star dust
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Post by star dust on Mar 30, 2020 17:45:11 GMT
Sorry if I've missed it, but somewhat surprised there seem to be no comments on the Beta site.
Have only had a cursory glance really, but I think it will be a big improvement (especially for those in MLIA) once you get used to it. It seems to have adopted a colour scheme similar to RateSetter's, but it does include better functionality it seems, particularly for MLIA - you can change and see your buy and sell instructions and what's available for sale far far easier than before - the multitude of clicks removed I think no more confirm confirm confirm.
It's also got some pretty graphs, unfortunately mine were on a very sharp downward path, and despite the changes are likely to stay pointing in that direction for the foreseeable. Not sure about the timing of the release though ............
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puddleduck
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Post by puddleduck on Mar 30, 2020 17:54:24 GMT
Hmm... well one thing I've noticed that is a step backwards.
On the old site on the MLA you could hover over 'Units Available' and it would show any discounted units in a pop-up, making it quick to find discounted parts. Now you have to click to see on the beta as there is no longer a pop-up
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dave4
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Post by dave4 on Mar 30, 2020 19:05:13 GMT
On the old site on the MLA you could hover over 'Units Available' maybe this could be added to the beta site?
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ilmoro
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Post by ilmoro on Mar 30, 2020 19:05:54 GMT
Currently largely unusable for me.
Huge lumps of functionality missing and don't try sorting columns or switching between different loan categories as it just gets stuck with ever dissolving squares
Havent looked at it on a phone but it wont display on the info on a laptop without having to scroll all the time
Has this been through a beta testing group first?
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iano
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Post by iano on Mar 30, 2020 19:06:31 GMT
I like the Standard and ISA summaries being on the same page.
Not too keen on the loan list being a scroll-able box in a scroll-able page - I have to keep scrolling up and down the page for the panels horizontal scrollbar if I want to view the columns to the right. It also messes up the mouse scroll-wheel if I want to scroll to the page numbers (which ideally would be at the top as well) or download as a CSV option at the bottom.
The colour scheme seems bright but not to the level of RS's insistence on giving you complimentary laser eye surgery.
Edit: Ultra picky moment but my OCD won't leave me be - on slower loading pages the loading squares spinner seems a little 'flickery' on my laptop (perhaps just a gif instead?).
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Post by jasonnewman on Mar 30, 2020 21:38:53 GMT
Seems like you will have to wait in the withdrawal queue to move from QAA to the other accounts...………..  |
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Post by Ace on Mar 30, 2020 22:29:21 GMT
I quite like the new site. It had much better integration of the standard and ISA accounts.
The secondary sort criteria didn't work for me, nor did it remember the sorted order when returning from a loan page.
The "Term (months)" sort gave very odd results.
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dead-money
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Post by dead-money on Mar 31, 2020 9:19:13 GMT
Hmm, definitely a work in progress.
Focus seems to be on combining ISA and Standard accounts and results in a lot of screen clutter.
Dashboard stats aren't customisable and now seems to focus on historic information.
i.e. Current Accured interest replace by your Total Historic Interest Paid and Total Interest Paid this month, Who cares about that ?
Colour scheme and pie chart widget a step backwards, harder to read and decipher. Lot of wasted screen space with a graph of historic data.
Maybe put all this marketing gumph on a separate tab ?
Scrolling an issue, literally it's a page and half down before you get to your account details. Sorting columns doesn't work ! Columns don't fit screen width and you get an extra scroll bar. So need to scroll left /right , up / down within a frame, not good.
Font is more difficult to read.
I'll be sticking with the current interface.
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Post by gramsky on Mar 31, 2020 17:19:05 GMT
Awful. Why leave tings as they are when you can change them.
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iann
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Post by iann on Apr 1, 2020 13:22:27 GMT
Stuff I have fed back to AC so far:
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Post by james1100 on Apr 6, 2020 18:31:23 GMT
I'm sorry but its the usual obsession with webdevs for look and feel when I'm more concerned about function. Some of it is pretty but it feels cumbersome to a mainly MLA investor. Probably better things to be doing right now. Sorry because I know how hard people work on these things but.....
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warn
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Post by warn on Apr 6, 2020 18:58:12 GMT
chris, possibly worth a look when someone has time -- on the beta site, a withdrawal request from an Access account isn't checked to see if there has already been one. For example - if I have £51 in 30DA, and ask for £51 to be withdrawn, it's accepted fine. Next day, having forgotten I did that, I request a £51 withdrawal. It's accepted fine. Third day, the same. Now, back on the standard dashboard, I have three queued £51 withdrawals, and the amount available to withdraw shows as -£102. Mathematically correct, I guess, but a bit tacky. Also, hoping the top portion of the dashboard is going to become customisable, so we can choose to see our balances without having to scroll past superfluous pie charts and graphs.
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p2ploser
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Post by p2ploser on Apr 11, 2020 16:27:08 GMT
Anyone having trouble logging in to the beta site today?
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gmitz
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Post by gmitz on Apr 11, 2020 18:01:47 GMT
No, not a problem.
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p2ploser
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Post by p2ploser on Apr 12, 2020 19:38:37 GMT
Looks like the beta site and the latest iOS/safari don’t work. Ok with other browsers it appears.
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