Introducing New Preview Panels!
Posted Jan 7th 2008 4:33PM by Lisa Edwards
Today we introduced 6 new Preview Panels that are now available to everyone and we are really excited about them. Added to the list are new Preview Panels for eBay, Finance, Health, Movies, Music, and TMZ.
To refresh everyone's memory, Preview Panels are the 4 large buttons at the top right of the page that expand when you mouse over them. What's great about Preview Panels is that they present a lot of information without taking up a lot of space and cluttering your homepage. Just rollover the Preview Panel to see the content you want without having to click off to another page. Plus, customization options allow you to choose the Preview Panels you want to appear on your homepage.
To select one of these new panels, simply click on the small triangle in the upper right of any of the Preview Panels (except Mail which is permanent – everyone wants to see their e-mail right?). Once you choose a new Preview Panel, your web browser will remember your choices and load these up for you every time you open the page.
We hope that you have a chance to try them all and see which ones you like best. Over the next few weeks, we will highlight each of the new Preview Panels on the blog to give you a better understanding of the new features and functionality.
So we really want to hear your feedback on the all of the new Preview Panels. Do you like them? Are they easy to use? Are there things you wish they could do to make it even better? Are there other Preview Panels that you don't see that you would find useful?
We look forward to hearing from you!!!
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 9)
61. Looks interesting
Posted at 10:03AM on Mar 4th 2008 by Elizabeth
62. it's really great it's poppin that what's up keep up the great work .
Posted at 10:03AM on Mar 4th 2008 by Amritapreet
63. games for mac to
Posted at 11:40AM on Mar 5th 2008 by Sarah
64. wats up dis iz yo gurl kesharia im new on aol so any body dats looking for a friend please fill free to write me!!!!
Posted at 11:52PM on Mar 5th 2008 by kesharia
65. i'm just tired of more and more stuff being added to the front page..please stop. if i want to find something i'll do a search for it. The page looks clutterd
Posted at 1:03AM on Mar 6th 2008 by nichoel
66. who goes on clubpenguin ??????
Posted at 6:41AM on Mar 6th 2008 by Tayler
67. The place were you can put the finance page will not allow it to stay there for the next time I log in. Also, I don't want to have the sites I've been to show in the www. address window. How can I make it clear like I once had it?
Posted at 6:46AM on Mar 6th 2008 by Fred
68. I use more than one email address. Previously, both my screen names were "stacked" in the same AIM box. This was great so I could go back and forth. I upgraded my AOL desktop and now one of them is missing! I don't know how to get it back! AND, everytime I open AOL, I get two Welcome screens! One in standard AOL format and the other in Explorer format on two different tabs. Takes forever to load now too!
Posted at 6:46AM on Mar 6th 2008 by Lynn
69. this sounds cool
Posted at 6:46AM on Mar 6th 2008 by devinbrown2010
70. Why change everything around? Why not work on the features you offer...AOL Mobile?
For years I have tried to use the alerts features and reminders for sports and other subjects and never received one on my phone...customer services says "It should work."
Why keep advancing when you can't perfect the basics?
Posted at 6:59AM on Mar 6th 2008 by bae1161
71. AOL IS REALLY AMAZING
Posted at 8:14AM on Mar 6th 2008 by JatinderpalSingh Sohal
72. k well y cant we choose ower back rounds likw we can 4 yahoo? that would be cool
Posted at 8:21AM on Mar 6th 2008 by brittany
73. The whole page is so crowded now with information and pop-up and drop downs and adverts that I can no longer find nor have enough space to see the list of emails or read my emails - which is all I want to be able to do. Please give me more free space!
Posted at 9:01AM on Mar 6th 2008 by chunkychoccy
74. I have been supremely irritated with the changes to my aol page. I cannot find my Favorites that I had saved in the past and that is really really important to me! Please help me find them again! Also, I have to log onto my aol page through Internet Explorer and cannot use my desktop icon anymore.........why and can I change that back? It takes much longer to click and then view my emails than before and it's just not as user friendly. :(
Posted at 11:00AM on Mar 6th 2008 by ejlm1954
75. Re: 6. does anyone know why you can't add individual artist to your list,like Led Zepplin on yor Aol Radio pre set lists?
Thanks,
Magilla
Magilla,
The preset settings are meant for saving your favorite AOL Radio stations, such as Top Pop, Top Alternative, etc...
T.C.
AOL Radio
Posted at 11:02AM on Mar 6th 2008 by TCinAOLRadio
76. Please direct me over to the developers or IT group for the email box design. I wish to have some designer inject a SENT EMAIL related find/search device for mails I have output. This feature was offered in the now discontinued Open Drive desktop. Such a feature is very helpful when attempting to rapidly locate and review older sent mails. In the past all I would do is type a few character letters for the subject or email address to receive a list of related emails output. Essentially this button keeps a client from having to scroll and scroll backwards email by email to locate a mere previously produced email. I truly miss this feature and now fully realize its value. Do you or your email division team realize its value to us all?? I plead with them to offer it quickly and within the next free update. Currently only a redundant ENHANCED BY GOOGLE search button appears within the sent email window. Direct me to the right people or help me if you can immediately.
Thanks,
K. D.
Posted at 2:38PM on Mar 6th 2008 by Khe'
77. I love AOL. I would not have anything else.
Posted at 2:40PM on Mar 6th 2008 by anna
78. great work ...
Posted at 2:40PM on Mar 6th 2008 by prem
79. I don't have the triangle tabs in the corner of the panels, so I can't change my previews. Why would that be?
Posted at 2:41PM on Mar 6th 2008 by mpglasgow
80. I just heard about this I think that its a good thing to have this service avalible for people to use so that they don;t have to try and keep looking for what they need or what they have on their computer. This is a real positive for me and anyone who wishes or is currently useing this idea for saceing stuff form the computer.
Posted at 2:59PM on Mar 6th 2008 by bubayellow92