to turn on cookies. > > > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > > regardless of the choice of cookies. > > This is technically incorrect. You know what session cookies are? > Cookies are not bad per se and if you do not trust the Metoffice why are > you visiting their site? Most sites have the option of Functional Cookies only, this one doesn't. -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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| From | Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 16:08 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <10dg4pj$2lt09$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #182121 |
Liz Tuddenham wrote: > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > have to turn on cookies. > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > regardless of the choice of cookies. This is apparently a new version. I found an option to go back to the previous version which asked why I didn't like the new one. -- Graham J
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| From | liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 17:48 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1rkpyp5.1gqm1gz194x32uN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> |
| In reply to | #182124 |
Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: > Liz Tuddenham wrote: > > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > > have to turn on cookies. > > > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > > regardless of the choice of cookies. > > This is apparently a new version. I found an option to go back to the > previous version which asked why I didn't like the new one. Did you have cookies enabled at the time? -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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| From | Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 21:38 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <10dgkkc$1i6ic$1@solani.org> |
| In reply to | #182125 |
On 24.10.25 18:48, Liz Tuddenham wrote: > Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: > >> Liz Tuddenham wrote: >>> Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: >>> >>> https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ >>> >>> used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it >>> displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also >>> displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would >>> have to turn on cookies. >>> >>> Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same >>> regardless of the choice of cookies. >> >> This is apparently a new version. I found an option to go back to the >> previous version which asked why I didn't like the new one. > > Did you have cookies enabled at the time? You should have cookies always enabled. Throw them away end the end of your session. Firefox masters that without a blink of an eye. -- "Roma locuta, causa finita."
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| From | Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 20:46 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <10dgl2o$2r4q6$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #182125 |
Liz Tuddenham wrote: [snip] >> >> This is apparently a new version. I found an option to go back to the >> previous version which asked why I didn't like the new one. > > Did you have cookies enabled at the time? > Almost certainly, yes. -- Graham J
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| From | richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 17:13 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10dgc47$1130j$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> |
| In reply to | #182121 |
In article <1rkpr8a.1h99tyk1xh8qvgN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>, Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote: >Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > >https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > >used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it >displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also >displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would >have to turn on cookies. You only have to turn on the first cookie - "Store and/or access information on a device" - so presumably it's using a cookie to remember that you want the old version, which is reasonable, though there's no reason why it couldn't also have a link to the old version without remembering that you want it. >Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same >regardless of the choice of cookies. That can't be true in general, since cookies are used to store your preferences about the display. If it were demanding that you accept advertising cookies it would be a different matter. -- Richard
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| From | liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) |
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| Date | 2025-10-25 09:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1rkr65v.1aqaoks1hkl1c0N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> |
| In reply to | #182127 |
Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > In article <1rkpr8a.1h99tyk1xh8qvgN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>, > Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote: > >Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > > >https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > > >used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > >displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > >displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > >have to turn on cookies. > > You only have to turn on the first cookie - "Store and/or access > information on a device" - so presumably it's using a cookie to > remember that you want the old version, which is reasonable, though > there's no reason why it couldn't also have a link to the old version > without remembering that you want it. > > >Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > >regardless of the choice of cookies. > > That can't be true in general, since cookies are used to store your > preferences about the display. If it were demanding that you accept > advertising cookies it would be a different matter. They don't appear to distinguish between them. -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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| From | richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) |
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| Date | 2025-10-25 11:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10dic07$125ir$2@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> |
| In reply to | #182135 |
In article <1rkr65v.1aqaoks1hkl1c0N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>, Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote: >> That can't be true in general, since cookies are used to store your >> preferences about the display. If it were demanding that you accept >> advertising cookies it would be a different matter. >They don't appear to distinguish between them. The pop-up that appears when I go to the site has 11 different purposes you can accept or refuse, 3 of which relate to advertising. -- Richard
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| From | Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> |
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| Date | 2025-10-24 21:59 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <31173b99-6ab5-4f9e-88bd-6234e61510e3@scorecrow.com> |
| In reply to | #182121 |
On 24/10/2025 15:14, Liz Tuddenham wrote: > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > have to turn on cookies. > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > regardless of the choice of cookies. Just tried it now using Safari. I declined cookies and was able to enter the name of my local area and see a forecast. I was able to click the "detailed forecast" tab and get more information without being asked to allow cookies. All links seemed to work and none asked me to enable cookies. In short, I couldn't reproduce what you saw. -- Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, England
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| From | Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-10-25 07:55 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10dhvor$35m4l$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #182130 |
On 24 Oct 2025 at 21:59:07 GMT+1, "Bruce" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote: > On 24/10/2025 15:14, Liz Tuddenham wrote: >> Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: >> >> <https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/> >> >> used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it >> displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also >> displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would >> have to turn on cookies. >> >> Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same >> regardless of the choice of cookies. > > Just tried it now using Safari. I declined cookies and was able to enter > the name of my local area and see a forecast. I was able to click the > "detailed forecast" tab and get more information without being asked to > allow cookies. > > All links seemed to work and none asked me to enable cookies. > > In short, I couldn't reproduce what you saw. My problem with Safari on macOS26 - Version 26.0.1 (21622.1.22.11.15) is displaying weather warnings. Click on a particular warning on the UK map to get more details and a more or less blank window appears. No such problems with Firefox. It's probably nothing to do with cookies but I suspect their site is not totally Safari friendly. I've not checked for similar problams with Safari on iOS and iPadOS yet. -- Cheers, Alan
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| From | John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2025-10-26 07:59 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10dkkdf$3sfqc$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #182133 |
On 25 Oct 2025 at 07:55:07 BST, "Alan B" <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > On 24 Oct 2025 at 21:59:07 GMT+1, "Bruce" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote: > >> On 24/10/2025 15:14, Liz Tuddenham wrote: >>> Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: >>> >>> <https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/> >>> >>> used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it >>> displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also >>> displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would >>> have to turn on cookies. >>> >>> Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same >>> regardless of the choice of cookies. >> >> Just tried it now using Safari. I declined cookies and was able to enter >> the name of my local area and see a forecast. I was able to click the >> "detailed forecast" tab and get more information without being asked to >> allow cookies. >> >> All links seemed to work and none asked me to enable cookies. >> >> In short, I couldn't reproduce what you saw. > > My problem with Safari on macOS26 - Version 26.0.1 (21622.1.22.11.15) is > displaying weather warnings. Click on a particular warning on the UK map to > get more details and a more or less blank window appears. No such problems > with Firefox. It's probably nothing to do with cookies but I suspect their > site is not totally Safari friendly. I've not checked for similar problams > with Safari on iOS and iPadOS yet. I tried with Arc and while it had a different "look" it behaved perfectly. Mind you, I don't fuss much over cookies. So it may have asked when I first opened the new site; I would have just clicked Accept All and forgotton. Old John. -- An infinitely complex system can fail in an infinite number of ways.
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| From | "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2025-10-26 08:13 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mm63i7Fksh9U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #182144 |
On 26/10/2025 07:59, John Hill wrote: > On 25 Oct 2025 at 07:55:07 BST, "Alan B" <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> > wrote: > >> On 24 Oct 2025 at 21:59:07 GMT+1, "Bruce" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote: >> >>> On 24/10/2025 15:14, Liz Tuddenham wrote: >>>> Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: >>>> >>>> <https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/> >>>> >>>> used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it >>>> displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also >>>> displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would >>>> have to turn on cookies. >>>> >>>> Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same >>>> regardless of the choice of cookies. >>> >>> Just tried it now using Safari. I declined cookies and was able to enter >>> the name of my local area and see a forecast. I was able to click the >>> "detailed forecast" tab and get more information without being asked to >>> allow cookies. >>> >>> All links seemed to work and none asked me to enable cookies. >>> >>> In short, I couldn't reproduce what you saw. >> >> My problem with Safari on macOS26 - Version 26.0.1 (21622.1.22.11.15) is >> displaying weather warnings. Click on a particular warning on the UK map to >> get more details and a more or less blank window appears. No such problems >> with Firefox. It's probably nothing to do with cookies but I suspect their >> site is not totally Safari friendly. I've not checked for similar problams >> with Safari on iOS and iPadOS yet. > > I tried with Arc and while it had a different "look" it behaved perfectly. > Mind you, I don't fuss much over cookies. So it may have asked when I first > opened the new site; I would have just clicked Accept All and forgotton. > > Old John. This website appears to work perfectly here using Safari:- https://www.metoffice.gov.uk My Safari version is Version 18.6 (18621.3.11.19.1, 18621)
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| From | Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-10-29 11:22 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10dste6$2rrj7$1@alphabravo.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #182133 |
On 2025-10-25, Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > On 24 Oct 2025 at 21:59:07 GMT+1, "Bruce" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote: > >> On 24/10/2025 15:14, Liz Tuddenham wrote: >>> Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: >>> >>> <https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/> >>> >>> used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it >>> displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also >>> displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would >>> have to turn on cookies. >>> >>> Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same >>> regardless of the choice of cookies. >> >> Just tried it now using Safari. I declined cookies and was able to enter >> the name of my local area and see a forecast. I was able to click the >> "detailed forecast" tab and get more information without being asked to >> allow cookies. >> >> All links seemed to work and none asked me to enable cookies. >> >> In short, I couldn't reproduce what you saw. > > My problem with Safari on macOS26 - Version 26.0.1 (21622.1.22.11.15) is > displaying weather warnings. Click on a particular warning on the UK map to > get more details and a more or less blank window appears. No such problems > with Firefox. It's probably nothing to do with cookies but I suspect their > site is not totally Safari friendly. I've not checked for similar problams > with Safari on iOS and iPadOS yet. As there's a new weather warning for 30/10/25, I've repeated the above and as expected got the same blank (no map) outcome with Safari 26.0.1 but the map showing the affected area showed OK with Firefox as expected. However using Safari on iOS 26 there were no problems at all. -- Cheers, Alan
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| From | liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) |
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| Date | 2025-10-25 09:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1rkr670.emrnvurf2zo0N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> |
| In reply to | #182130 |
Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote: > On 24/10/2025 15:14, Liz Tuddenham wrote: > > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > > have to turn on cookies. > > > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > > regardless of the choice of cookies. > > Just tried it now using Safari. I declined cookies and was able to enter > the name of my local area and see a forecast. I was able to click the > "detailed forecast" tab and get more information without being asked to > allow cookies. > > All links seemed to work and none asked me to enable cookies. > > In short, I couldn't reproduce what you saw. I was using Firefox 129.0.2 I don't know if that made a difference. -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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| From | "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2025-10-25 12:06 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mm3pafF8qa4U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #182136 |
On 25/10/2025 09:30, Liz Tuddenham wrote: > Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote: > >> On 24/10/2025 15:14, Liz Tuddenham wrote: >>> Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: >>> >>> https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ >>> >>> used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it >>> displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also >>> displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would >>> have to turn on cookies. >>> >>> Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same >>> regardless of the choice of cookies. >> >> Just tried it now using Safari. I declined cookies and was able to enter >> the name of my local area and see a forecast. I was able to click the >> "detailed forecast" tab and get more information without being asked to >> allow cookies. >> >> All links seemed to work and none asked me to enable cookies. >> >> In short, I couldn't reproduce what you saw. > > I was using Firefox 129.0.2 I don't know if that made a difference. The current version of Firefox is 144.0 (64-bit)
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| From | Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2025-10-26 08:06 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10dkkpu$3sj7r$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #182121 |
Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote: > Selecting my local area from the Met Office website: > > https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/ > > used to display a fairly comprehensive weather foracast, today it > displayed a huge animation of clouds and a useless summary. It also > displayed a message that if I wanted to see more information I would > have to turn on cookies. > > Surely this is illegal; the information displayed should be the same > regardless of the choice of cookies. > I have noticed an increasing trend with some sites, particularly news, that require you to either get a subscription or accept all cookies. Not sure whether that's illegal or not and possibly a wrinkle that's allowed since brexit.
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