[HN Gopher] Space Weather Live
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       Space Weather Live
        
       Author : News-Dog
       Score  : 53 points
       Date   : 2021-12-10 08:50 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.spaceweatherlive.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.spaceweatherlive.com)
        
       | GeorgeBaird wrote:
       | Why would anyone use this over the much better designed NOAA
       | page?
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       | https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
        
         | onassar wrote:
         | Jeez you created an account just to throw shade on this site?
         | Come on..
        
           | GeorgeBaird wrote:
           | I didn't mean to sound glib. I'm sorry. I just didn't find
           | anything new on the site and wanted to know if maybe I missed
           | something they offered that was different.
        
             | onassar wrote:
             | Thanks for clarifying. I think there are better ways to ask
             | a question like that (eg. "what differentiates x from
             | y.."). It's also built on an assumption: looking at those
             | two sites side by side, there's nothing glaringly obvious
             | that one is "much better designed" than the other.
             | 
             | One thing I try to remember is that this site is probably
             | something someone loves and takes pride in. It's fine to
             | offer a critique and constructive crits, but I try to
             | remember that a sharp comment like that (without much
             | seemingly obvious interest in an answer) can be super tough
             | for the designer.
        
               | GeorgeBaird wrote:
               | I get that people might have their esteem tied up in
               | their work, but there's no post explaining what they were
               | after, no intent, and unless you created the site I see
               | no defense of its merit. I could have been less sharp,
               | but my question still stands.
        
         | spurgu wrote:
         | For one, NOAA shows a US-centric aurora view while SWL shows a
         | mercator projection. And it has a much nicer dashboard.
        
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