What's new?

Recently we made changes to our website to introduce new features and content. Following your feedback we have made further changes to make our website even easier to use. The changes include improvements for navigating to the weather pages from the homepage, and also to the "customise my weather" functionality.

We acknowledge that you would like to see further improvements to the weather pages. We have not made any changes to this area of the website at this stage, but your feedback will help us improve this area in 2009.

The guide below will help you make the most of the changes we have made to the website. This screenshot shows the new Met Office home page, highlights what's changed and explains how it will benefit you.

"My bookmarks"

What is "My bookmarks"? "My bookmarks" is a new feature that allows you to create your own, customisable, quick links menu. You can store up to 30 quick links by clicking on  Add... featured at the top right of each page. To remove a link, simply visit the relevant page and click  Remove...

Why is "My bookmarks" useful? With large websites it can be difficult to remember where pages are. You can also navigate to frequently used pages within 2 clicks from almost every page on the website. "My bookmarks" will be preserved when you next visit the Met Office website on your computer, except if you have specifically chosen to disable Cookies or clear them periodically (see below).

On the right you can see a number of examples of "My bookmarks" lists.

Example 1: Before leaving home you can look at the latest forecast for your area and then see where the rain is falling on the rainfall radar.

Example 2: Before deciding whether to go to the south coast you can look at the latest forecast for your home and then get the latest inshore waters forecast around the Isle of Wight.

"Customise my weather"

How do I customise "My weather"? The home page has a feature that allows you to customise the "My latest weather" and "My forecast" panels to your location by typing in your postcode. Alternatively, you can choose from the list of observation locations.

Why is "My weather" useful? You can quickly see your local weather and forecast on the front page when visiting our website. These settings will be preserved when you next visit the Met Office home page on your computer, except if you have specifically chosen to disable Cookies or clear them periodically (see below).

Accessibility controls

What are accessibility controls? We have introduced some new controls to improve the accessibility of the Met Office website. There are three 'A's in the top right-hand corner that offer three options, default, a large text page and a high contrast page respectively.

Why are accessibility controls useful? If you find the content on our website difficult to read, you can quickly and easily enlarge the font size or change to a high contrast version of the page. Your page display choice will be preserved when you next visit the Met Office website on your computer, except if you have specifically chosen to disable Cookies or clear them periodically (see below).

More information on these controls can be found on the Accessibility page under the "Customise your display" section.

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