DA now has two different formats for comparing CD rates?

pearlbrown | May 1, 2014 | 2,298 posts since 2010

Ken, this morning I noticed the format for viewing 5yr and 1 year CD rates has changed overnight and is different from the format for viewing all the other terms (6+year, 4 year, 3yr, 2yr, 18 months, 6 months, 3 months).

I appreciate the work that you and your technical partners dedicate to making DA such an outstanding website. IMO the format which has been in use was a very clean way for your readers to see the available CD opportunities easily. In contrast, including the institution logo on this new format adds no value to the comparison/selection process, takes up a lot of space on the page and limits the number of offerings which can be viewed to 40 per page.

Will DA eventually return to a single consistent format for viewing CD rates?

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paoli2 | May 1, 2014 | 2,641 posts since 2011

Personally, I really prefer the new format because it makes a lot of information easily accessible especially for new users who may not be as aware of how DA works as some of us are who have been using the site longer. It seems like Ken and his tech crew are working very hard to help us quickly to be able to see a lot of information we may have overlooked in the past. Thanks to Ken et all for making DA even greater than ever!

MidAtlantic | May 1, 2014 | 142 posts since 2012

Ken, this morning I noticed the format for viewing 5yr and 1 year CD rates has changed overnight and is different from the format for viewing all the other terms (6+year, 4 year, 3yr, 2yr, 18 months, 6 months, 3 months).

I appreciate the work that you and your technical partners dedicate to making DA such an outstanding website. IMO the format which has been in use was a very clean way for your readers to see the available CD opportunities easily. In contrast, including the institution logo on this new format adds no value to the comparison/selection process, takes up a lot of space on the page and limits the number of offerings which can be viewed to 40 per page.

Will DA eventually return to a single consistent format for viewing CD rates?

I disagree. The customize feature seems to me to be a major improvement and I hope we will see that extended across all CD periods.

pearlbrown | May 1, 2014 | 2,298 posts since 2010

MidAtlantic, the ability to customize selection by investment amount, type of institution (bank/cr union), availability (national/local) has always been present and is not new to the revised format.

cumulus | May 1, 2014 | 1,266 posts since 2010

PB, I kind of like the addition of quick links to reviews and bank details
in the new format---admittedly more often than not I don't look beyond
the first couple of dozen entries in the tables. Perhaps the addition
of a couple of filters would satisfy all: eg. verbose, compact.

In any case highest praise to Ken and technical helpmates.

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