A refreshing format, appreciate the improvement.
I like the new format. It is much easier to navigate and to read. I find that I read more of the stories than when they were presented in the plain text format.
Will do, Joe.
Hi Rick,
I’ll be sure to provide such links in the future. In the meantime, here’s the link the News Wire that includes the Japanese maglev story:
http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/004/707dixqf.asp
Thanks for your feedback and welcome to the forums. I hope we see more posts from you in the future.
Erik
The best yet. The new format is much easier to read. Keep up the good work. [:)]
Life is a series of sucessive approximations. I think this is a good start, but another try is needed. The use of RED makes it easy to find the topics, but the menu line at the top is very difficult to read. I suggest using RED letters on a yellow background.
The basic format is a two column presentation, but the second column is not obvious. This is the problem with many of the Web presentations. So many use the shotgun approach which results in a lot of unrelated information thrown together that the mind must sort out. The mind must translate the second column as a separate subject matter. A verticle division line would make it much quicker to grasp.
You are on the right TRACK, but the roadbed needs some imporvements for high speed operation.
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Thanks for the opportunity to comment.
I like the new format. Much easier to read and scan.
-Tom
Welcome surprise. Looks great.
There’s a News Wire link at the top center of the email. Might be easy to miss among all the other stuff, but it’s definitely there.
The new format doesn’t do much for me. Some of your text must be in light colours. I amd colour blind and light colours afford little or no contrast making items totally dissappear. Example the head lines for the History Channel DVDs and the Rail Europe article are a wash.
I like the new format better. I had to look it over a bit to find everything, but it is all there. Very neatly done!
Thank You,Thank You,Thank You
Excellent Format! I’ve always been impressed with Trains Magazine and its willingness
to try new things to improve this hobby by using the best reporting techniques available.
This new format is more concise and user friendly; Good Choice!
(Dave F.)fajoyce@bellsouth.net
Aside from as always being initially slightly unsettled by change, I like it very much. It starts immediately with the news, which I’m always interested in, and then moves on to the “feature” parts, which sometimes I want and sometimes I don’t. As always, the commentary is terse, clear and detailed. Hard to see how you could improve on it. So now you can go back to writing articles!
Bob Burket
Subscriber since '68.
Santa Monica, California
Bergie- I love it! Keep up the good work![:)]
Love the format. Nothing to add. Keep up the good work.
The format is good in that the topics are seperated and highlighted so that it’s easier and quicker to find stuff. But make the font slightly bigger by 1 or 2 points.
I have long awaited this fantastic change to occur since there was a poll a few months back on HTML newsletters. I love the format, and I no longer have to drive myself batty squinting to read the plain text. As long as these don’t become loaded with ads, please keep sending HTML newsletters. I do feel sorry for those who can’t read these properly, try to fix that if you can.
Good !
The new HTML format for your newsletter is great! The colors separate the sections better and subconsciously generate more excitement for the written material.