BiggerPockets Launches New Improved DASHBOARD!

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Joshua Dorkin

BiggerPockets Founder · Denver, Colorado

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Icon_minipost Nov 17 '08, 03:02 AM

Ok . . . I made a blog post about some of the most important changes. Check it out:

Introducing the New BiggerPockets DASHBOARD!

We hope you like all the improvements, and we promise to deliver even more great features to help improve your networking, education, marketing, and of course, dealmaking on our site, soon!

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:24AM by Joshua Dorkin

Mary Ann Ead

Commercial Real Estate Agent · Douglas, Arizona

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Icon_minipost Nov 17 '08, 11:31 PM

Like the work on the new dashboard. I like being able to see who my collegues are and what's up with them. I'm sure it will make for easier interactions....going to check out the blog now.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:24AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Nov 19 '08, 12:06 AM

I'm glad you like it, Mary!

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:25AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Nov 19 '08, 12:10 AM

DASHBOARD UPGRADE NOTICE

We just added a few cool new features to the already cool DASHBOARD.

If you look to the top right of the dashboard, below your NOTIFICATIONS, you'll see that you can now easily track all saved content on the site.

So, if you're following a conversation on the forums, or if you've saved an article, bulletin, property, or blog post, you can now to track all of these in an easy-to-find spot, "My Saved Stuff".

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:25AM

Rich Weese

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Icon_minipost Nov 19 '08, 12:16 AM

I wish I was smarter on this stuff!! Real estate I know inside out-internet, not much at all.. I do like certain features on the dash.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:25AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Nov 19 '08, 12:20 AM

Thanks, Rich. As long as we can make things easier and better for everyone, we're doing our jobs.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:25AM

Mark Yuschak

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Icon_minipost Nov 20 '08, 12:24 AM

When you hover-over a dashboard item the drop-down list appears. I'd assume we should be able to click on those links within the drop-down list. It's not working (maybe it wasn't designed to). Can you look into it?

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:26AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Nov 20 '08, 02:19 AM

It works for most people . . . what browser are you using? Thanks, Josh

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:26AM

Mark Yuschak

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Icon_minipost Nov 20 '08, 04:32 PM

IE6.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:26AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Nov 20 '08, 08:06 PM

Hey Mark -
Any reason you're not using the latest IE version? I've noticed that there are still a lot of people using IE6 on the site, but the IE7 was launched 2 years ago. I'm just trying to understand why people haven't upgraded yet. (we've got a bunch of people using IE8 already)

We're going to be looking into the problem in the next days and hopefully we'll have this issue corrected for you and the rest of our IE6 visitors.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:26AM

Mark Yuschak

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Icon_minipost Nov 20 '08, 10:53 PM

I don't like IE7 because it doesn't fit the same scheme and user interface which XP was written. 7, IMO, doesn't have the same look and feel. It seems settings are harder to tweak, interface is awkward, and I absolutely hate the tabbed browsing feature (even though I know it can be turned off...somehow).

I'm not a person who is resistant to change at all, but Microsoft really made too many drastic changes between 6 and 7. I think that's why the user base was not too quick to follow.

I'll stay with 6 until there are too many annoyances with various features not working (such as the dashboard issue!).

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:26AM

Will Barnard

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Icon_minipost Nov 20 '08, 11:08 PM

I get the same problem and I use my SBC Yahoo browser.
If I drag quickly, it works, sometimes takes several tries. I also click on the menu tab and then hit the down arrow key which takes my drop down box right over the cursor for selections.
You can try that as well Mark.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:26AM

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Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Nov 20 '08, 11:25 PM

Thanks, Guys. IE6 is horrible for development, as it is inconsistent. We'll see what we can do about the problem.

I'll be in touch.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:26AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Nov 21 '08, 01:02 AM

We seem to have fixed the problem, folks! If it is still not working for you, please try to reset your browser's cache and go back to the DASH. You should see an improvement.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 06:26AM