mbernste
Boosted
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
 ·Comcast
·Optimum Online
|  So, we have a new portal today...
While it may be an incremental change, it is, in my opinion an improvement. "The fan" still doesn't work (but its early yet), but I like that little toolbar on the right hand side that pops out. While most of the revamped page is nothing but "eye candy," some of the new video content isn't all that bad, except it is still done in Flash, so I can't view it in Windows Media Player.
For those running OSes that doesn't support Flash, now there is even more stuff you can't use on the portal.
What's everyone else's thoughts?
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD | It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. |
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twmonaco
join:2002-12-07
Aurora, IL | reply to mbernste
It's too cute!! I thought I was on AOL. |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Very cool changes!
Nice work Comcast!
And don't rip on me! 
We ALL remember what it used to look like!
PS - I like "The Fan" ...
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iBLoStBoY
join:2002-11-29
Carson, CA
4 edits | LoL i was going to call comcast and tell them to take $10 off my montly bill cause i can't see the bloody "Top Photo Top video" session - But then i realized OH! maybe i need to login lol.. ya its pretty decent, But then i'm use to AOL and they have alot of content (including the Newpass you get for Cnn.com) and their video is awesome even being watched at full screen. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to mbernste
What gives? I thought I had a strange new virus or something. I restarted my system, I thought...I don't know what I thought. |
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File Quit
Mac Geek
Premium
join:2002-11-28
| reply to mbernste
I think Comcast is starting to understand portals. There is defenantley more to improve, but they are trying to make a broadband freindly site. I just don't like all of this eye-candy, just want access to everything.
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
·Comcast
·Optimum Online
| It would be nice if they had a non-Flash version, but the layout is pretty good in my opinion. It gives you a lot of information without the feeling of it being cluttered. Granted, for news and information I'm still going to CNN and other sites, but every so often they have a video clip or story that I do miss elsewhere.
What really IRKS me is that one of their default bookmarks is TechTV. ARGH! 
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JMan0948
Where's The Background Music?
Premium
join:2003-03-25
Gilberts, IL
| reply to mbernste
But..but... if they had a non-flash version, then they wouldn't be able to bill the site as "100% Broadband", as they have been doing to this newer designed 'portal'... haha
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plencnerb
Premium
join:2000-09-25
Franksville, WI
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to JeepMatt
said by JeepMatt  :
PS - I like "The Fan" ...
Ok..Maybe I'm missing something. What is "The Fan"?
I'm lost. I went out and looked at the comcast page this morning (comcast.net), and it looks the same to me.
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iBLoStBoY
join:2002-11-29
Carson, CA | SIGN IN |
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pmokover
join:2001-12-02
Ventnor City, NJ
| reply to mbernste
I've never found any value in portals. To me they are just an unnecessary stop on my way to where I really want to go on the Web. Why wouldn't I just go to whatever site I wanted to go to? Why waste time going somewhere else first? |
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CajunTek
Insane Cajun
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-08
Arlington, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
|  reply to mbernste
I like it... 1) all the extraneous garbage is out of the way unless you want it... 2 The assistant bar is more programmable than anything else comcast has offered...
Now it still ain't as good as the old attbi page but its a durnsite better'n it was... |
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plencnerb
Premium
join:2000-09-25
Franksville, WI
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to iBLoStBoY
said by iBLoStBoY :
SIGN IN
and....? I just did now. So what? Still looks the same to me.
I guess my problem is I only go out to that site for one reason: and that is to look at my e-mail on the server. I do this so I can empty the "screened mail" folder, check my inbox for spam, and then clean it all out. That's it.
To me, that's all I care about at Comcast.net. Everything else is just in the way.
The best thing that comcast could do would be to provide a direct link to your inbox, without having to go through all the "flash" to get to it. If something changed in the way the e-mail section is done (new buttons, new features, etc), I would notice that. But, I don't even read or care about anything else on the comcast.net page, even after I sign in.
I would be happy with a login box, and then a link to your inbox, which would pull up the mailbox screen. That would be the best.
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E-Mail: saursesCancer@comcast.net
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iBLoStBoY
join:2002-11-29
Carson, CA | Well you asked what the fan was..
So you can't see it unless you are signed in. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | reply to mbernste
I only use Comcast's portal when I'm on the road to get my e-mail. I prefer to have Google as my home page.` |
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plencnerb
Premium
join:2000-09-25
Franksville, WI
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to iBLoStBoY
said by iBLoStBoY :
Well you asked what the fan was..
So you can't see it unless you are signed in.
Well, that's what I'm saying. I did sign in, and I still did not see the fan.
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--Brian Plencner
E-Mail: saursesCancer@comcast.net
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ | The Fan is a semi-circle object way at the top of the page, it is above the title section of the site. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
1 edit | reply to plencnerb
said by plencnerb :
The best thing that comcast could do would be to provide a direct link to your inbox, without having to go through all the "flash" to get to it.
Try this link:
»www.comcast.net/qry/goto?app=mail
It should prompt you for userid/password and then go straight to mailbox. It still uses flash during the sign in process, but it cuts out the step of going to the home page 1st.
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harleybill
join:2001-01-11
Bremerton, WA | reply to mbernste
I have no logo icon or anything for that matter on the top of the page. My assistant is on the very bottom of the page and its vertical instead of horizontal. Any suggestions? |
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