Spotlight: eBay Preview Panel
Posted Jan 8th 2008 3:47PM by Lisa Edwards
Each week we will try and highlight one of the new Preview Panels to give a better understanding of the features.
Click here to read about how to customize your own Preview Panels.
We wanted to start with the Ebay Preview Panel which is one new option that we are REALLY excited about. We know that a lot of you in our
When you add the eBay Preview Panel, the default view when you put your mouse over the eBay icon will show a search view.
If you type in a search term ("Boston Red Socks" for example – sorry Yankee fans...) into the eBay search box, the results will show directly in the panel with the items whose auctions are finishing soonest listed at the top. If you hold your mouse pointer over any of the items in the search results, you will see a preview of the item including an image (where provided by the seller), number of bids, current price, and the buy-it-now price.
If you click on any specific item from the search results, you will see a more detailed description of the item including how much time is left, reserve info, and other details.
From here, you can do go back to your search results or start a new search over from the beginning. At this time, you aren't able to bid on items directly from the eBay Preview Panel, but if you click on the item from the detail page in the panel, it will take you directly to the eBay site to bid or do other eBay actions.
The really cool feature we added is the ability to track an eBay item on your
It's really useful to keep an eye on something your bidding on without having to spend time to navigate all over the Internet!! If you decide you no longer want to track a specific item, just simply click "Clear item" and then you can search for and track something else.
Try it out now at AOL.com and let us know what you think. We look forward to your feedback!!!
Sanjay
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
21. that is so cool
Posted at 12:48AM on Mar 15th 2008 by zach
22. AOL is driving me crazy, you put me on dialup and I can't even retrieve my email. Haven't been able to in three day or more
Posted at 12:48AM on Mar 15th 2008 by Joyjoym29
23. Could you just make it look like the AOL page I used when I had dial up? I can't find anything on this page now I've moved to hi-speed! How do I switch screen names, where's my buddy list, why is it such a pain geting into my email and address book. Just keep it simple please.
Posted at 12:48AM on Mar 15th 2008 by Glnayers
24. OK to all the people who hate the new change here is the simple answer when you buy a news paper the 50 cents you pay doesn't even cover the cost of making the news paper and paying all the people involved in order for AOL to make this service free to you the money has to come from somewhere and that is the reason features like this come up yes some people will use it some won't if you don't like it don't click that tab
Posted at 12:49AM on Mar 15th 2008 by bradleyshaz
25. Sorry But i dont like Ebay,Keep it some place Else.
Posted at 12:49AM on Mar 15th 2008 by JOSE
26. BE CAREFULL SOME STUFF ON E-BAY IS STOLEN AND MY FRIEND BOUGHT IT AND WAS CHARGED WITH STOLEN PROPERTY.
Posted at 12:49AM on Mar 15th 2008 by katyie
27. OMFG stop flaming this! people, and if you dont use ebay why comment?
Posted at 12:49AM on Mar 15th 2008 by william
28. this new stuff is cool.
Posted at 12:50AM on Mar 15th 2008 by JonJav41
29. @ pinngwinn ~ Use firefox or opera ^_^ i use firefox myself.
Posted at 12:50AM on Mar 15th 2008 by camiabe168
30. I agree with others. Keep it plain, keep it simple and most of all, keep it seperate. This version of aol is possible the worst so far. I so miss 9.1, but then again you get what you pay for.
Posted at 12:50AM on Mar 15th 2008 by Dyrrep
31. I'm not sure about Ebay :/ Im only 12 years young, therefore I cannot use it. My cousin (36 years old) can has some experience but I dont know how to use it, so probably It might scam me D:
Posted at 12:50AM on Mar 15th 2008 by starrinessss
32. I've never used E-Bay and never tryed to investigate what might be on it. I read on the responsed, like more then 90% of the responders don't care for this one bit.
Posted at 12:51AM on Mar 15th 2008 by Tim
33. I don't need e-bay, please take me back to my home page.
Posted at 12:51AM on Mar 15th 2008 by Armand
34. ebay sucks i got 1.00000.0000.0000.000.000$ On my Pay-Pal
Posted at 12:51AM on Mar 15th 2008 by Philly
35. this is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted at 12:51AM on Mar 15th 2008 by ashley
36. I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted at 10:19AM on Mar 16th 2008 by ohsuminy
37. good
Posted at 5:21AM on Mar 20th 2008 by hmzlokhandwala
38. thanks everyone for all the comments on the blog. Even though there are some of you that use eBay and others that don't, the beauty of the Preview Panel is that you can customize it to be any number of choices if eBay isn't what interest you.
Sanjay
Posted at 9:49AM on Mar 20th 2008 by Sanjay Nayar
39. AOL has "given me 10. Most worthless thing I have received"
I have had problems with the radio with the older version
and written and never have received a reply. Now I have
problems with the e-mail and the same problems with the radio.
Could be just something I'm doing wrong, but if I write
about a problem, I would THINK I would get a response.
DAN
Posted at 11:27AM on Mar 21st 2008 by N9KDAN
40. Dan,
What problems are you having with Radio and email? You may want to post your issues on those specific product blogs so that your questions will get to the right people
Radioblog: http://journals.aol.com/theradioblog/aolradio
Mailblog: http://mailblog.aol.com/
Sanjay
Product Manager
AOL.com
Posted at 12:02PM on Mar 21st 2008 by Sanjay Nayar