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Have you not yet downloaded the sweet new Inside Line iPhone app? Or do you have an Android phone and want some salt rubbed in the wound?
Well, then, please enjoy the next 63 seconds of slickly edited video, as our developers and IL Editor Ed Hellwig walk you through our iPhone app. It works on any iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or iPod Touch running iOS 4.2 or better. The iPad version is coming in May. The Android version is coming later this decade.
Want Inside Line on the go? Want fast-loading, clean looking stories (with comments and specs and performance) and hi-res pinch-zoomable photos (with a slick full-screen landscape flipper like you'll find on our main site) and vidos without being tethered to a computer? Addicted to your iPhone with iOS 4? Good news! The Inside Line iPhone App is now live!
The app features a scrolling tab bar at the top with links to Road Tests, News, Straightline, the Long Term Test Blog, Auto Shows, Comparisons and Features and are configurable in any order you'd like. (Ahem, SL first, please?)
The Inside Line app -- and I'm breaking from the official PR speak here because I've been playing with it for weeks -- is fast. Really fast. Even on a 3gs, image galleries and movies still load quickly. Speed was a huge priority here and it shows.
The iPad app launches in May (when new features will be added to the iPhone app) and an Android app (we're pushing for you guys) is in the pipeline. But for now, go, go get it. It'll look nice between Words With Friends and Angry Birds.
Notice how wide this screen-grab photo is? 717 pixels, yessiree. This is the new look of the Straightline news blog, and like the rest of Inside Line, we're going high-res. Most photos will be enlargeable to 1,600 pixels across.
We hope you'll enjoy this upgrade. And we hope you'll enjoying getting to know Inside Line 2.0 as well. The layout's a little different, but in the long run, we think you'll find it easier to use. More than that, we think your overall Inside Line experience will be much richer with the increased priority we're putting on high-resolution photos and full-screen video.
We're still in the beta phase right now, so for the next few weeks, typing http://www.insideline.com/ into your browser wilI take you the new site. If you instead type http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/, you'll go to the old version of IL. Later this month, the old site will be retired. It's inevitable that there will be a few hiccups here and there in the interim, so please bear with us -- the payoff will be worth it.
Also, please tell us what you think about the new Inside Line and updated Straightline. Everything is fair game -- the good, the bad and the eh. You can leave your comments here, on the Inside Line Facebook page, or in an email to IL Editor in Chief Scott Oldham. We'll read them all. Thanks and enjoy!
Starting in October, you're going to see an Inside Line that makes the current site look like an Atari game. A wider format, giant photos and easier navigation are just a few of the benefits the new site will offer. In the coming weeks we'll be giving you some sneak peeks of the new site to give you an idea of what to expect.
Among the many improvements you'll see is an improved search function. We're not ignorant of the fact that our current search box isn't all that helpful. In fact, it's quite clear to us that it barely works at all.
Help is on the way, however, as the redesign will not only feature a more prominent search box on every page, it will generate a far more useful results page.
As you can see above, you'll get all the results initially, but you'll also be able to filter the links by clicking the tabs across the top or the drop down box above the tabs. All of the options are designed to quickly deliver the results you want with a minimum number of extra clicks.
Later this year, when we launch the bionic version of Inside Line (you know better, stronger, faster), reader input will be taken to a whole new level. Not only will you be able to comment on every single article, big or small, but we'll be instituting a ratings system illustrated by the five stars above.
That means you'll have to two very different and very real ways to express your gratitude for our greatness. Kidding. We expect complete honesty from you, just as you expect it from us, and when we stink we want to hear it.
We'll also allow you to rate each other. Notice the thumbs up and thumbs down graphics on the comment below. Those are ratings of the comments by other readers. Seemed like a good way to keep you guys honest.
Sound good?
Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor in Chief
For months, we've been hard at work at redesigning Inside Line. We've promised you the best automotive enthusiast site on the web, and you're going to get it. The launch date for the new and improved version of IL is fast approaching, but we thought you'd like to see what we're working on in the meantime.
When we say all-new we mean it. Inside Line is even getting a new logo. Here are ten examples of the hundreds of IL logos our designers have come up with. Which ones do you like? Which ones make you retch?
Don't sugar coat it. And check back to this space every once in a while to see what the future Inside Line will soon look like.
We know that you are hungry for more content, more cars, more photos, more everything. You tell us all the time that you want more More MORE.
Today, we launched an updated version of the Inside Line photo player. We here in the office like to call it "THE FLIPPER."
You'll notice that the flipper now has 5 featured articles instead of just three. More work for me, more fun for you.
Our new flipper also has more navigation options. Instead of just "play" and "pause" you can now choose specific slides by using the handy dots.
Let us know what you think.
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor
It was 1,278 days ago that we invented Inside Line. That's 3.5 years for the thick. And so far it's going really well. In that time we've published about a billion articles, videos, photos and blogs. And our audience (that's you) has risen from zero to 4,000,000 people. That's right, 4,000,000 people visit Inside Line every single month and look at more than 24 million pages of content.
Yeah, we're doing something right. Inside Line is a success story by any measure. I figure the site's meteoric rise is a result of all the high-quality editorial we deliver each and every day.
You know what I'm talking about. The beautiful pictures. The action-packed videos. The tell-it-like-it-is road tests, cutthroat comparisons and exclusive spy videos. Every single day we work our asses off to make you, the Inside Line audience, so happy you come back for more tomorrow. And you have. Right now, www.insideline.com is the largest automotive enthusiast Web site on Planet Earth.
And it's about to get better. We're hard at work reinventing Inside Line. We have embarked on a plan to elevate IL to a new level, making it not only the best automotive site out there, but the most creative and emotionally compelling special-interest Web site in the world.
We will offer bigger photos and videos, of course, but also some novel and original concepts of navigation and user interaction. This will not just be "the next cool thing," but a major milestone in Web design.
If you think Inside Line is great now, well, you ain't seen nothin' yet except the tip of the iceberg. We're just getting warmed up. Stay tuned as we put the pedal to the metal and shift this sucker into high gear. And now I've resorted to an endless string of insipid clichés, which means it's time to go.
But check back to this space every once in a while to learn more about Inside Line's complete redesign. We might even show you what we're working on along the way, you know, like when a car company rolls out a concept car at an auto show. We want people to know what we're up to, and we want them talking about it.
Tell us what you think. What would you like to see on the new and improved version of Inside Line? Besides more of everything. We already know that part.
Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor in Chief
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