Monday, May 28, 2007

Version 1.6.3: New group analysis

I am constantly checking the merits of a group. There, of course, are some groups that are scamming the system and some that truly benefit the lender through their selection process. I have added an extra button on the listing detail page that shows some interesting stats for the group.

When clicked, this will display info from LendingStats.com... which is updated about once a day. You will get a snapshot of the group's past and current activity. How you use the data is up to you. The link Full Group Info will popup a new window on the LendingStats site... extremely useful site!

Also included in this release is a change to a few of the popups on the listing detail page. I changed the pop-up links for Q&A, prior listings, borrower description, and bid details to look similar to the new group info popup (see below). You can click the close link or anywhere in the body of the popup to have it disappear and then simply click the magic wand to again review the information. Let me know what you think.
Prior Listings -- improvement here is that you can now click on the prior listing and navigate to that page. The sorting links do not work.

Bidding Details:

Q&A and borrower's description are similar. I will be moving to this form of popup throughout.

Also included are some more speed improvements. The initial load time has been reduced so it should be unnoticable. The Borrower, Hot List and Lender favorites information is now cached until you view a different favorite's list or about 30 minutes expires. If you ever want to force a refresh, simply click on Borrower or Hot List or perform a new Lender search from the Favorites page. This change allows you to be on the favorites list, click on a listing to review, then click on the 'Back to search results' and be instantly presented with the favorites list.

And don't forget about the Next and Previous buttons on the listing detail page. Very handy!

For interesting reading regarding the number of borrowers and lenders on prosper... check this out.

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