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Last Post 668 days, 8 hours Ago


I know many of you have been waiting for us to fix a few things and add a few things to myFOXdfw.com. Well... between Thanksgiving and the new year the waiting will finally end. We are excited to announce the follow features coming soon.

1) Google-powered internal site search - Launching in the week after Thanksgiving, myFOXdfw.com will finally get a search engine to search the site for stories, blogs and videos.

2) Live steaming video - We now have the ability to stream video live online for breaking news events, press conferences, special occasions and more. To see live coverage of the Thanksgiving day Turkey Trot or to see what's on the schedule, visit http://media.myfoxdfw.com/live/.

3) my Voice - While you all have the opportunity to voice your opinions on the myFOXdfw.com blogs, we've also recently added a feature called my Voice. It allows users to call in and leave an audio recording to be published online. Currently there is a story titled my Voice: Giving Thanks located on the News page. Click for instructions on how to record your audio. Also, let us know if you have suggested topics.

4) School closings - As winter weather draws near, myFOXdfw.com will be your source for school and business closing information. During times of severe weather, check out our Weather page for school closing information.

5) Interactive: Radar Hot Spots - Visit http://media.myfoxdfw.com/KDFWMISC/Speeding/ for an interactive map which allows you to see the top 12 places in the metroplex where you are most likely to get a speeding ticket. The feature resides on the Traffic page.




And finally, the follow features are currently being developed by FOX Interactive Media for myFOXdfw.com and are expected to be released sometime in the next few months:

1) Desktop Widgets and RSS feeds

2) Breaking news alerts and newsletters

3) Improved Weather graphics and a winter weather tracker similar to the current tropical weather tracker

4) Improved Community blog features (I can elaborate more on specific plans after they are finalized. For now I can say many of your requests were heard and you should all be very pleased.)
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GratefulGrace read my blog view my photos
Nov 22, 2006 | 8:18 PM

Well, now that you guys have fixed the little time and temperature thing on air, there isn't anything you can't do!

The sky's the limit!

Showdog read my blog view my photos
Nov 22, 2006 | 8:40 PM

Way to go Fox4! Yee Haw!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Marks read my blog view my photos
Nov 22, 2006 | 8:52 PM

Will you add HTML like STRIKE and BOLD? It helps a bit.

NickKnowsFox4 read my blog view my photos
Nov 22, 2006 | 9:17 PM

FOX 4 once again DELIVERING! Thanks!!! :-)

TxShelbyTx read my blog view my photos
Nov 22, 2006 | 9:22 PM

Woohoo!

mach80 read my blog view my photos
Nov 22, 2006 | 10:53 PM

Awesome!

mykidzatm read my blog view my photos
Nov 22, 2006 | 10:59 PM

Hmmm. Leftovers, enhancements, leftovers, enhancements.

Wait- Eat leftovers while testing out new enhancements.

I'm ready. Thanks for the news Tracey.

leegrimsley read my blog view my photos
Nov 22, 2006 | 11:14 PM

This is going to put 5,8 and 11 in the stone age

Where they belong

chardoney read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 5:23 AM

oooh, goody good!! I don't wana wait.. wan'it now! Wan'it now!! :))

yeahzer!!

chardoney read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 5:24 AM

Gracie didn't say firsties... so I get it! FIRSTIES!

(hehehe @ grace)

ProudAmerican read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 5:30 AM

lol twinzers!!

I love new toys!!

chardoney read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 5:46 AM

me too, me too!! :)
I don't think we should have to wait. NOW, NOW, NOW. (she leaves pouting)
p.s. hi twinzor.. sorry you have to work. :(

chardoney read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 6:32 AM

"allows you to see the top 12 places in the metroplex where you are most likely to get a speeding ticket"

no doubt, THAT will be popular. :]

acoolone read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 10:43 AM

What are all of y’all so excited about! None of these things address the problems we have with this web site. It’s all about them and not us. They have not address one problem all of use has complain about.
Let’s start with switching to the next page without having to scroll back to the top. Easy to fix. Then how about blocking someone you don’t want to post on your blog. Once again very easy to fix. What about live chat, once again very very easy. This is just a few things. Their is about 10 more I don’t have time to get into now. But all of them would take about 2 weeks to fix. So before you get all excited about better weather, live voice (you can already do that with tell it to Tim, if your not to lazy to pick up the phone), live stream video will not work that great unless you have high speed internet with enough ram and we don’t need to know where the speed radars are in the first place.
So come on Fox, try to do what Corp Fox has done and listen to your Bloggers.

ProudAmerican read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 11:10 AM

some of that I thought might be coverd under 4) Improved Community blog features.

chardoney read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 11:20 AM

cool, we can always count on you for a cold shower. LOL I just like new stuff.. whatever it is. :))

Maybe the others things will be implemented sooner or later? We just need to keep whinning?? lol

someone pass coolone a beer! 2 beers! :))

LambChopSushi read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 4:43 PM

I'm interested in seeing the new "blog features" - I'm hoping Fox adds some sort of "block" or "ignore" feature.

chardoney read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 6:11 PM

I like the IGNORE! lol

{{{}}}} <-- don't hear you!

Just_Observing_Life read my blog view my photos
Nov 23, 2006 | 10:52 PM

I just appreciate the thought of them trying to change. It is more than I can say for other stations.

acoolone read my blog view my photos
Nov 24, 2006 | 1:31 AM

about the only thing I have ever used on their webpage is the weather map. The rest of it is pretty much junk to me. But that is just me, I know some people like all that other stuff. But we have all been asking for the small stuff to be fixed on the blog. It's not like this stuff couldn't be fixed in a couple of days. But I'm sure it's the provider they are useing.

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