1 Project Status Review - I Team – 14 Arun Pratik(8135) – On-campus Chinmaya Sarangi(2508) – On-campus Payod Deshpande(0959) – Off-campus (Fremont, CA) Personalized News portal

2 Project Description A new experience for news readers on the web A unique news portal that gives the user the freedom of choosing source of news User also gets to choose the way he/she wants to view the news User can personalize the look-n-feel of the portal

3 System Requirements Provides news content from different sources System allows customization of UI for the portal Provides independent news modules that can be customized by the user including its source Provides search facilities within the portal as well as the web Other personal features include news archiving, news alert, weather, stock quotes, travel etc. Links for help, contact information, privacy policy, portal information, customer feedback etc.

4 Navigation Map Main page  My News (Log-in) User-defined news modules News Archives News Alerts User-specific interests  Weather  Stocks  Autos  Shopping  Travel Customize  Portal Language  Portal Font  Portal Color  Layout  News Module  Portal News World News Business Sports Technology Science Entertainment Search Others RSS Help

5 User Profile Psychological Characteristics Positive attitude, Moderate-High Motivation Knowledge & Experience All levels of education, reading, computer literacy and typing skills Novice in task, application, system experience Job & Task Characteristics High usage, No training, Discretionary system use, All job categories, High turnover rate Physical Characteristics Users with various physical characteristics supported

6 Dialog Styles Menu Provides for most of the user functionalities Direct Manipulation Provides special UI customization features Fill-in Forms User registration, feedback etc.

7 Task Analysis Sign Up User Log in Customized Layout Browse Default layout Exit Edit Layout Customize layout Select Layout Design Layout Customize news Module

8 System Environment & IO Devices The system operates in typical web environment User-controlled environment Platform independent but platform specific Standard IO devices like keyboard, mouse

9 Style Guide Alignment – Every web page and table data will be center aligned. Borders – The news modules are separated by borders. Color – Blue is the chosen as the default theme color. Color Combination– Dark color for news module caption bar and corresponding light background color for the content.

10 Style Guide Fonts – Fonts are chosen on basis of readability Icons – The web portal contains standard icons for better usability like RSS, News Alert etc. Multiple versions – Standard and Text Only Standard header and footer for entire portal Standard features easily accessible Redundancy in operations

11 Homepage-Top

12 Homepage-Bottom

13 Customize page

14 Customize news module

15 Homepage – New Design

16 News Page

17 News Page

18 Future Scope Tools (to be) Used – MS Frontpage, Macromedia DreamWeaver Differentiate between the designer and user perspective Follow design-implementation-evaluation iterative process Usability testing as part of evaluation

19 Questions??? Thank you