Glad to know that height and weight can be added easily.
I do understand that VLD is superior in many ways (more functions, more stable) to OSdate. That's why I intend to move to VLD. I have to compare VLD to what I know though (meetic, POF, OSdate). It doesn't mean that I think that VLD has the same level of quality/mediocrity as those.
After checking again, I was wrong about one thing though. OSdate doesn't not allow to search by "last lagged in". Instead it simply displays the date or period when the user last logged in, next to the username. It is not a searchable criterion.
But Meetic does (it's one of the best dating sites in the world. I suppose that they have tested a lot of functions to perfect their website). So as a Meetic user, I can filter profiles to see only those of users who have logged in within the last 24 hours or last 7 days. There is also a way to classify profiles by recency.
I think that this is a most important function that deserves to be included by default in VLD.
Another interesting feature of Meetic is the list browing system. After a search, you get a list of say 200 results. This list browsing system allows you to click on the "next profile". So you you can check out a lot of profiles one by one (and even come back). And you keep navigating through the results you have got. You don't have to search each time. You can also browse this way through search results presented as a gallery, from one to the next and back.
From active users' point of view this is a great experience. From passive users point of view (those whose profile is viewed) it's also stimulating. And from the webmaster's point of view, this is also good as it stimulates activity on the web site. More profiles are viewed. The site seems and is actually more alive. The only downside is that more data is generated and the server is used more... Also people would search less, and browse more, which is good.
And, by the way, weight and height should be fully searchable. For instance: "I'm looking for a girl between 45kg and 55kg... and between 160cm and 170cm." I cannot imagine a dating site without this search. 
This is 100% available on OSDate and Meetic, so I guess it can be done on VLD.
So to sum up, key features that deserve to be included by default include:
- discriminating by recency
- comfortable "list browsing"
- **full** weight and height discrimination
Don't you think?
Do you know any case of VLD already offering at least one of those features? Could you give me the url, please?
And yes, even without those I'll get VLD anyway.
Last edited by SuperZen (2011-02-12 11:18:55)