AOL/AIM Mail Product Insider Blog

Written by guest blogger Jeremy, Product Manager, Mail Business Operations

What is a Panel you may ask.  A Web Suite Panel is a “drawer-like” (can be opened or closed) portion of the Web Suite on the right side of the screen.  The Panel area contains various content that makes the Web Suite even more handy (think Swiss Army Knife).  Currently there are the People, Events, TMZ, and To Do Panels but there are more coming soon.  As Tae has announced before here, one of the newer Panels is the AIM Panel that’s being beta tested now; the next release will add even more functionality to that AIM Panel.

So what other new Panels will be coming in the future?  Many of you have asked for an easier way to access other services, so we’re adding a new Directory Panel.  This panel will easily take you to other great areas, to see TV/movie times, sports news/scores, business news, music, shopping, etc.  See the screen shot below for a sample of what’ll be available in the Directory Panel.

If you’re looking for something a little more fun, then you can have the new Quote of the Day Panel shown.  This panel will show popular quotes from famous people.  If you ever wished Ralph Waldo Emerson sent you an email, you can read off his quote and pretend he wrote it for you.

The Panels area offers a great way to spice up the Web Suite.  We are actively creating many more panels that satisfy your different wants and needs.  Some of the new upcoming Panels will be: News, Entertainment, Technology, Business, Sports, and Weather to name a few.

Future plans also include creating a way for users to create their own, or import other 3rd party widgets.  If there’s a particular Panel idea you’d like to see, or know of a great 3rd party widget you’d like to add, tell us about it.  We’re listening.  We’ll try our best to base what gets added, on your input.

Thanks and enjoy the great new Panels coming your way (coming within a month or so).

Jeremy

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• #26 Comment from starkey1981 
  10/10/07 7:12 AM | Permalink

  I'm having trouble with only one of the screennames I use.  I am the Neighborhood Watch person and when I go to 'check my mail' (using IExplorer and going to aol.com to check) - I find that all my email has been 'read and deleted' - ugh - would someone tell me why this is happening - and it'sONLY to this one screenname - as I have 'many' for various things - a small business, coaching, personal family, personal, and Neighborhood Watch.
  
  I need help!  Of course there is no where to 'ask aol' why this is happening - ugh.  help.
• #25 Comment from sofatalofa 
  8/30/07 11:45 AM | Permalink

  Hi,
  I have been trying to get into my free email account but keep getting this message
  "You are no longer logged into AIM Mail. Please log in again." what do I do to get rid of it. Until now I have never ever had any trouble with this account. My alternative email is <ptrameka@yahoo.co.nz>
• #24 Comment from highsails 
  8/30/07 11:24 AM | Permalink

  When the email format changed, what happened to all the emails and folders I had?
• #23 Comment from lenie6 
  8/29/07 7:34 PM | Permalink

  I'm happy to have aol free email, however, if the font is so small you can't read it--what good is it?
• #22 Comment from websuiteblogEntry Author 
  8/29/07 11:57 AM | Permalink

  Hi tilliehelms,
  
  You're on the Basic version of the Web Suite and that's why the address auto-complete feature isn't working--it's not in that product.  It's in the Standard version.  You can get to the standard version (as long as your browser is new enough to be supported) by clicking the link at the very bottom of the screen inside of the Web Suite.
  
  If the link is not there, it means your OS or browser is too old, so try upgrading it.  Firefox is free at mozilla.com if you need a good fast browser.
  
  Tae