John, I just want to offer some constructive criticism here.
I've used NATS for a long time now, and, for the most part, been pretty happy with it. NATS4 is a very nice offerring, but there is one glaring exception to this... The Tools section in NATS4, particularly the FHG section, is woefully inferior to that of NATS3 in my opinion (for affiliates).
It's mind boggling how many clicks one has to take just to get some galleries, and even more clicks to get specific galleries as compared to version 3. NATS has always required a lot of clicks for this process, but NATS4 takes this excessive clicking to entirely new levels.
For my part, and for what it's worth from an affiliate standpoint, it is so frustrating to use the NATS4 tools section for FHG's that I have simply given up using the tools provided in NATS4 for some sponsors and, instead, have the program managers send me what I want directly. It's simply not worth the aggravation to deal with what I feel is an inferior, excessively time consuming FHG section.
From an admin standpoint, the system works rather well and is very familiar to NATS3's interface, thus the learning curve to upgrade is minimal, which is nice.
John, simply put, the tools section to do with FHG's needs to be simplified and streamlined far more than in its current state. I certainly would not recommend the upgrade to those with whom I work closely given my experience as of late with the tools section. NATS3, while not perfect, was a lot more streamlined for affiliates for FHG dumping and display.
Having said that, the rest of NATS4 is nice, and certainly nicely skinned. Just my $0.02.
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