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Julien

Dear members and friends,

As you have noticed, you now have access to a new version of ½ûÂþÌìÌà !


WhatÂ’s new?

1. We are going mobile

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You can connect to wherever you are. ½ûÂþÌìÌà is now optimized for smartphones, tablets, regular and large screens.


2. ItÂ’s faster

It is faster to load a page hence you can navigate through the pages more quickly.


3. ItÂ’s modern

½ûÂþÌìÌà has a new look! We have opted for a flat design. Flat design is a minimalistic design approach that emphasizes usability and is the trend in terms of graphic design).


4. Themes and associated content

To help find the information you are looking for, you can now easily access to content related to a topic. For example if you are looking a discussion on employment, you can see all the contents pertaining to employment in the column/Tab your right


5. Easier to interact and participate

It is easier to post comments, like & recommend contents.


6. Brand new search engine

It is now easier to find info. If you are on the Canada page and type ‘bicycle ‘in the search tab, all results would be restricted to Canada.

7. The most active members get easily recognized. Because you deserve it!


8. Content subscription

You can now subscribe to different sections such as forum, classifieds (soon), etc. to know whatÂ’s new.


9. Tutorials

For new member who need help, the tutorial will guide him/her through (for example to post a message).


10. Timelines

We are introducing the profile timeline and the destination timeline

On the member profile timeline,  you can see all the actions you have undertaken.

On the destination timeline, you can see all recent actions for a specific destination.


We would be please to get your feedback and first impressions. Should you have any suggestions or comment, we invite you to inform us in the dedicated threads created on the Help us improve the website forum.

The team and I sincerely hope you will appreciate the new ½ûÂþÌìÌà !

Many thanks,

Julien

magnus

Nice, looking forward to learn the new concept.

hyukjin7

i like it! it's more organized than the last one :D

paulopereirra

still exploring new features and new look !
Is has a more "android alike" look.

magnus

There is no app in iStore. Just a mobile site. But it looks good.

Tomasnz

Nice. Good job.Congratulations

Fred

Even Mr. Grumpy here is warming to the new version.

Perhaps I might suggest one thing....

On the mobile version, areas have a drop down to select the country you want; perhaps that would tidy up the directory page on the desktop version.

Hasnaa

@ mas fred: Please feel free to post your suggestion on the forum Help us improve the website :)

Nemodot

I don't like I and the old one worked fine on my mobile. Things like having to look where messages are is now annoying. before I could see if I had a message. Now I can't

Julien

Nemodot > have you seen the nav button (with 3 white stripes) on the left of the logo ? (on your mobile)

sureshkrishna

Great to see this blog. i'm waiting to learn the theme...:)

parveen7

Very nice..

Nagina

:) Love this new look ....

paulopereirra

can one still see user profile complete friends list ?

Julien

paulopereirra wrote:

can one still see user profile complete friends list ?


no ;)

Bilaldiab

Great

patou24C

I stil feel it is slow

Arta2010

very easy to search in and more sphosticated well done.

safendoulis

Expat-Blog - Please build in the means to connect with Facebook Friends and Twitter followers.

Arta2010

It is very good and user friendly. Also can update to avoid Spam users and enhance the privacy one step ahead which is currently on practice.

tsahpina

i have no smartphone,nor any good phone. ha ha ha!
i mean i love expat whatever form it has. cos i have been asked to a free dinner from a member. and of course not only because of that. but THAT matters more cos without money one can go nowhere. not even internet. fortunately athens has some free internet spots and i a laptop. kiss

noorudp

It looks good, but I would be curious to learn about why it was done? Was it for 2014 or did users asked for it?

planner

If I may answer you,  I  believe the main reason was to catch  up with the technology shifts to tablets and smartphones.  In order to be viewed properly  on other devices a major rewrite was needed!

Julien if I missed something jump right in.....LOL

mahmoud.khan.zaman

Its look better than last one.

nyangweso

how to i get connected to my friends now through mobile, facebook  and whattsapp?

John C.

noorudp wrote:

It looks good, but I would be curious to learn about why it was done? Was it for 2014 or did users asked for it?


Hello Noor,  :)
As someone who is not in the company's management, not a shareholder, and just an expat, me thinks the web site upgrade has been done:
1). to keep up with the times,
2). because web sites by definition are a work in progress,
3). to beat competition and to remind them who is the best,  :cool:
4). and last but not least because the winners at the game of life love to do things just for the sake of doing them.  :top:

Indonesian Community

It's nice...

Arta2010

Is it possible to download in a Tablet as a form of Software FB

terter1990

Great news! Seems much easier to use now, and "prettier"... I'll be logging in much more often now... Thanks for the update!

lottienevin

It all looks good to me - I've never had any problems using this site and I love the suitcase logos that you can download and add to your blog. The forums are helpful and one of my resolutions this year is to try to be more active on them. I don't always know the answers but I try! Happy 2014 to you all! Lottie

memy89

Thats Great!!

TrippleJ

The new looks quite cool! So this is more responsive theme.

Arta2010

Its much better then the previous version

syedkamran84

Awesome I thought Julian was a girl

Arta2010

:dumbom:


syedkamran84 wrote:

Awesome I thought Julian was a girl

planner

Love the smilies!!!!

zohebelma

Nice job looking much better need ios app

dasijmilano

this is totally advance and wonderful. more grease to your elbow

Nemodot

It's still slow/unusable with big posts. And I can't see if I have messages on the mobile version - although an edit button has appeared now. When will the message problem be fixed?

Hasnaa

@ Nemodot: Can you please post your question on the forum Help us improve the website: /forum/viewforum.php?id=11 ?

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