First Look: Hurricane HD for iPad

Erica: Thank you for posting the video! To your question about price, Hurricane HD is listed at $3.99, the same price as our current Hurricane App for the iPhone and iPod Touch. For those wondering about updates to our original app Hurricane, we are working to get the update out as soon as possible.

Mr. Applebaum: Thank you for the suggestions. We are looking into some of those already.

Suggestion for the Developer:

The tracking, beginning at about 2:00 would be much better if:

1) the current point, prior points, and forecast points were displayed with a different color that has greater contrast with the background (bright yellow, red or green).

2) you add a manual tracking option that uses the finger to move the points rather than buttons.

3) you add a loop play option in addition to the manual advancement. With options to set the loop speed and direction (forward)

4) for the above, the entire screen need not be redisplayed as it is now (causing a blinking screen). Rather, the map could be displayed in the background and a transparent layer with semi-transparent tracking points and data displayed on top of the background. Intermediate points could be computed and displayed-- giving the effect of continuous movement rather than jumping from point-to-point.

This would give a much more pleasing user experience, and is well within the capabilities of the iPad.