jontyab
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Post by jontyab on Jan 31, 2018 11:10:54 GMT
A minor hangup of mine: When creating offers for amortising loans, I would appreciate a visual indication of the the payment date within the valid-until date picker, or for invalid date ranges to be de-emphasised in some way.
Too often I have to stop and check the date, or dismiss the 'Amortised loan offers can't be valid past the payment date' message.
At very least a note in the offer details form would catch my eye as a reminder.
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greatmarko
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Post by greatmarko on Jan 31, 2018 11:42:07 GMT
My initial thoughts: 1) There's no indication on the SM page as to which loans amortise - Please can we have a column for this and/or a way to filter by loans which are amortising? 2) When the notification "bell" icon is clicked, please can it then automatically mark unread notifications as read? It's really annoying having to then click a notification just to get rid of the red notification count 3) I would prefer to see all my investments on one page, not in a paginated view
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p2pclive
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Post by p2pclive on Jan 31, 2018 12:36:53 GMT
The navbar is confusing, I can't tell whether I'm coming or going, also the logo and colours don't work together well Apart from that the design is top notch
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SteveT
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Post by SteveT on Jan 31, 2018 13:40:44 GMT
Can you please standardise how each loan is referred to across the website, by using "loan number - loan name" consistently? At the moment, the reference used on the "Secondary Offers" page (and perhaps the "Secondary Bids" page, although I have none to check) differs from that used on the "Current Investments" and "Secondary Market" pages.
For example, looking at 1000068:
Current Investments page = 1000068 - S******mode Term Loan - Amortising
Secondary Market page = 1000068 - S******mode Term Loan - Amortising
but
Secondary Offers page = 1000068 - S******mode Limited (ie. it's displaying "loan number - borrower name" instead, which is no help when there are 2 loans to the same borrower)
Thanks.
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blender
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Post by blender on Jan 31, 2018 14:26:38 GMT
My main use is with a PC, and so I was happy with the old UI. However, I do occasionally use an Android smartphone, and many of the screens are now rendered much better with the new UI. The tables, of course, are still much too large for a smartphone screen, but that is hard to avoid. Overall this new responsive UI does say that Ablrate is keeping up to date with the way that users wish to use the system. Importantly it says that Ablrate believes it has a good future and is willing to spend on keeping its UI up to date, proactively. This is good for confidence.
One presentational niggle relates to available loans. On logging in I would expect the available loans to be either thrust in front of me, in effect saying do not miss this new opportunity, or how about adding some repayments. Or to find a prominent named link to the available loan opportunities. After all, the new loans are what might have changed since you last logged it. On a PC the menu bar is effective in giving a button labelled available loans, though it does not exactly demand attention. On the Android, the available loans are nowhere that I can see on the dashboard. You have to know to go to the drop down list which then gives you a route to the available loans. I can work it ok, but I think the new dashboard screen is missing the opportunity to promote the available loans. The fact that there are none to bid on at present is not the point. After the aircraft draws down, how will the next new loan be brought to the attention of someone logging on?
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jfm
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Post by jfm on Jan 31, 2018 16:20:04 GMT
Can we opt out of "payment made" notification? Doesn't serve much purpose for me. Perhaps payment missed would be more relevant. Also when going through all those notifications to move to read status, it now takes an extra action to close the pop-up window.
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jfm
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Post by jfm on Jan 31, 2018 16:26:09 GMT
I think that just unsubscribes the email not the platform list
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unmadem
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Post by unmadem on Jan 31, 2018 16:32:11 GMT
Can we opt out of "payment made" notification? Doesn't serve much purpose for me. Perhaps payment missed would be more relevant. Also when going through all those notifications to move to read status, it now takes an extra action to close the pop-up window. Click on the bell. Click in the cog, bottom right of the pop-up box. Select 'Unsubscribe' against 'Payment Made' (and any others you no longer wish to see). Thanks for the info and to ablrate for doing it. Those emails have been annoying me ever since ablrate launched.
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hantsowl
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Post by hantsowl on Jan 31, 2018 19:39:04 GMT
I think that just unsubscribes the email not the platform list Ah... I think the penny has dropped... You might want to receive the email(s) but not get notified on the platform? (Or, for some, vice versa.) In which case, I don't think it's possible to differentiate but adding the option to might be desirable... Seems to overflow a buffer if you try to unsubscribe more than 20 emails. Gui bombs out with an "Unexpected error". ablrate
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mouse
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Post by mouse on Jan 31, 2018 22:54:06 GMT
Unsure if this has been mentioned already, but in acct history, when a from date is selected eg 2/1/18, transactions on 2/1/18 are not listed. To show 2/1/18, i have to select from 1/1/18. . Same problem in the old gui. Doesn't seem right to me. - do not have this problem with other platforms. Is this a known issue or is it me?
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n
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Post by n on Feb 1, 2018 8:56:01 GMT
I can't find anywhere to see my IFISA replaceable amount. I can work it out from my own records but it gives me a warm glow when the platform agrees with me. Of course I might just be going blind!
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southport
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Post by southport on Feb 1, 2018 9:00:10 GMT
I can't find anywhere to see my IFISA replaceable amount. I can work it out from my own records but it gives me a warm glow when the platform agrees with me. Of course I might just be going blind! If you go to DEPOSIT in your IFISA account there is a link under the amount to check IFISA allowance.
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n
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Post by n on Feb 1, 2018 9:04:23 GMT
Thank you. Time for another visit to Specsavers!
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Post by dan1 on Feb 1, 2018 9:11:55 GMT
ablrate - is it possible to remember the last page visited when the system logs you out? For example, if I'm on the SM and I get logged out, I log in again and it takes me to the dashboard whereas I'd like to be taken back the SM. What I do at present is hit the log on button then hit my browser back button twice to take me back to my previous page. Thanks!
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SteveT
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Post by SteveT on Feb 1, 2018 9:22:30 GMT
Also to make the chosen column sort settings as "sticky" as possible, please. I think the "Secondary Market" page remembers my previous column sort setting, but I'm finding I have to re-sort the "Current Investments" page each time I log in.ablrate Actually, it's worse than I thought. When I re-sort the "Current Investments" page, it forgets my sort order on the "Secondary Market" page and vice-versa. So I'm having to resort the columns each time I switch page. I'm using Win 10 / Chrome, in case it's browser-specific.
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