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I don't like how it only works via animation. Let me click around on the map!

I don't usually express my frustration by shouting at a pile of HTML but this one had me going "LEMME LOOK!"

It was impossible for me to tell the difference between "Temperate - Dry summer, warm summer" and "Temperate - No dry season, warm summer" on the map.

I clicked on the little '?' for more info--it wasn't much help.

This is the most animation for the least information. The cities are grouped together and the most detail I got was that it goes below 0' C and above 22' C and doesn't qualify as a 'dry' summer in any month. Is this supposed to compel climate action or change opinions (or is it to showcase animation/scrolljacking skills)?

This other story today[0] has no animation and only colored bars.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40753317

Yeah, the concept is cool and there's a lot of neat visual effects going on here, but it doesn't come together well