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Present - The Weather Channel 2000 => Everything Else TWC => Topic started by: twcclassics on June 29, 2010, 04:26:38 PM
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I was checking the weekend forecast for where my mom lives and came across an interesting blog post.
http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_22209.html (http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_22209.html)
Apparently, weather.com has been completely redesigned and will launch in the coming weeks. The post states that the last redesign was nearly 10 years ago. Wow, I had no idea it had been THAT long! Where I work, we generally recommend redesigning a site every few years.
Anyway, the redesign is suppose to fix issues that people having been complaining about for some time. Among them are poor navigation, a cluttered look, and difficulty finding things. All of which I've experienced, and I'm sure many of you have as well. Should be interesting.
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I wonder if the re-design will look similar to the new Local Forecast pages. :unsure: Those were "re-launched" just a few months ago. :thinking:
But, nevertheless, I think weather.com needs a new design and hope that it is worth the wait. :yes:
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Their blog post sums it up perfectly
-- The site is cluttered
-- I can't find what I'm looking for
-- The site is too slow
-- The site is too hard to navigate
This update has been long overdue, especially since Accuweather and other competitors have worked to make very Web2.0 friendly sites
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Apparently, weather.com has been completely redesigned and will launch in the coming weeks. The post states that the last redesign was nearly 10 years ago. Wow, I had no idea it had been THAT long! Where I work, we generally recommend redesigning a site every few years.
I wonder what TWC considers a complete "redesign," then. :thinking: They actually seem to have changed the look/layout of their website a few times in the past ten years. Just look at this screenshot from 2006 and compare it what the site looks like now. This is a big difference, but I guess it's not considered a re-design. :unsure: (Which could mean that this will be a MAJOR facelift. :thrilled:)
weather.com in 2006
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8946/twc2006.jpg)
weather.com in 2010
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8032/twc2010.png)
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Can somebody find out whether or not they are going to keep Gold or if it will change or not? I rely on this a lot for my school's morning show.
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Can somebody find out whether or not they are going to keep Gold or if it will change or not? I rely on this a lot for my school's morning show.
TWC I am sure will want to keep making as much money off their products as possible. I am sure you will still have Gold. If I may ask why do you have Weather.com Gold? I didn't think it offered anything that special. I use ad filters to prevent websites from loading ads anyway so that doesn't seem very worth it for that. :unsure:
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It's more customizable and we can have everything (cities, forecast products, maps, etc) shown in the order we want them, making it easier for our weather reports at school. It isn't the ads that bother me.
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Apparently, weather.com has been completely redesigned and will launch in the coming weeks. The post states that the last redesign was nearly 10 years ago. Wow, I had no idea it had been THAT long! Where I work, we generally recommend redesigning a site every few years.
I wonder what TWC considers a complete "redesign," then. :thinking: They actually seem to have changed the look/layout of their website a few times in the past ten years. Just look at this screenshot from 2006 and compare it what the site looks like now. This is a big difference, but I guess it's not considered a re-design. :unsure: (Which could mean that this will be a MAJOR facelift. :thrilled:)
weather.com in 2006
([url]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8946/twc2006.jpg[/url])
weather.com in 2010
([url]http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8032/twc2010.png[/url])
I am sure it has more to do with navigation. It is so hard to find what you want on the website. As you can tell by both of the designs you posted, everything is cluttered, and has the same general layout.
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Yes, this appears to be a full-blown redesign. Not just a minor facelift.
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http://preview.weather.com (http://preview.weather.com)
WOW It looks soo much better!! :clap:
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:wow:
Weather.com has now been brought into the 21st century...this looks AMAZING!!! :biggrin:
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Holy crap! I might actually use weather.com now!
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I see they still haven't updated the look of the 10 day forecast, or weekend forecast pages. That's disappointing, as I don't think they match the rest of the look.
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I see they still haven't updated the look of the 10 day forecast, or weekend forecast pages. That's disappointing, as I don't think they match the rest of the look.
If I recall, it's a work in progress :thumbsup:
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Very nice! Still too many ads, and I couldn't find any special maps, but much better than it is now! :thumbsup:
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I wonder if they'll update the 1999-2003 esque title bars on the maps while they're updating the site...
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Very nice! Still too many ads, and I couldn't find any special maps, but much better than it is now! :thumbsup:
Oh haha I didn't see a single ad. Thank god for ad filters! You should try them if you haven't already :yes:
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[url]http://preview.weather.com[/url] ([url]http://preview.weather.com[/url])
WOW It looks soo much better!! :clap:
I agree. Very nice indeed. :thumbsup:
I wonder if they'll update the 1999-2003 esque title bars on the maps while they're updating the site...
I hope so. Those are REALLY overdue for an update.
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I love it! Looks MUCH easier to navigate than before.
Thanks for sharing, Martin B)
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Yea there are still some tweaks that need to be made but weather.com finally looks like a website from 2010 not 2005
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A video featuring Jim Cantore is now on the old site, explaning all the new features of the NEW weather.com. :yes: The timeline part is kind of interesting.
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Is anyone else automatically being directed to the new site when they type in www.weather.com? (http://www.weather.com?) :dunno: This is probably intentional, but I thought the site wasn't supposed to launch for nine days. :blink:
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Is anyone else automatically being directed to the new site when they type in [url=http://www.weather.com?]www.weather.com?[/url] ([url]http://www.weather.com?[/url]) :dunno: This is probably intentional, but I thought the site wasn't supposed to launch for nine days. :blink:
Nope, it still links me to the old site.
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Is anyone else automatically being directed to the new site when they type in [url=http://www.weather.com?]www.weather.com?[/url] ([url]http://www.weather.com?[/url]) :dunno: This is probably intentional, but I thought the site wasn't supposed to launch for nine days. :blink:
Nope, it still links me to the old site.
Well this is odd. :blink: I wonder if I'm one of the lucky ones in BETA testing...I think I read somewhere where certain people would be directed to the new site. :thinking:
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Weather.com is served by hundreds of servers. Its possible some of the load is being upgraded while the rest remains normal.
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I'm being redirected as well. They are probably testing the new site to a certain percentage of it's visitors before the roll out on the 15th.
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They've launched TV commercials telling people to check out http://weather.com/preview (http://weather.com/preview)
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I remember there being issues with the forecasts on the early versions of the website. There seemed to be a mismatch between what was shown on the website and what was on tv. I'm mainly talking about individual location forecasts (by city or zip code).
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I remember there being issues with the forecasts on the early versions of the website. There seemed to be a mismatch between what was shown on the website and what was on tv. I'm mainly talking about individual location forecasts (by city or zip code).
That always will be the case. Online forecasts are just generated automatically. Plus you have to take into account HiRad and other manipulation TWC does with their weather data. NWS is still the best place for weather info
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The NWS is another site well overdue for updates. It has barely ever been touched since I started using it in 2004. :o
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That always will be the case. Online forecasts are just generated automatically. Plus you have to take into account HiRad and other manipulation TWC does with their weather data. NWS is still the best place for weather info
I think they were running a separate database for the website's forecast data back in the 90s/early 2000, at least that's what I recall them saying.
I haven't checked other cities, but they seem to have a serious warm bias with high temperatures here. They've been putting highs of 95-98 degrees in the days 2-4 forecast a few times this summer, but that's way too hot.
HiRad is another issue. I will always prefer real observations over interpolated ones.
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That always will be the case. Online forecasts are just generated automatically. Plus you have to take into account HiRad and other manipulation TWC does with their weather data. NWS is still the best place for weather info
I think they were running a separate database for the website's forecast data back in the 90s/early 2000, at least that's what I recall them saying.
I haven't checked other cities, but they seem to have a serious warm bias with high temperatures here. They've been putting highs of 95-98 degrees in the days 2-4 forecast a few times this summer, but that's way too hot.
HiRad is another issue. I will always prefer real observations over interpolated ones.
I've noticed that issue, too. :yes: For example, I think temperatures from DFW Airport are used on the air whereas a general "Dallas, TX" online will give observations from downtown or Love Field. HiRAD is obviously a reason for this.
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A video featuring Jim Cantore is now on the old site, explaning all the new features of the NEW weather.com. :yes: The timeline part is kind of interesting.
Just watched it. Interesting indeed - minus the pop-culture stuff.
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Can somebody find out whether or not they are going to keep Gold or if it will change or not? I rely on this a lot for my school's morning show.
You're better off using Weather Underground. I'm sorry, but I hate TWC's forecasts. I find a severe thunderstorm on a "fair" day absolutely ridiculous. Just as a freelance project, I've taken on redesigning the NWS site. (I have way too much freetime in summer.) :P Also, HiRAD my foot.
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Weather underground is even worse. They reported the temperature down in Atlantic City as 111..when it was really 101 from the NWS (correct reading). And TWC recorded it as 94 and that's not right because it felt way more hotter than that.
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WxUnderground also uses personal stions, Molly, alongside ASOS reports. ;)
I started using Wunderground last week and I like it. I don't use personal stations, though, but rather ASOS codes for reports. :yes:
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Weather underground is even worse. They reported the temperature down in Atlantic City as 111..when it was really 101 from the NWS (correct reading). And TWC recorded it as 94 and that's not right because it felt way more hotter than that.
As Zach stated, Wunderground uses the personal stations. And the station that recorded the "way more hotter"(??) weather was probably in a sunny area.
The only time I use weather.com is when planning a trip. I look at their "10 day forecast" and just see it as a "trend" more than anything.
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My friend just told me he is redirected automatically to the new weather.com, but I'm still getting to the old one unless if I manually enter in preview.weather.com. :yes:
Weather underground is even worse. They reported the temperature down in Atlantic City as 111..when it was really 101 from the NWS (correct reading). And TWC recorded it as 94 and that's not right because it felt way more hotter than that.
Weather underground is very inaccurate, I don't trust it at all. I only use TWC and sometimes NWS and AccuWeather.
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Weather underground is very inaccurate, I don't trust it at all. I only use TWC and sometimes NWS and AccuWeather.
Its the exact same thing as the NWS when it comes to forecasts. Wunderground is the best place for local conditions. Their network of personal weather stations is huge! Of course you have to watch out for the occasional station that goes a bit wonky but you can easily select NWS/ASOS stations. Plus remember that most PWS update every few seconds. NWS stations take much longer to update unless you call an ASOS station. Ive found thats the fastest way to get an official update especially when the precip type matters like in the winter. The phone obs update every min or so.
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A downside to having this new weather.com as a BETA is that it does not seem like it is around-the-clock fully updated. Oh well, I can be patient for 8-9 more days. :P
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A downside to having this new weather.com as a BETA is that it does not seem like it is around-the-clock fully updated. Oh well, I can be patient for 8-9 more days. :P
You sure? It seems to be updating fine for me :thinking:
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Weather underground is very inaccurate, I don't trust it at all. I only use TWC and sometimes NWS and AccuWeather.
Its the exact same thing as the NWS when it comes to forecasts. Wunderground is the best place for local conditions. Their network of personal weather stations is huge! Of course you have to watch out for the occasional station that goes a bit wonky but you can easily select NWS/ASOS stations. Plus remember that most PWS update every few seconds. NWS stations take much longer to update unless you call an ASOS station. Ive found thats the fastest way to get an official update especially when the precip type matters like in the winter. The phone obs update every min or so.
but WPVI Accuweather (also inaccurate) reported 101 for Atlantic City Airport as did WMGM40. So NWS was right for this one.
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The one on-air promo they're running (with the dark blue background, yellow font, weird ass music) reminds me of a Harry Potter commercial or something. :wacko:
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I could care less for the beta version of this page. I get the old page when I go to weather .com and have to hit the "Close" button to get to the new site. Some of the articles are not pulling up.
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Well, I'm liking the new weather.com. The best part is that you can add three default locations on your homepage so you don't have to search for them by zip code!
What got me was the countdown when you first visit the site. That fooled me. :P
My first reaction: Oh, look the old weather.com. Didn't they redesigned it-- oh.. 5..4...3...2...1... *POOF* Oh, there you are.
Also, I heard if you retweet or repost this:
@wxchannel: REDESIGNED weather.com Each RT @wxchannel gives $5 to United Way Gulf Recovery! [url]http://tinyurl.com/2cwol8v[/url] ([url]http://tinyurl.com/2cwol8v[/url]) #wxRedesign
TWC will donate $5 to United Way for Gulf Recovery.
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I noticed it's still in Beta though. :unsure:
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I noticed it's still in Beta though. :unsure:
Accuweather was still in "beta" too after it launched if I recall. I don't see why it matters
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I noticed it's still in Beta though. :unsure:
It's only been a few days. With a site as large as weather.com, beta testing could take weeks.
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I noticed it's still in Beta though. :unsure:
Think about all of Google's products that were (or still are) in beta and have been out for a few years. :P
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I dont understand this but today on WUWA Mike Bettes used the layout of the forecast page prior to the forecast page before the animated swf icons were created :unsure: It was about todays heat in Raleigh and he said "lets check out weather.com"
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I know I'm late, but I got a chance to view the new website today and it's MUCH better than it was before. :yes:
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I know I'm late, but I got a chance to view the new website today and it's MUCH better than it was before. :yes:
It also seems to load much faster for me!
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I know I'm late, but I got a chance to view the new website today and it's MUCH better than it was before. :yes:
It also seems to load much faster for me!
Yes, it does. :yes: It's much more simpler to navigate through.
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The new weather.com is great, but will they be updating the "10-Day Forecast" page to match the new site? :unsure: Right now, because the old layout is being used, it doesn't "fit." :no:
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Well, it looks like weather.com is no longer in beta. I will admit that I'm a little disappointed, though, because it looks like the 10-day and a few other pages will NOT be updated from how they looked on the old site. <_<
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iWitness Weather wasn't updated. :no:
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Well, it looks like weather.com is no longer in beta. I will admit that I'm a little disappointed, though, because it looks like the 10-day and a few other pages will NOT be updated from how they looked on the old site. <_<
Its a step in the right direction at least. A bit disappointing considering as much resources as TWC had.
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TWC's 10 day forecast may be getting changed graphically to something similar to the experimental 5 day forecast that showed up this week. Also is this why the other day in the web address it said beta.weather.com eventhough it doesn't say beta on the site? Tonight it says preview.weather.com.
http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028 (http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028)
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TWC's 10 day forecast may be getting changed graphically to something similar to the experimental 5 day forecast that showed up this week. Also is this why the other day in the web address it said beta.weather.com eventhough it doesn't say beta on the site? Tonight it says preview.weather.com.
[url]http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028[/url] ([url]http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028[/url])
That's a really nice layout! :thumbsup: Also, I too noticed that typing in weather.com is automatically directed to preview.weather.com. Don't know why, though. :blink:
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TWC's 10 day forecast may be getting changed graphically to something similar to the experimental 5 day forecast that showed up this week. Also is this why the other day in the web address it said beta.weather.com eventhough it doesn't say beta on the site? Tonight it says preview.weather.com.
[url]http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028[/url] ([url]http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028[/url])
I like that layout! I've dislike the layout of the 10 day for years now. Oh, btw, that 5 day is clearly in direct competition of Accuweather's extended outlook: http://www.accuweather.com/us/pa/slippery-rock/16057/forecast-details.asp (http://www.accuweather.com/us/pa/slippery-rock/16057/forecast-details.asp)
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Also is this why the other day in the web address it said beta.weather.com eventhough it doesn't say beta on the site? Tonight it says preview.weather.com.
[url]http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028[/url] ([url]http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028[/url])
Just replace "preview" with "www" in the url.
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Also is this why the other day in the web address it said beta.weather.com eventhough it doesn't say beta on the site? Tonight it says preview.weather.com.
[url]http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028[/url] ([url]http://preview.weather.com/weather/5-day/Atlanta+GA+USGA0028[/url])
Just replace "preview" with "www" in the url.
It automatically puts preview in the web address when you type it as www.weather.com (http://www.weather.com)
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It automatically puts preview in the web address when you type it as [url=http://www.weather.com]www.weather.com[/url] ([url]http://www.weather.com[/url])
Weird. It doesn't do that for me.
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It automatically puts preview in the web address when you type it as [url=http://www.weather.com]www.weather.com[/url] ([url]http://www.weather.com[/url])
Weird. It doesn't do that for me.
Maybe it has something to do with the internet browser, I'm using Google Chrome.
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It automatically puts preview in the web address when you type it as [url=http://www.weather.com]www.weather.com[/url] ([url]http://www.weather.com[/url])
Weird. It doesn't do that for me.
Maybe it has something to do with the internet browser, I'm using Google Chrome.
Confirmed. IE will keep http://www.weather.com (http://www.weather.com).. but when i was at school yesterday (they have IE7) preview.weather.com appeared :huh:
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:o
http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/memphis-tn-forecast-697 (http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/memphis-tn-forecast-697)
Is this a version of the HD Star for weather.com?
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:o
[url]http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/memphis-tn-forecast-697[/url] ([url]http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/memphis-tn-forecast-697[/url])
Is this a version of the HD Star for weather.com?
That has been around since before the March revamp. It's nothing new.
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:o
[url]http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/memphis-tn-forecast-697[/url] ([url]http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/memphis-tn-forecast-697[/url])
Is this a version of the HD Star for weather.com?
That has been around since before the March revamp. It's nothing new.
Yeah. ;) The graphics are really nice looking, but it doesn't compare with an HD STAR.
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The graphics are now in 16:9 instead of 4:3, which might have been why he thought it was an HD STAR
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Wow, after what seems like ages, TWC has finally updated the look of its 10-day forecast on weather.com!! :thrilled: The information is now in columns instead of rows, and it looks a lot like the 5-day forecast.
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Wow, after what seems like ages, TWC has finally updated the look of its 10-day forecast on weather.com!! :thrilled: The information is now in columns instead of rows, and it looks a lot like the 5-day forecast.
It's been going back and forth between the old and new design all week. It's must of been something wrong with it at first for it to be doing that.
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Wow, after what seems like ages, TWC has finally updated the look of its 10-day forecast on weather.com!! :thrilled: The information is now in columns instead of rows, and it looks a lot like the 5-day forecast.
Really? Looks the same to me. :huh:
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It should look like this now unless they're still tweaking it.
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Yes, it should like what's above. Trust me, it has NOT always been this way. Maybe some of you need to take the standard advice of clearing your cache/cookies. ;)
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Yes, it should like what's above. Trust me, it has NOT always been this way. Maybe some of you need to take the standard advice of clearing your cache/cookies. ;)
Same as Matt i don't see it, even after clearing everything on all my browsers (IE,FF,Chrome,Opera,Safari)
it might be in localized area until maybe Monday.
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try going to
beta.weather.com
it looks like that's what the 10 day forecast link on all cities is set to by default.
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try going to
beta.weather.com
it looks like that's what the 10 day forecast link on all cities is set to by default.
Works now, Thanks Al for letting me know.
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WOW! it looks much nicer in columns than in rows! but too bad you have to enter "beta.weather.com" or else it won't work. :biggrin:
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WOW! it looks much nicer in columns than in rows! but too bad you have to enter "beta.weather.com" or else it won't work. :biggrin:
I believe it has to do with the internet browsers because I have been using Chrome for over a year and that design automatically comes up on there.
EDIT: Yep that's gotta be it in IE9 the old version comes up.
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try going to
beta.weather.com
it looks like that's what the 10 day forecast link on all cities is set to by default.
That works! Looks much better! :biggrin:
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Wow, that does look a lot better! About time they bring the 10 day's design into this century!
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Looks like they're finally updating those titlebars on the maps on weather.com
(http://image.weather.com/images/maps/forecast/map_wkpln_day5_3usse_enus_440x297.jpg)
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Looks like they're finally updating those titlebars on the maps on weather.com
([url]http://image.weather.com/images/maps/forecast/map_wkpln_day5_3usse_enus_440x297.jpg[/url])
I wonder if TWC will EVER update ALL the titlebars on weather.com. :thinking: I know it's not that important to most people, but these new titlebars look excellent, especially if TWC wants to add some taste to their maps and graphics. Unfortunately, most maps are still using the really old titlebars, except for the Current Temperatures map, which uses the recently "retired" titlebar. Ah, such inconsistency. :hmm:
(http://i51.tinypic.com/iemtg4.jpg)
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This is odd.. but m.weather.com still says © 2010 :huh:
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TWC is making updates on their site little by little. Now instead of having that old bar across the top for alerts, a new bar shows notices for pollen alerts, freeze warnings, severe thunderstorms, etc. Don't know if this has been around for a long time or not; I just noticed it the other day.