Jolie said…

With HV-
Do you want them on your public or private REVIEW page?
Do  you want them on the MyHome review listings or no?

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Hey Jolie!
I would say have "HV" on our Review page privately. I really never paid attention to others HV, just mine. I would like to see the "HV" on my review listing on MyHome. 

Thank you for all the new features. I love the motto, more pictures to post, the blog, interests feature, quick review, can make our comments private........ Great job!! 

  

I'm not crazy that every time you switch views another browser tab opens up. Pretty soon you have a half dozen browsers or tabs. Can't that be wired to switch the page on a single browser?

Yeah George, I mentioned that above too.  I don't like things that open in new window unless it's just a help screen that you close right away.

I really like the new look and new options for private e-mails and friend's activity on my own page.  My first impression was ditto others on the scroll down for reviews but I also take into account that most people probably found my home page through a review and not vice versa, so I can see the point of letting them get to know me before they read on...but my question is how obvious is it to outsiders (love all of you VP insiders but the reality is all of our reads don't come from "within" the VP community and that is wonderful) that they can scroll down to see more reviews. 
Overall, my Viewpoint is four stars on the page...I know five stars will come from this amazing Veiwpoints team.  Thanks for listening. 

Interests generate review suggestions for you and also help us recommend people that you may want to know.

George- what browser are you using?! That doesnt happen on all browsers, so if you and Suzi can tell us what you are using, that would greatly help! Thanks. :)

It looks amazing! :D

I'm using Mozilla Firefox 3.03. which works pretty well compared to most I've tried.

I'm having the same frustration with all the windows.  I use Firefox.

I'm using IE.  It's in the actual source code, it says the Public Profile is supposed to open in a new window.  I don't like that.

nah don't like it.  I often go to my own public profile, as I did in the past, and I do on other sites, to find my own reviews easier and quicker.  Our latest reviews don't even show on our private profile without hitting an additional link.

I'd also like to add that ppl who use IE 7 won't even notice it is opening in a sep window.  For me and others I've talked to, it opens in a new tab.  So then I had like 4 tabs across the top as I was editing/previewing my profile and never realized it kept opening new windows.

As a web designer, the only time I find it necessary to open something in a new window is if it is a small help tip that is in a small box that is obviously just a pop up OR if you are taking the person to a completely different website.

I have no issues at all with Windows opening. I am using Firefox 3. whatever the very latest version is and not once has another window opened when I clicked anything  except the public profile link. Everything else stays within the same tab/window.

 

kevin said…

Jo said…
Did we lose the feed (RSS) ability? I can't find it.

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RSS feeds are still available, we just don't have an icon in the page anymore.  Your browser should automatically detect that a feed is available and display the RSS icon.  In Internet Explorer 7 this icon shows up on the right side of the tabs (near the Page and Tools icons/menus).  In Firefox it shows up in the URL box.

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Thanks, Kevin but bear with me. I can use IE I just never do. Firefox - the URL box - you mean as in http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/LoveisJoy (I was on your page:) as in the browser or somewhere ON the page. I love using the RSS feeds because I have Yahoo as my home page and it works really well. Thanks. Jo

One more thing. ..I cannot leave a comment on a rating. There is a place to leave a comment but when I click it I'm brought back to the review page. Thanks:)

Found something I'm really LOVING about this new profile set-up... when you are in your in-box or comments section you can actually see ALL the comments you've ever recieved... not just the past 30 days as before.  I figured those were all gone and now I see comments posted back in 2007.  Yay!!

Sweet lilsquibb, I didn't realize we could go back!  I wonder if they'll keep it forever history or cut it off at some point.  It's nice b/c I have a bad memory.  I also like all the various ways we can filter comments.

The new Profile page is really exciting and seems to be developing well; however, it may be that there are a few "blips" yet to be worked out.  In tracking my Stats every day I notice that -- although the "hits" and the helpful votes go up, the "Views" number hasn't moved in three days.  It's very unusual for me not to have at least ten or eleven more views of my Profiles page every day and suddenly nothing is happening so maybe that field has to be adjusted to change automatically.  Also, in case anyone cares, I can't seem to find anybody else's latest reviews anymore.  The message in the upper right hand corner of the "Home" page says there are 76 latest reviews written by my friends but when I click on that, all I get is more than 300 pages of my Friend's Latest Activities.  Other than that, everything seems to be okay.

Hi Anne - We'll investigate the page views count in stats. That sounds fishy for sure.

Under Friends Activity... you have the freedom to adjust the display to what you want to see. There are filtering options on the left side column. Check off the boxes you want to view: reviews, discussions, friends, photos, comments, blog entries. You are probably seeing ALL your friend's activity now because the page defaults to show every new action. 300 pages! Woo-hoo... you have a lot of friends :) I hope this helps. If not, feel free to shoot me an email: meredith@viewpoints.com.

Enjoy your weekend.

Thanks, Meredith!  That review list thing is coming up fine now.

I'm with George.  I'm OCD and love all the stats.  I like seeing the hits right when I see the review one liner.  It took me a while to find the stats.   

I'm missing my HV icons more with each passing day.  ;-(
If someone leaves a comment and the HV count has gone up I know where it was posted.  If someone just gives me a HV and doesn't leave a comment I don't know where it was posted.  I like to know what people like. 

Are they going to change the color bubbles for the ranks?  The green ones currently represent the top 100/500 and the yellow represent the top 25/50.  Can they add more colors so that the ranks for the reviews stand out a little better?  I love the new quick reviews, blogs versus scribbles, recommending my friends to others, and the ability to add more pictures.  This is one fantabulous site--keep up the good work.  Also, I'm thoroughly enjoying everyone's new profile pictures with the Halloween pictures even though mine might not "say" so.

Jo said…
Thanks, Kevin but bear with me. I can use IE I just never do. Firefox - the URL box - you mean as in http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/LoveisJoy (I was on your page:) as in the browser or somewhere ON the page. I love using the RSS feeds because I have Yahoo as my home page and it works really well. Thanks. Jo 

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Jo, yes, in the URL box, like you described there should be an RSS icon that you can click on to subscribe to the feed.  For some reason in Firebox 3, it's a blue icon even though everyone else on the planet uses an orange icon!  Who knew?

So, for example, I just clicked on your photo and see your profile page.  In Firefox, I see the url bar that says:  "http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/Jo" and all the way to the right in that box, there is a blue square RSS icon and a blue star.  Not sure what the star is for, but you should be able to click the RSS icon and Firefox will ask you if you want to subscribe to the feed.

(as for the RSS icon actually being in the page, it does seem like we lost this in the redesign...discussing adding it back)

I just wish people would vote more when they read a review.  I have some reviews that have 200+ reads but only 6 or 8 helpful votes.  What gives?  I have been voting every time I read a review.  I love the stats part, because like you, I like knowing what reviews are peaking someone's interest.  It seems that I am doing really well with the movie and book reviews.  Love your pumpkin ;+)

Meredith said…

Under Friends Activity... you have the freedom to adjust the display to what you want to see. There are filtering options on the left side column. Check off the boxes you want to view: reviews, discussions, friends, photos, comments, blog entries. ...

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Not permanently, though. Only when you are on that &%^$ page. I don't like all that hardwired crap on my page.  If I could select to leave most of that stuff off, I would. Permanently.  Also, are we going to get the individual per review good points back on the profile page? That is a real serious question.

GigiandAdonai said…
I just wish people would vote more when they read a review.  I have some reviews that have 200+ reads but only 6 or 8 helpful votes.  What gives?  I have been voting every time I read a review.  I love the stats part, because like you, I like knowing what reviews are peaking someone's interest.  It seems that I am doing really well with the movie and book reviews.  Love your pumpkin ;+)

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Those reads mostly come from people on the Internet who aren't Viewpoints members. For the most part, those are people who are researching the product you reviewed, so you get a "read" but these people have no way to vote. I like knowing I'm getting reads on my reviews -- I'd rather have lots of reads than lots of votes.

--Bob

Hey George... Yes, if you are referring to the helpful vote count on your reviews we are planning to add that feature back soon. We wanted to hear from you guys about where you want them and if you want them displayed publicly or privately. Please bear with us. We appreciate your patience.

bkovacs said…

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Those reads mostly come from people on the Internet who aren't Viewpoints members. For the most part, those are people who are researching the product you reviewed, so you get a "read" but these people have no way to vote. I like knowing I'm getting reads on my reviews -- I'd rather have lots of reads than lots of votes.

--Bob

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Actually, anyone can leave a Helpful Vote. You don't have to be a member of Viewpoints. We do some magic behind the scenes to make sure votes aren't double counted, but that's it. My guess is that the casual passerby just isn't as inclined to leave a Helpful Vote as a hardcore Viewpoints member.

kevin said…
So, for example, I just clicked on your photo and see your profile page.  In Firefox, I see the url bar that says:  "http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/Jo" and all the way to the right in that box, there is a blue square RSS icon and a blue star.  Not sure what the star is for, but you should be able to click the RSS icon and Firefox will ask you if you want to subscribe to the feed.

(as for the RSS icon actually being in the page, it does seem like we lost this in the redesign...discussing adding it back)

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The blue star is a link to bookmark the page. And I can reaffirm that we are adding those RSS buttons back, the only question is timing.

Meredith said…
Hey George... Yes, if you are referring to the helpful vote count on your reviews we are planning to add that feature back soon. We wanted to hear from you guys about where you want them and if you want them displayed publicly or privately. Please bear with us. We appreciate your patience.

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Can you see me doing the Happy Dance?  Whoo-hoo!