First off, I will say that slowly I am seeing progress on the Classifieds. I have seen several bugs eliminated over time. I appreciate all the work that is going in to improve the Classifieds.
That said, the new Classifieds are still far inferior to the previous Classifieds in my opinion. To help explain, I will note that I rarely visit AirForums from computer any more, unless I intend to type up a post. Otherwise, almost all of my visits are from an Android smart phone, including visits to the Classifieds page.
On the positive, from an Android phone, the Search feature didn't work properly when the new Classifieds were first launched. That has thankfully been fixed as far as I can tell. But after that, it gets mostly negative for me. I still do not like the new layout - it is clunkier to use than the layout from the old Classifieds. I hate having "featured" ads at the top - I just want to see the newest posts - period. Worse, viewing photos attached to a Classifieds post is almost impossible from an Android phone. The pop up window showing the photos just does not work well from a smart phone. Zooming and hitting the next photo button just requires too much constant manipulation. I'd rather have the photos view more like they do on the eBay app, where you can scroll thru them by dragging them side to side.
Bottom line. I used to visit the old Classifieds almost every day. Even after an adjustment period I find myself only visiting the new Classifieds about once every week or two. They are not easy enough to use to cause me to want to visit frequently. That is a shame for the sellers that hope to sell something on them.
Just thought you'd like some honest feedback after the filter of time and an adjustment period to get used to the new format (or not).
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Joe
Wally Byam Caravan Club International Historian
Vintage Airstream Club Historian
WBCCI/VAC #702 & #6768
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