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!
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!