Fellow Nestorpolitans,
as we do from time to time, we’re currently in the process of testing what we believe is a fairly radical interface change on Nestoria. We’ve been running it internally for a few weeks, and are ready to unleash what we believe to be an improvement on the Nestoria experience on those brave soles willing to help us test. So, if you’re an “early adopter“, and would like to take the new feature for a spin please get in touch via our feedback form. We’ll send you the instructions to get started. Please let us know what you think, and most of all what we could do to make your property search experience even easier. Thanks for your help.Tag Archive for 'testing'
Fellow Nestordanians,
as you know we try to take a scientific approach to the business. We’re often running test versions of our site exposed to only a percentage of Nestoria property searchers. Currently we’re testing making the pins on the map clickable and showing information in a little bubble (as many sites that use Google Maps do). Here’s a screenshot of a search for property in Reading:
Greetings Nestorlonians!
We’ve just launched a new property search functionality in test mode. Some Nestoria users will now begin seeing a slightly different layout that gives you access to a new feature: ability to search by property characteristics. For example you can now search for a flat in Putney with a garden – or Grade II property in North Shropshire. Ok, that’s cool. But that’s not all – you can also select characteristics of a property that you don’t want to have. For example maybe you want to rent a flat in Maida Vale that’s not ‘lower ground floor’ and not an ex-council flat. No problem, search away. We offer lots of other common features that you can either include or exclude from your search. Things like ‘parking’, ‘high ceilings’, ‘furnished or unfurnished’, ‘freehold or leasehold’, ‘basement’ and more. One challenge we’ve grappled with in rolling out this new feature is how to present so many options while still maintaining the simplicity and cleanness that we know you love. We’re not sure we’ve found the optimal solution, but here’s what we’ve come up with:By default most of the search options are hidden away:
By clicking on the ‘more search options’ link on the right above the map a menu opens giving you easy access to more complex filters:
