Major changes through our different products
Published on 29/09/2024 at 12:23
The last months were exclusively dedicated to the optimization of the performances and the ergonomy of our interfaces. This technical challenge was very exiting for all our technical teams and will have taken us several months.
Our main objective here was to fix the basic offer bugs and inconsistencies in order to obtain a much better quality for all our users. In this article, we’ll dig into the work done these last months in order to get a more precise point of view on it.
Ergonomic improvements
- Addition of « Manual » boxes in interfaces in order to give more details about the current systems being used by the users.
- Addition of the « Three menu dots » with specific indications for each action performed in interfaces.
- Separation of transferred data from non transferred data in interfaces.
- Addition of real time precipitations on charts in order to obtain a more visual indication on it and possibly more targeted flight desires.
- Refinement of flight and airports paths on the map (colors and weights changes) and improvement of the markers (more design and lisible).
- Improvement of the overall user experience with less data on the flights map and on the time table (consideration of current user position in order to display only schedules available at this position).
- Addition of the jumpseat system allowing anyone to move anywhere in the world.
- For larger virtual airlines, removal of superfluous data in charts in order to get a clearer design.
Performances enhancement
- Optimization of the overall communications with database in order to obtain a significant improvement in performances.
- Addition of a more powerful pagination system (150 entries are displayed per page) as well as a more powerful search engine in order to obtain shorter loading times on pages independently of the amount of data stored.
- Finally, we have considerably consolidated our test base around all our products to avoid a certain instability that may have been felt at times. In particular, this enables us to detect potential problems earlier and correct them sooner, without impacting our production environment.
As you will have gathered, our intention was mainly to get rid of all bugs and problems encountered until now to get a healthy and more robust code base before continuing the adventure !
Our next objectives are mainly to process and categorize community feedbacks, we'll also be concentrating on adding new extensions to our store (more on this later) to make up for the lack of functionality we may have compared with other solutions on the market.
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FAQ - Frequently asked questions
In order to provide an answer to the most frequently asked questions, we keep this section up to date which will probably be able to provide you with information if you wish to obtain information on our solution.
What is FlyZold ?
FlyZold is a virtual airline management system that allows virtual airlines to manage simply and efficiently their content through our simple and unique interface.
We believe that our solution will bring new impetus to flight simulation, more particularly by bringing a touch of modernity to the existing system by offering even more advanced technologies and by offering an even more advanced interface that can adapt to the majority of virtual airlines.
What is a virtual airline ?
A virtual airline simulates the operations of a real airline or has been invented from scratch and offers virtual pilots, after registration, the possibility to make regular flights between different destinations, helicopter flights, or cargo flights.
Generally, the flight performed is recorded either automatically by a software called "flight tracker" (our solution uses for example the smartCARS software) during the flight, or after the flight directly on the FlyZold interface of the virtual airline where virtual pilots publishes a manual flight report.
The flight report is called a "PIREP". It includes information related to the aircraft used, the departure and arrival airports, the altitude, the flight time and more generally all the events that occurred during the flight.
Each PIREP is then saved by our system and can be found in the virtual pilot's logbook, where each PIREP can be consulted to find all the information related to it presented in the form of graphs, maps or dashboards.
What is a virtual airline management system ?
A virtual airline management system is a web application that makes it simple and easy to manage the various contents of a virtual airline.
The functionalities of a virtual airline management system are numerous. Among other things, it allows several people to work on different pages or blog articles or even to structure the content of a virtual airline (FAQ, articles, blog), to prioritize users and assign them permissions.
FlyZold is a virtual airline management system allowing administrators of virtual airlines to manage all of their content (airports, aircraft, schedules, PIREPs, users) efficiently and fluidly, through a modern and elegant interface.
How to create a virtual airline ?
To create your own virtual airline, you need to follow certain rules, depending on the airline you represent.
In the case of a fictitious airline, you need to make sure that it doesn't exist, and that you have all the copyright you need to create it (including names, logos, etc...). In the case of a real airline, you must first obtain all the necessary authorizations from the real airline you want to represent in order to represent it virtually.
Once you have all the necessary authorizations, all you have to do is create your first airports, aircraft, grades and schedules in our virtual airline management system by clicking on the "Subscribe now" button in the main navigation menu.