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Re: New LDL
« Reply #165 on: March 11, 2010, 05:42:55 PM »
I already miss the little lightning bolt and red tornado for those watch/warnings :(  Blast you TWC!!

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #166 on: March 11, 2010, 05:46:03 PM »
I already miss the little lightning bolt and red tornado for those watch/warnings :(  Blast you TWC!!
Aww. Well its going to take some getting use too. Biggest ldl change since the creation of the black  bar imo

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #167 on: March 11, 2010, 05:47:31 PM »
I agree.  I hope there will be some serious tweaking in the next couple weeks to make it better...instead of having numbers thrown all around and wasting screen space!

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #168 on: March 11, 2010, 05:52:55 PM »
HD LDL has new icons now

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #169 on: March 11, 2010, 05:57:45 PM »
Here is a mock I made with a permanent radar in the blank space - I would highly recommend this for severe weather incidents, and as a permanent feature depending on the promotional space requirements...


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Re: New LDL
« Reply #170 on: March 11, 2010, 06:11:53 PM »
Here is a mock I made with a permanent radar in the blank space - I would highly recommend this for severe weather incidents, and as a permanent feature depending on the promotional space requirements...




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Re: New LDL
« Reply #171 on: March 11, 2010, 06:14:38 PM »
I like it too. Awesome job, Matt.  :twothumbs:
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Re: New LDL
« Reply #172 on: March 11, 2010, 06:19:53 PM »

Forum Sig made by: Me (michael6456)

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #173 on: March 11, 2010, 06:26:31 PM »
Since the rollout of this new LDL, and the retirement of the XL's black LDL, does that mean weather alerts such as watches & severe warnings will no longer appear as well?
Alerts should still scroll on the XL

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #174 on: March 11, 2010, 06:57:51 PM »
I was also surprised to see this, but I like it. ;)It just needs the date and clock.

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #175 on: March 11, 2010, 07:03:17 PM »
I was also surprised to see this, but I like it. ;)It just needs the date and clock.
Something so simple that I miss so much :P

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #176 on: March 11, 2010, 07:53:23 PM »
Ok, a lot of the day has gone by...and the LDL has been growing on me.  I enjoy the compact version a lot more than the "full" 1/3 screen version...but I still think they need to do the following:
1. Expand it to utilize more of the screen
2. Add the clock
3. Get rid of the on/off transition that shows just the blue on the bottom of the screen with no info
4. Solidify the temp position - i.e. like before, time/temp for the main location.  Don't get me wrong, I like seeing the current temp of surrounding locations, it's just confusing for less avid viewers to have the temperature changing all the time (especially since it's never been that way on TWC)
5. Get rid of the HD feed's national city list on the right side...bottom is more acceptable I suppose...more-so annoying with how much space it wastes for places I don't care about! :P
6. Change the brown/gold/yellow to more of a yellowish gold or perhaps light blue (like on the old LDL).  It seems very out of place compared to the rest of the graphics updates
7. Get rid of the goofy cheese wheel sun!

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #177 on: March 11, 2010, 07:55:29 PM »
Can you fill me in as to why they decided not to insert a clock into the national LDL, as well as getting rid of air quality, airports, travel forecast, and especially traffic data?
Not important enough to the average viewer.

Can you fill me in as to why they decided not to insert a clock into the national LDL, as well as getting rid of air quality, airports, travel forecast, and especially traffic data?
None of those were thought of to be "useful" by the average viewer.

Have the warning scrolls changed?
Nope.

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Re: New LDL
« Reply #178 on: March 11, 2010, 08:27:25 PM »
Ok, a lot of the day has gone by...and the LDL has been growing on me.  I enjoy the compact version a lot more than the "full" 1/3 screen version...but I still think they need to do the following:
1. Expand it to utilize more of the screen
2. Add the clock
3. Get rid of the on/off transition that shows just the blue on the bottom of the screen with no info
4. Solidify the temp position - i.e. like before, time/temp for the main location.  Don't get me wrong, I like seeing the current temp of surrounding locations, it's just confusing for less avid viewers to have the temperature changing all the time (especially since it's never been that way on TWC)
5. Get rid of the HD feed's national city list on the right side...bottom is more acceptable I suppose...more-so annoying with how much space it wastes for places I don't care about! :P
6. Change the brown/gold/yellow to more of a yellowish gold or perhaps light blue (like on the old LDL).  It seems very out of place compared to the rest of the graphics updates
7. Get rid of the goofy cheese wheel sun!

 :rofl2: dude. you crack me up with that graphic. I agree with you on the LDL. They need to add more stuff such as the clock. Have you seen Matt (tpirfan28)'s mock ldl? I prefer it exactly like that, just to get rid of all that space.

If TWC add some "glow" to the sun, then it wouldnt be a cheeseball.
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Re: New LDL
« Reply #179 on: March 11, 2010, 08:29:43 PM »
That space will eventually be filled up with ads, so dont worry!