We heard you...

Since we launched the new "Home" tab inside TypePad, we've heard from many of you that the page was a good start, but that it could use a little work.  Specifically, you told us that we should give more prominence to the tools that you use the most -- the QuickStart section that gives you easy access to your weblogs, TypeLists and Photo Albums.

This afternoon we pushed a change to the Home tab that does exactly that.  We've re-ordered things a bit, and moved the QuickStart module right to the top of the page, and shifted the other modules accordingly.  Let us know what you think!

Comments

[Account Deleted]

It's always nice to see usability improvements. The Home tab is just that - a small usability improvement.
Nice, but no big deal.

I'm hopeing Typepad does not start focussing on the icing yet, where so much of the cake is still half-baked.

[Michael Sippey]

Bernd -- thanks for your comment. There's a lot yet to do on TypePad; we're nowhere near "done" with the cake part.

[inthehallofmirrors]

I'm afraid I question whether you did hear us... I had thought, and said in a help ticket, that it was increasingly difficult to get through to the parts of TypePad where one actually does work; it certainly feels cumbersome.

[Michael Sippey]

Paul -- we're continually working on TypePad's infrastructure to improve application performance and to make it feel snappier. We've done a lot in the past six months to make the app more responsive, and we have a lot more improvements coming down the line.

[Brian Smith]

The interface is getting better. I've been a member for almost a year now and I see steady improvement. However, I don't see a pretty simple feature that I'd like to have added to the basic TypePad functionality. I'd like a way for my blog readers to be able to subscribe to an RSS feed (or email) for comments made on the blog.

[Michael Sippey]

Hey, Brian... Thanks for the feedback! If you're using Advanced Templates with a TypePad Pro account you can build a feed of comments; we'll look into adding that for non-advanced template users as well.

[Risa and David Weiss]

Here's what seems to be a simple feature - the ability for users to send a link to a post to a friend. This is standard in Blogger.

[MsShad]

I think it's great - was my biggest frustration. Didn't occcur to me to say something about it. Is there a place to go to find out what is being worked on down the line?

[Rob Edwards]

What about including a link for visitor stats in the QuickStart box?

[Erika Verginelli]

It looks great! Thanks for that! I just hope you guys work on improving the stats page next! Thanks, Erika ;-)

[Joe Kunkel]

Is there any way to sort the listing of posts within a category, alphabetically, for example?

[mariapia]

what about bringing some new themes, you haven't upgrade them in a very long time, some very bold themes are out there at your competitors, or what about giving non techies a few more tools to change their theme in a easier way.
thanks!

other wise pretty happy with Typepad.

[Kathy M.]

I'm very pleased with TypePad.

Would love to have some flexibility around organizing my TypeLists on the main TypeList tab (even just being able to sort by "type" would be a start!); would also like to be able to tell at a glance which blog(s) a particular TypeList is active on. For example, TypeList #1 is active on Blog A & Blog D; TypeList #2 is active on Blog B & Blog C, etc.

Thanks!

[Michael Sippey]

This is all great feature feedback. Thanks so much, everyone!