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Zoho Writer 2.0 - User Interface idea - for Collaboration support

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I was talking to Bharath on the other day, we discussed how simplistic UI's make a big impact for targeted users, and also about software that offers user-focused UIs . IOW - Software that changes or offers different types of UI that are suited for various types of usage. For example, who's usage revolves around collaboration, they may expect immediately accessible tools / links like "List of other users to whom this document is shared to", A status box showing who are viewing this document, who edits this document etc. . For people, who rely mostly on document writing, they expect tools/links like "Export to", "Spell Check", "Indexing", "Email to" etc Thinking on the same line, I re-designed (actually part re-design, part fine-tuning) the new UI of our Zoho Writer 2.0, which is immensely popular among Zoho Enthusiasts. Here is the first cut I arrived at. I re-done the tool-bar with new color and rounded corners. My idea is

Buy Intel Dot PC / Dot Station in India

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For a long time, I was looking for a site / dealer who sells Intel DOT Station in India. Looks like ThinPC is a reseller for intel DOT Station. Here is there website link. Intel DOT Station, apart from its outdated PIII based hardware, seems to be a right fit for the Internet tasks. It can be used as a complimentary internet browsing computer at home. Even as a dedicated download machine! :-D Whats more, it is compact and even comes with network support and a standard CD Drive. :-D thats cool. Oh btw... the Intel DOT Station costs Rs.6000 (or) USD 125 only. For those who are interested in SPECS: Processor : Intel PIII (appx 900 mhz) RAM : 256 CRT : 14" Optical Drive : CD Hard Disk : 10 GB Keyboard with integrated trackpad. Speakers, Soundcard, USB and Ethernet built-in - Rajesh