Hi everyone,

I’m excited to let you know that later this week, Fodors.com will be sporting a new look and feel. As you’ve probably heard, we’re celebrating our 75th anniversary this year. Our web team has been hard at work on an updated look for our site in honor of this significant milestone.

The crisp, new design will make it easier for you to find the information you need without affecting the site’s core functionality and should not affect or change the way you currently use the Forums. We’d love to hear your feedback, and certainly want to know if you have any problems or questions. As always, you can reach me at [email protected].

I remember the last changes and the many unhappy posts - put on your padding and helmet! Hope these changes go smoother.

Will you be increasing the speed with which the posts load? Fodors is a slow site. I'd like to see it speeded up, especially when searching.

Cannot wait !
When will it happen?

Yes, I hope this has been thoroughly user tested so that all these new features work with all browsers, for example, and that your web team hasn't stuffed it with stuff that works great for them but NOT for the users. Did you have a focus group of experienced and newbie Fodorites try it out?

I'm not referring to your team specifically, but I've dealt with too many IT and/or web teams who, in their heart of hearts, think the company/site/organization is there to serve THEM rather than the other way around.

So I shall hope for the best but not be surprised by any snafus.

Looking forward to the updated look. An updated feel? I'm not sure about that.

Progress in the name of what?

Last time this happened there were a lot of moans. Many including me stop posting for months.

Please explain what is wrong with the current format.

I am NOT excited. Remembering the last change gives me nightmares.

Agree with the poster above that Fodor's is slow compared to other sites.

Fodors is EXTREMELY SLOW when using Internet Explorer. Google Chrome is a little better. With IE I sit there, twiddle my thumbs and can't do a thing while all those ads, flash, etc. loads. It is like deja vu and dial-up all over again. We don't want bells and whistles and other fancy stuff. Content is king!!!

Uh...oh.

StCirq: more like oy-vey

<i>The crisp, new design...</i>


Humph, trite description.

Re: design .. I'll wait for my own opinion.

Not sure whether I ought to be thrilled. I promise I will be if the many inconveniences of the current design (that I never learned to love) are to be corrected. If it goes the way the last relaunch went, however...

Can't we just wait to see what it looks like first?

Thanks for the heads up Amy...looking forward to seeing what you all have come up with!

cheers,
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Computer-wise, I am not very sophiscated. I hope I can still get around here.

Ooh, can't wait! Change is always invigorating.

Ono! iHavnt getgot ovr the lAST "uPdayt yet

Miserable gits you all are!

Amy, thanks for this. I look forward to seeing it.

Poor Amy, you are in for a rough time if the contributors don't like it, fingers cross that it is fabulous!!

Hope we get an edit function, with all those typos!

will the prices increase too?