CASE STUDIES \ Velocitized

The solution developed by Icreon on the .net framework, provides users with a customizable website that they can personalize for quick access to their everyday Internet activities.

Users are required to register with the website to create their personalized account. The website provides a tabbed interface that can be customized to include e-mail accounts (Hotmail, Yahoo and Google), top headlines from popular websites (such as Washington Post, Google Entertainment, ESP, Wall Street Journal etc) and various tools (such as a To-do list, Weather indicator, Wikipedia search etc). Each of these elements is displayed as a widget. Users can add/remove or customize each widget to their preference.

One of the major features of the application is the ability to flag elements to the 'Mobile' tab. Elements added to the mobile tab will be available to the user when he/she logs into the website from a mobile phone.

The various elements that can be added/customized by the user include the following:

E-mail Accounts
Users can configure to receive RSS feeds from a list of pre-defined websites. A maximum of 10 headlines (configurable by the user) can be displayed for every feed.

RSS Feeds
Users can configure to receive RSS feeds from a list of pre-defined websites. A maximum of 10 headlines (configurable by the user) can be displayed for every feed.

Tools
Various tools have been integrated with the website. These include:

• To-Do List: The to-do list tool enables users to create and manage their task list. They have options to prioritize the tasks and flag them as complete. They can also print the entire to-do list.
• Wikipedia Search: Allows users to directly search Wikipedia through the website. Users can the search phrase in the tool to perform a search on Wikipedia.
• Weather Channel: Google Gadgets has been integrated with the solution to power the Weather Channel tool. Users can customize it to view the weather forecast of their local city.

Users are provided with options to request the administrator for feeds/tools not available on the website.

A web based administration panel has been provided enabling the administrator to manage and monitor the website. The administrator can view a list of registered users, configure the RSS feeds, view the comments submitted by the user etc.