New Look QF MMB

[Anna]

One thing which I have also found is that none of the bookings show the flight number.

I am a long way from being an IT genius, but I brought up the flight number on the desktop with 2 mouse clicks - once on the menu on the left side of the 'my bookings' page, and once on the down arrow on the top right of the booking.

Didn't need to do any scrolling that others have mentioned having to do.

At this point I feel equally able to use the new MMB on either ipad or desktop. It's just different, that's all.

 

[Dmac6345]

Oh man, some people will find an excuse to whinge about anything!

Obviously in the minority, but I think it looks tidy and has a logical flow. Are y'all still mad over Simplification Day or something?

Its not whinging, its called Constructive Criticism !!!!

 

[medhead]

Oh man, some people will find an excuse to whinge about anything!

Obviously in the minority, but I think it looks tidy and has a logical flow. Are y'all still mad over Simplification Day or something?

Tidy? Ok then. Personally taking the information and spreading it out over about 5 times the page length and then inserting upsell in the space created is not my idea of tidy. But each to their own.

 

[medhead]

I am a long way from being an IT genius, but I brought up the flight number on the desktop with 2 mouse clicks - once on the menu on the left side of the 'my bookings' page, and once on the down arrow on the top right of the booking.

Didn't need to do any scrolling that others have mentioned having to do.

At this point I feel equally able to use the new MMB on either ipad or desktop. It's just different, that's all.

Oh mouse clicks. Why am I reminded of all the whinging about excessive mouse clicks when navigating the Virgin website?

 

[serfty]

Oh man, some people will find an excuse to whinge about anything!

Obviously in the minority, but I think it looks tidy and has a logical flow. Are y'all still mad over Simplification Day or something?

I presume you are using a tablet

It is too wide and long using far too much screen 'real estate' for the modicum of information being provided - I work in IT and would never have approved such a spread out landscape.

[LUDDITE RANT]

Much development these days is done with screen painters and widget attributes producing bloated source code with a lot of redundancy - not programming at all IMHO.

A simple two segment booking has 130K+ in HTML and references to 61 .js files.

Imagine loading that lot with a 56k modem.​

[/LUDDITE RANT]

 

[medhead]

Seems I broke the layout good and proper. That nice navigator box moves down the page and obscures all the details.
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[moa999]

1. No-one has a 56k modem these days, if stuck on that use 3G/4G
2. On a 1920x1080 screen I think it uses too little screen estate.

I think its quite decent, like the quick navigation column on the left.
That said 61 .js files is way over the top.

Although took me some time to find the Exit button.
Would have thought a "Back to My Bookings" on the navigation column would have been better design.

 

[amaroo]

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I think its quite decent,

+1

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[Brettmcg]

I presume you are using a tablet

No, actually I've looked at it on my 15" Macbook Pro and my 23" desktop PC monitor at work and I think they both worked well. Yet to try it on a tablet/smartphone, but I can't see any issues there.

 

[serfty]

Well I was looking at it this morning during my commute on a 10½ netbook and it was a shocker. By the time I pressed CTRL- enough so the width fit the text became unreadable.

Not everyone has 23" widescreen monitors.

 

[Brettmcg]

Well I was looking at it this morning during my commute on a 10½ netbook and it was a shocker. By the time I pressed CTRL- enough so the width fit the text became unreadable.

Not everyone has 23" widescreen monitors.

...and not everyone uses 10.5" netbooks

 

[serfty]

...and not everyone uses 10.5" netbooks

I do when travelling - guess when I need MMB the most?

 

[medhead]

...and not everyone uses 10.5" netbooks

Mainly people who travel a lot, really.

 

[Brettmcg]

I do when travelling - guess when I need MMB the most?

You mustn't have submitted your design brief to QF IT in time! I can't see any other reason why they wouldn't have tailored the new design to your personal requirements!

 

[medhead]

You mustn't have submitted your design brief to QF IT in time! I can't see any other reason why they wouldn't have tailored the new design to your personal requirements!

Fair enough. But how about tailoring the design to people who fly a lot?

 

[Brettmcg]

Mainly people who travel a lot, really.

...oh that would explain the hoardes of people I see in lounges and departure gates using smartphones and iPads/tablets. I reckon the last time I actually saw a Netbook was on display in Harvey Norman.

 

[Brettmcg]

Fair enough. But how about tailoring the design to people who fly a lot?

If you can boil that down into a few specific design elements then go for it. Not sure how you intend to generalise across the varied needs of the many thousands of "people who fly a lot", but good luck I guess :S

Also, I fly a lot and I like it. So now where does that leave us?

 

[medhead]

...oh that would explain the hoardes of people I see in lounges and departure gates using smartphones and iPads/tablets. I reckon the last time I actually saw a Netbook was on display in Harvey Norman.

Your comment was about people who use netbooks not about who use smartphones and tablets. Simply pointing out the fact that travelers are the most likely people to use netbooks. (If you think about it that isn't a comment about other devices)

I'd be interested in your definition of a netbook. Where does an 11" MBA fit?

 

[medhead]

If you can boil that down into a few specific design elements then go for it. Not sure how you intend to generalise across the varied needs of the many thousands of "people who fly a lot", but good luck I guess :S

Also, I fly a lot and I like it. So now where does that leave us?

Again you seem to be confusing the comment. It wasn't about liking or not liking. It was about the fact that it works best on a 23" desktop screen and not a highly portable computer that Qantas' most valued customers are more likely to use. Working well on a desktop and not working on a netbook suggests a big lack of objective with the design. Apparently Qantas employ smart people, which makes it strange that this design isn't best suited to the needs of travelers.

Feel free to twist that anyway you wish, I realise that you cannot handle people pointing out the negatives of Qantas.

 

[Brettmcg]

Your comment was about people who use netbooks not about who uses smartphones and tablets. Simply pointing out the fact that travelers are the most likely people to use netbooks. (If you think about it that isn't a comment about other devices)

I'd be interested in your definition of a netbooks. Where does an 11" MBA fit?

My comment wasn't about people who use netbooks at all. Serfty responded to a post I made about not everyone having 23" monitors, my retort was that nor does everyone use 10.5" netbooks. Clutching at straws much?

Also, not sure on what evidence you base the claim that "travelers are the most likely people to use netbooks"? I'm happy to believe you with some kind of evidence, but didn't you post this the other day...?

"The problem is that your opinion is not supported by facts. Opinion devoid of fact is tosh. ..."