View Poll Results: Do you like the new FlyerTalk masthead at the top of each FT page?

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46.00%

42.00%

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Nov 7, 2008 | 7:32 am

#16

mechteach

Join Date: Jun 2006

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meh. It reminds me of the orbitz "deals" graphics.

Nov 7, 2008 | 7:39 am

#17

Mary2e

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The look is nice, but I don't like that it takes up so much real estate on the "My Flyertalk" page.

Nov 7, 2008 | 10:41 am

#18

mschles

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Join Date: Feb 2007

Posts: 354

Quote:

Originally Posted by mechteach

meh. It reminds me of the orbitz "deals" graphics.

Just reminded me of Orbitz as well.

Nov 7, 2008 | 10:43 am

#19

goalie

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too big, too distracting and not enough "up front info". i'd rather have the option of "drilling down" if i see something that peaks my interest as opposed to drilling just to see if something is there which might peak my interest

Nov 7, 2008 | 11:28 am

#20

itsaboutthejourney

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cholula

It retains the same traditional "speech bubble" containing the name of the website and now adds an additional link to MyFlyerTalk.

I also like the bigger MyFlyerTalk button, I'm guessing a lot of users don't use this excellent feature. ^

Nov 7, 2008 | 12:08 pm

#21

Cholula

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Quote:

Originally Posted by itsaboutthejourney

I also like the bigger MyFlyerTalk button, I'm guessing a lot of users don't use this excellent feature. ^

I agree.

MyFlyerTalk, which has only been around for 4 years or so, is far, far and away my favorite feature on FlyerTalk.

Nov 7, 2008 | 1:37 pm

#22

Gargoyle

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Posts: 12,935

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cholula

I agree.

MyFlyerTalk, which has only been around for 4 years or so, is far, far and away my favorite feature on FlyerTalk.

I thought all the kind and gentle discussions in the forums you moderate was your favorite feature.

Nov 7, 2008 | 3:35 pm

#23

stevenshev

Join Date: May 2006

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Posts: 9,879

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mary2e

The look is nice, but I don't like that it takes up so much real estate on the "My Flyertalk" page.

My observation as well. Perhaps it isn't any larger than before, but it certainly (as a function of the contrasting color) looks a lot larger on the page - annoying so.

Nov 7, 2008 | 4:54 pm

#24

cheepneezy

Join Date: Apr 2007

Location: Upstate NY

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Posts: 7,035

Quote:

Originally Posted by goalie

Agreed. The page kind of reminds me of when you type a wrong url and you're taken to a random search page. I'd rather see the recent thread listing rows a little smaller so you could get more of them on there. And is there any way to adjust the time zone that shows up for them? They're 3 hours behind the timezone I have in My Profile.

On the plus side, I like the prominence of the My Flyertalk button.

Nov 7, 2008 | 7:06 pm

#25

tcook052

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Join Date: May 2002

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Posts: 57,065

I'm 51% for, 49% against.

Nov 7, 2008 | 9:49 pm

#26

BiziBB

FlyerTalk Evangelist

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Location: Sydney - Australia

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Posts: 11,079

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gargoyle

I thought all the kind and gentle discussions in the forums you moderate was your favorite feature.

^

Hhehehe

Get with the 'enhanced' FT - there are lots of undocumented features to explore, enough to pique the interest above and beyond a former club lounge.

Kind of more fun than reading the same old stuff on a boring forum.

I am playing with thread ratings this week.

Using the FT search for PMs of the past...

You're right though - most of the new features are rolled into My FT and we're only scraping the surface.

I can live with the new logo but what is next?