+FredPhil96 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) The smiley faces have been changed again. I loved the original ones and I was fine with the ones before. But the colors used in these new smilies do not look good on Google Maps. Please bring back the old ones. Edit: The smiley faces in the cache listing actually look fine. They just don't go well with the maps. Edited January 8, 2013 by FredPhil96 Quote Link to comment
iSchulze Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I agree completely. Please change back to the old smiley faces on the maps to make my day tomorrow happy again - the colors just don't match to the rest of the map. They are completely different to all the other symbols and it's much harder to see which ones I found and which ones not... Quote Link to comment
+Sharks-N-Beans Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I'm not seeing a problem. Maybe I need to completely clear my cache or something silly like that. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I'm not seeing the problem either. What maps, what icons, what browser, etc. cause the problem? Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 WHY?? The new faces are bu%* UGLY. CHANGE THEM BACK!! Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I'm not sure I would have noticed if you hadn't pointed them out. They are kinda unnerving when lots of finds are on the map, but I actually think I like them better. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 The smiley faces have been changed again. Yeah, it looks like the software-development ADHD has kicked in again. I don't see much of a problem with the new-new smiley, but we'll have to start over with getting used to it. I see they also added some consistency by making the "Attended" double-smiley yellow to match the "Found it" smiley (), but "Webcam photo taken", another type of find, is still grey (). They've also added a pencil to the "Write note" icon (). Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I'm not seeing the problem either. What maps, what icons, what browser, etc. cause the problem? I'm using Firefox 17.0.1. I see these new icons when I go to the "search from the map" link on the "Hide and Seek a Geocache" page. Same icon is now on the list when I search by postal code, denoting a cache I have found. Quote Link to comment
+Sharks-N-Beans Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Maybe I just forget what the old one looked like. Quote Link to comment
+Huntleigh Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 The smiley faces have been changed again. I loved the original ones and I was fine with the ones before. But the colors used in these new smilies do not look good on Google Maps. Please bring back the old ones. Edit: The smiley faces in the cache listing actually look fine. They just don't go well with the maps. What map? Why don't they go well? Remember you have a choice of either Google or Leaflet maps and as the Leaflet maps are open source I suspect they may look different in different parts of the world. The smiley I'm seeing looks OK on any of the maps I can see. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 The original was still the best. As I said before, it showed talent by the designer. What's so hard about bringing that back? Does somebody else own the copyright? Quote Link to comment
+NeverSummer Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) Any announcement for this change? How about an icon FAQ? I can't keep track anymore...\ Edit... Here is the announcement from today...which does not mention the new new icon set. Edited January 9, 2013 by NeverSummer Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 The original was still the best. As I said before, it showed talent by the designer. What's so hard about bringing that back? Does somebody else own the copyright? The new ones are pretty close, and I certainly prefer them to the flat ones that are the current ones on cache pages for found logs. Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) Yellow skin, red tongues. Edited January 9, 2013 by The_Incredibles_ Quote Link to comment
+6NoisyHikers Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Does anyone else have crooked smileys? Notice that the icon isn't centered in the square or the PMO circle. If I zoom out, though, I still see the nice soft yellow smileys. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 The white screen lobby must be paying a nice dividend to this years web designers. Since one of the first things I usually do is delete my finds so I can see where I want to go caching today it isn't much of an issue for me. But it does seem like more change for the sake of change. Quote Link to comment
+swillen26 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Does anyone else have crooked smileys? Notice that the icon isn't centered in the square or the PMO circle. If I zoom out, though, I still see the nice soft yellow smileys. The smileys are off center inside the white area of the icon. Not a fan of the new smiley. I guess I will have to keep myself from zooming in to avoid seeing them. They're turning into facebook. Making updates to simple things that could just be left alone. Quote Link to comment
+RIclimber Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Does anyone else have crooked smileys? Notice that the icon isn't centered in the square or the PMO circle. If I zoom out, though, I still see the nice soft yellow smileys. The smileys are off center inside the white area of the icon. Not a fan of the new smiley. I guess I will have to keep myself from zooming in to avoid seeing them. They're turning into facebook. Making updates to simple things that could just be left alone. AGREE 100% Every change can and almost always will add new bugs. Why change something that works fine and is so minor that it can't be improved anyway? Quote Link to comment
+giannelli55 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I am enjoying the new smile faces on the map!! Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 WHY?? The new faces are bu%* UGLY. CHANGE THEM BACK!! I'm sure I'll get used to it, but my first reaction was, "they uglyed up the map". It just makes it look cluttered. The same icon, but much bigger, is is now on the public profiles next to the find count, and I really like it. It just looks bulky when you condense it down to 16 pixels. Quote Link to comment
+Straight-Cache-Homey Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I like em! They pop out more. Easier to quicky catch the eye. Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. This is affecting the enjoyment of finding the cache how? Quote Link to comment
+Team Dennis Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'm just mad (at myself) for not having MORE smiley faces on the map. Better get to work on that ASAP! Quote Link to comment
+NeverSummer Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Am I crazy, or did they also switch the "Archived" and "Needs Archive" icons around? Quote Link to comment
+Nemo's Posse Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. This is affecting the enjoyment of finding the cache how? 100 % agree with this point! Who cares what the smiley looks like! haha Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Am I crazy, or did they also switch the "Archived" and "Needs Archive" icons around? Both? ;) Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. This is affecting the enjoyment of finding the cache how? I'm not finding caches when I'm looking at the map on my PC. I'm not sure what your comment has to do with the topic. If they changed them to swastikas, it would have nothing to do with the enjoyment of finding a cache, yet it would still generate discussion. No? I will get used to these quickly. It's no big deal, and they certainly do not lack contrast like the grey icons, which I will never get used to. Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Am I crazy, or did they also switch the "Archived" and "Needs Archive" icons around? I switched them out as soon as Lil' Devil gave us the Greasemonkey script. I remember that I kept the red filing cabinet for Archived as I liked that one. It seems to be the one that they are using. I couldn't tell you about Needs Archived. Quote Link to comment
+NeverSummer Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Am I crazy, or did they also switch the "Archived" and "Needs Archive" icons around? I switched them out as soon as Lil' Devil gave us the Greasemonkey script. I remember that I kept the red filing cabinet for Archived as I liked that one. It seems to be the one that they are using. I couldn't tell you about Needs Archived. Looked to me like they swapped the Archived (was cabinet) and Needs Archived (was red folder with down arrow)... Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Am I crazy, or did they also switch the "Archived" and "Needs Archive" icons around? I switched them out as soon as Lil' Devil gave us the Greasemonkey script. I remember that I kept the red filing cabinet for Archived as I liked that one. It seems to be the one that they are using. I couldn't tell you about Needs Archived. Looked to me like they swapped the Archived (was cabinet) and Needs Archived (was red folder with down arrow)... Are you saying that you see the file cabinet for Needs Archive? I turned off my script and refreshed and I see the folder for Needs Archived and the file cabinet for Archived. Quote Link to comment
+NeverSummer Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) Am I crazy, or did they also switch the "Archived" and "Needs Archive" icons around? I switched them out as soon as Lil' Devil gave us the Greasemonkey script. I remember that I kept the red filing cabinet for Archived as I liked that one. It seems to be the one that they are using. I couldn't tell you about Needs Archived. Looked to me like they swapped the Archived (was cabinet) and Needs Archived (was red folder with down arrow)... Are you saying that you see the file cabinet for Needs Archive? I turned off my script and refreshed and I see the folder for Needs Archived and the file cabinet for Archived. Yes. I've refreshed and cleared the cache and still get the same results. Now, Archived is the folder, and NA is the cabinet. Edit to add photo Edited January 9, 2013 by NeverSummer Quote Link to comment
+FredPhil96 Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'm beginning to get used to the new smiley. I still like the old ones though. There is still something slightly strange looking about these new ones. I think it is the black and red mouth. The old ones were all yellow and orange. It's probably that I'm not used to them yet. Quote Link to comment
DannyCaffeine Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I can't decide if they are cute or creepy. Kinda like em though. Quote Link to comment
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