New Seatmap on United.com
Nov 5, 2019, 7:31 pm
#16
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Don't see the new seat maps just the same old one's from before. Maybe this was some type of mini beta test?
Nov 5, 2019, 10:39 pm
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It's busy work that comes out of having a team that isn't operating against business outcomes that they're trying to drive, but is instead operating against a warped expectation of "throughput" and people asking "how many features have you released?"
Nov 5, 2019, 10:49 pm
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Bravo, United! You know, if I can't find the information I need, I can book somewhere else....Just saying.
David
Nov 6, 2019, 4:28 am
#22
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same for me when using chrome when logged in
seat map works in edge, when not logged in or when logged in
Maybe they got a deal on Azure based cloud analytics or the next safety video will be a msft crossover
seat map works in edge, when not logged in or when logged in
Maybe they got a deal on Azure based cloud analytics or the next safety video will be a msft crossover
Nov 6, 2019, 7:03 am
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Nov 6, 2019, 7:06 am
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While I feel like the seatmap was always an async load in the past, now it is much slower. Ugh.
I see you have met a PM and/or designer before 
Nov 6, 2019, 8:44 am
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They're back to the "old" seat maps (for now). I much prefer it. Far faster, far easier to see the different seats, etc. Why, on the new seat maps, are first class seats almost the same color as the old E+ seats (blue?) Where'd the gold/yellow go to make them stand out?
Someone up-thread called the new maps primitive. I agree.
-RM
Someone up-thread called the new maps primitive. I agree.
-RM
Nov 6, 2019, 8:46 am
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Nov 6, 2019, 9:57 am
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While the new seat maps got pulled from the booking page, they are still up and actually functioning on the flight status page.
Nov 6, 2019, 10:15 am
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This started yesterday as far as I can tell. I looked for the united.com thread to post about it but couldn't find it.
This is back to copying Delta. Delta has been doing this for a while and I hate it.
Bring back the old way of doing seat maps. It's more efficient!!!
-RM
This is back to copying Delta. Delta has been doing this for a while and I hate it.
Bring back the old way of doing seat maps. It's more efficient!!!
-RM
Nov 6, 2019, 1:27 pm
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Unfortunately,
1. Evolving Internet graphic norms - more whitespace is more
2. Stupidphones - scrolling is preferred to compact individual pages
3. Programmer laziness/stupidphone dominance - got it to work with stupidphones, that's now what everyone else gets
Any others I missed?
David "Gimme a good browser and get outta my way" Lee
1. Evolving Internet graphic norms - more whitespace is more
2. Stupidphones - scrolling is preferred to compact individual pages
3. Programmer laziness/stupidphone dominance - got it to work with stupidphones, that's now what everyone else gets
Any others I missed?
David "Gimme a good browser and get outta my way" Lee
Nov 6, 2019, 1:35 pm
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Agreed. Has annoyed me to no end that I've had a large wide-screen monitor or laptop screen for YEARS but the webpages keep getting formatted as if I was looking through an iPhone. The graphic designers who've influenced CSS designs this way over the years need a huge whack with a clue-by-four. Give me a human factors engineer over a "graphic design artist" any day of the week ...
ugh.