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Forsea Development Update - Early 2024

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    Andrew Kallinikos
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Forsea Project Roadmap for Early 2024

What will we be up to in the coming months? Here's a quick overview of what we're working on and what we have planned for the near future.

User Experience Improvements

With the release of Forecasts, we can finally start developing the parts of Forsea that will really make us unique. Our focus is to deliver the best user experience possible, so before we release some new features, we need to do a little housekeeping on what we already have.

Things You'll See

We'll be making some changes to the look and feel of the app. This will include things like:

  • Spot Pages
    • Graphical view for forecasts. A lot of you have asked for this option and we will work to implement it.
    • Ability to toggle favorite from spot page
    • Add warnings for stale data or if a secondary station is being used for a spot
    • More info for buoy station and distances
  • Theming
    • The current light/dark mode setting is a bit inconsistent. We'll be making some changes to fix this like adding a toggle to the navbar
  • Dashboard
    • Swell Directions on overview cards
    • Expand sorting and ordering preferences
  • Improve loading of app
    • Add loading skeletons to the live data fields

Behind the Scenes

A lot of work will be done behind the scenes.

  • Automate Manual Tasks
    • As we add more spots its becoming increasing unsustainable to manually update and check for problems with each spot. We'll be adding some automation to help with this.
    • Automatically check for out of service stations and switch to a secondary station if needed
    • Send alerts to the team for manual review of a station switch
  • Better Internal Issue Reporting
    • Expand our ability to detect issues and fix them faster
    • Send alerts to the team when something goes wrong

New Features in Early Development

While we tidying up the app, we'll also begin working on some new features. These are the things we're most excited about and we can't wait to get them out to you!

  • Spot Settings and Notifications
    • Set your ideal conditions for your favorite spots
    • Get notified when current conditions are met or forecasted to be met
  • Logbook
    • Save your sessions and see your stats over time
    • Notes to track progress and conditions
  • Condition Analysis
    • See how the conditions are stacking up against the forecast