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Title: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Localonthe8s on July 04, 2007, 10:26:46 AM: Bringing a topic/poll back from Twcclassics. I love the old icons. Especially because you can tell a regular thunderstorm icon with two stikes and a severe icon with 1 strike. The new icons I absolutely hate!
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: G2003 on July 04, 2007, 10:30:39 AM: I wouldn't call them new, since they've been in use for 6 months now :D
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: beanboy89 on July 04, 2007, 10:34:03 AM: I like both sets alot. They're both great icon sets, but if I had to pick a favorite, I'd pick the old ones.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: G2003 on July 04, 2007, 10:35:50 AM: Quote from: beanboy89 on July 04, 2007, 10:34:03 AM
I like both sets alot. They're both great icon sets, but if I had to pick a favorite, I'd pick the old ones.
Me too
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Stephen on July 04, 2007, 10:45:18 AM: I love the new icons. IMO, now that I've gotten used to them, they look a lot better than the old icons. B)
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Ericster88 on July 04, 2007, 01:18:16 PM: I still like the old icons better. With the new ones, there's still no difference between isolated storms and scattered storms. There's also no strong storms icon. :censored:
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: lfmusiclover on July 04, 2007, 03:08:45 PM: Frankly, I haven't liked TWC's icons since the 90's. :no:
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: LFMusicFan on July 04, 2007, 03:19:18 PM: I like both the new ones and the old ones. My favorite icon is wintry mix from the new set. I love the way the sleet bounces. :P
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: wxmediafan on July 04, 2007, 05:07:58 PM: Yes, sleet bounces :)

haha

I like these, and the old ones. These ones seem more realistic than the other ones.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Tech_Guy on July 04, 2007, 06:59:15 PM: I like them both, but often times I find some of the new icons hard to differentiate (like snow and rain). Plus on the IntelliStar, they seem to be too high on the black bar.

I get the best of both worlds since the XL still has the old icons. Although the storm cloud icon looks like an evil Smurf hat...
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: wxmediafan on July 04, 2007, 07:48:50 PM: Once you get used to the rain and snow... you'll be able to see the difference.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Localonthe8s on July 05, 2007, 05:37:01 PM: Quote from: ericster88 on July 04, 2007, 01:18:16 PM
I still like the old icons better. With the new ones, there's still no difference between isolated storms and scattered storms. There's also no strong storms icon. :censored:
I agree!
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: wxmediafan on July 05, 2007, 05:41:43 PM: The general public probably could care less whether or not there is a severe thunderstorm icon or not. Most people consider a severe thunderstorm..to be "a storm"

It does annoy me thatthere is no difference between the scattered and isolated storms icon. Oh well.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Mike M on July 07, 2007, 01:17:08 PM: Quote from: beanboy89 on July 04, 2007, 10:34:03 AM
I like both sets alot. They're both great icon sets, but if I had to pick a favorite, I'd pick the old ones.
Same here. The newer icons are great, but I just wish there were more icons in the set, such as an isolated thunderstorms, AM clouds, AM thunderstorms, and strong storms among others. I still like the older set better, which is why I am still using them in my weather reports over at the classics forum.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: lfmusiclover on July 07, 2007, 05:05:17 PM: Quote from: wxmediafan on July 05, 2007, 05:41:43 PM
The general public probably could care less whether or not there is a severe thunderstorm icon or not. Most people consider a severe thunderstorm..to be "a storm"

It does annoy me thatthere is no difference between the scattered and isolated storms icon. Oh well.

Probably not, but you have to realize that MOST people who watch TWC are not the general public or average joe's. Most viewers are either fans of the channel like we are or are weather junkies. In either case more notice is taken of such things then wouldbe by an average person casually watching the channel.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Al on August 14, 2007, 01:12:03 AM: When I saw the new icons, I fell in love with them immediately :P :lol: I liked the old ones too, but it just felt like they were getting too old. 8)
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Andrew T. on September 10, 2007, 07:23:13 PM: I'm not a fan of the "new" icons...simply because they're not iconic. They look like ambiguous blobs of color, especially at small sizes.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: toxictwister00 on September 20, 2007, 04:35:20 PM: I like the new wintry ones better than the rain or thunderstorm ones. The rain looks like light snow and there's no difference with scattered and isolated thunderstorms.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Localonthe8s on September 20, 2007, 04:37:55 PM: The new icons are plain too blobby.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Mike M on September 20, 2007, 06:00:47 PM: I'm used to the new ones. I still prefer the 1998 icons over the new icons, but the new set is pretty good as well. I'm not sure whether I should still use the 1998 icons in my weather report graphics or switch to the new ones.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: LFMusicRocks on November 15, 2007, 01:56:34 AM: Mike, the 1998 icons were the same before the new icons came out. Actually the old icons are still used on the XL. I wish the Intellistar and Satellite forecast had them back
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: lfmusiclover on November 15, 2007, 08:37:59 AM: No sir. They've changed twice since then. Mike is correct.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: LFMusicRocks on November 15, 2007, 08:16:39 PM: Oh.... I actually think they changed

For one thing the variably cloudy icon changed
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: LFMusicFan on November 15, 2007, 08:24:07 PM: I remember seeing variably cloudy once on A&B awhile back.
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: LFMusicRocks on November 15, 2007, 08:48:38 PM: Really! How strange!
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: LFMusicRocks on November 15, 2007, 08:49:05 PM: I only started watching TWC when the new icons came out
Title: Re: TWC new icons, to like or not to like
Post by: Mike M on November 18, 2007, 04:43:30 PM: I've seen the variably cloudy icon used a few times on the Global Forecast and International Business Travel segments in the past few years.