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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My Name is Lisa and I'm the Product Lead for AOL.COM. In short, I lead the team that designs, builds the new versions of AOL.com and make sure that current experience run smoothly. My mission (the team's mission) is to build the best home page for you and everyone that visits AOL.com. This is definitely NOT a one person operation. It takes a village! And I'll be introducing you to the team behind the scenes in the coming weeks.
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Reader Comments (Page 7 of 9)
121. Can you tell me how to stop emails with AUTOMATIC RESPONSE,it is annoying and time comsuming to delete them from sent emails.Thank You,Ian Kagimoto.
Posted at 12:23AM on Mar 9th 2008 by Ian Kagimoto
122. I am just flabbergasted(totally confused) I am a supporter of change and try to adjust but this is a bit much. I am 77 years old and I have been with AOL for some years. I believe that it would help those of us, who are older and perhaps a little slower,to have an option to keep what we had or excet the new edition. As you age it is sometimes difficult to adjust,quickly,to radical change.I am sure there are many out there like me. Thanks for listening.
Posted at 8:05AM on Mar 9th 2008 by Pastor Earl
123. I like my AOL just the way it is...I don't like change
Posted at 2:26PM on Mar 11th 2008 by Cynthia
124. life;s 2 short peeps
Posted at 7:54PM on Mar 13th 2008 by grizzo
125. I would like to cancel my service AS SOON AS POSSIBLE since I
am now with ATT and have been for the last month. You can reach me at kcbcsanjose@att.com.
Respectfully,
Ken Canova
Posted at 1:22AM on Mar 15th 2008 by KENBEV001
126. cool
Posted at 5:52AM on Mar 15th 2008 by babygurl19822005
127. I, too, have been a 10+ year user of AOL, and I also am disapponited with the changes. The address book is hard to use and it has been one of the main reasons I have not switched to another browser. I agree with the comment made about having a choice - I would like the option of have a choice in the old or new screen. I do not like the Desktop and since I got a new computer, I was not given an option to download the 9.0 (not the 9.0VR) so I am stuck. I hate the screen size, the IM box and the fact that everytime I type in an address it takes me to the aol search engine page. I really don't want to change browser's but I am really considering it, problem is it's hard to find one that is not very similar.... :-(
Posted at 3:54PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Debbie Barnett
128. No I don't like deleting items from the spam folder then haveing to delete each one individually from recently deleted.
Spams once deleted should remain deleted.
I don't like the favorites set up nor do I like having to sign on 3-6 times on aol.
In my opinion AOL has gotten worse and timely downloading.
Posted at 3:55PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Del
129. i can't get an answer on how to permantley delete all my em's at one time by contacting aol.help. answer me by em thing. nobody ever even looks at those em's i don't think. you'll need to fix things that are wrong before you go out and screw something else up that apparently isn't working for 90% of the users.
Posted at 3:55PM on Mar 15th 2008 by johns48b
130. i would like a way to select notification sound when mail arrives. i liked incredimail options really well when i had other isp. can you do something about this??????????????????????????????????????
Posted at 3:55PM on Mar 15th 2008 by keith mayfield
131. What aol did with Vista and internet Explore sucks iv had aol since 1995 9.0 Optamize was great i hardly use my computer any more i guess its true some people can screw up a free lunch congradulations!!!!!!!! your the winners
Posted at 5:53PM on Mar 15th 2008 by docterbud
132. DEAR AOL
WILL YOU SEND ME AN AWESOME E-MAIL?
CAN I GET AOL HOME PAGE .
Posted at 6:07PM on Mar 15th 2008 by KATIE VETRANO
133. the AOL screen has been foreshortened so that the right side has to be moved to read this side No reason given for this
can barely read the ads here
Posted at 6:40PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Joseph Leo Reilly
134. where is the AOL menu so I can get to preferences
Posted at 6:41PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Joseph Leo Reilly
135. where is the AOL menu so I can get to preferences
Posted at 6:41PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Joseph Leo Reilly
136. you are the best. this is awsome.
Posted at 7:24PM on Mar 15th 2008 by paige
137. What in the world are you doing??? Give me back the old AOL or I'm moving on.
Posted at 8:01PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Eisenb
138. hi bite me =D
Posted at 8:06PM on Mar 15th 2008 by lallalal
139. I like to see my buddy list while I'm online but for some reason it doesn't show, why is that and what can I do to make it show, other than that I like it the way it is
Posted at 10:28PM on Mar 15th 2008 by frbrthrdavid
140. I've been very upset with the new homepage. It does not always let me know when I have new mail. I don't care if it says"you've got mail" or just dings. I can be sitting in front of my pc, signed in to my mailbox and it shows 0 messages. I can go to the aol homepage and in the mail section it may show 3. If i click on mail to open it, it will open but still show 0 messages. I have to go back to homepage and click one at a time on each mail entry. Sometimes it's just the opposite of this. Homepage shows none, open mailbox, there's new mail!
Posted at 12:47AM on Mar 17th 2008 by Penny