Feedback on the AFF website & brand refresh

[tgh]

Your email notifications won't, though.
My email notifications go into a box that I never open and delete every 500 or so, but it all still looks the same, just fine..

 

[I love to travel]

Not a fan have to say, reminds me of early 2000's layout. Small font too. But we will get used to it I guess

 

[Flashback]

No notification sent out, but a whopping great section added to the main forum page entitled "AFF Website and Brand Refresh". Was kinda hard to miss it...

Who actually visits that ....... all the time ............ ? Sorry, but not someone who has been using the forum for 19 years.

I'll PM a mod to delete my account.

 

[blackcat20]

Who actually visits that ....... all the time ............ ? Sorry, but not someone who has been using the forum for 19 years.

I'll PM a mod to delete my account.

Just switch to classic style.

 

[blackcat20]

Not a fan have to say, reminds me of early 2000's layout. Small font too. But we will get used to it I guess

Reminds me of the conference I went to where everyone presented in Comic Sans

 

[kangarooflyer88]

My first impression when visiting the site just now was that the site got hijacked. It looks like a commercial website trying to sell you something rather than a community that discusses the latest Australian travel news IMHO. One of the reasons I would visit AFF from time to time is to see that front page where I could learn about a new "enhancement" to Velocity or something else. Also the design pops out quite a bit. Yes it does look a bit more modern than the prior AFF, but if you care about finding the relevant content I would argue this is a significant downgrade.

Those are my two cents so take it for what it's worth.

-RooFlyer88

 

[Captain Halliday]

Once you get past the inverted Finnair logo, I reckon the colours look Bonza.

AFF's here for Allstralia.

 

[SYD]

Just switch to classic style.

^this

and the seatbelt sign is now off. You may move around the forum.

 

[Flashback]

Just switch to classic style.

Makes no difference to emails I'm afraid.

Also, for the weekly (?) gazette emails ......


The buttons don't present correctly. All in all, just a poorly thought out redesign.

As I've said with the trend of bringing on lots of new staff and pushing out lots of economy reviews to help them travel around the world and write it off for tax reasons, this forum has unfortunately just become pointless. Ironically, there's a transtasman J flight review thrown into the notification.

 

[sader]

I love that the first article in the latest email after the modernising rebrand is about the retro domestic QF737 J class, all a bit back to the future-ish

 

[I love to travel]

Classic style - please do not remove this option for us. I have just switched back to is and it is so much easier to read and see things

 

[Flashback]

Just switch to classic style.

For reference ....... I was already on classic forum (so the forum hasn't changed TOO much), but here's the email notifications which take no notice of your preferences.

 

[RealtimeY]

I find the new font a bit less readable. I think everything has been scaled down, because when I increase the zoom by 10% it starts to resemble old AFF again.

I would prefer to see a bit more dynamic and actual content on the AFF main page.

When I open that page, it's not immediately clear to me what AFF is actually about. Instead, the "Join for Free" and "Explore Memberships" buttons stick out to me. Is AFF.... some sort of paid service?

Whereas the old page very clearly tells me this is a website about aviation, it's got up to date news and can help me find credit card offers.

Maybe you could change the buttons to "Explore the forums" or something, because joining a website is usually the last thing I want to do if I can avoid it, and if I don't know anything about it.

 

[SYD]

For reference ....... I was already on classic forum (so the forum hasn't changed TOO much), but here's the email notifications which take no notice of your preferences.

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[TheRealTMA]

I use AFF classic style and it looks the same to me….

Font size now too small

 

[Dr Ralph]

"I’m sure most people will agree that the rebranded AFF looks more modern and inviting"

I don't agree.

I've reverted to the old style.

 

[LondonAussie]

How do I change it back please?

 

[oz_mark]

Unfortunately, that's what happens when a commercial entity purchases a website and has to try and spin a buck from it. It's also why those long standing members that had complimentary memberships had them stripped too.

I think they call it "putting it on a more commercial footing".

 

[Dr Ralph]

How do I change it back please?

Post in thread 'Feedback on the AFF website & brand refresh'

Thursday at 3:11 PM

I dont like the purple fonts...is it possible for me to revert to the old website?

Assuming you're talking about the forum theme, yes you can -:

At the bottom of the page...



Then select one of the "Classic" themes...

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[TheRealTMA]

How do I change it back please?

Go to preferences from you avatar icon