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She
claimed that months of usability research
had gone into re-designing the website,
which was not clutter-free with easy to
navigate drop-down menus and tab-based controls.
The 1024x768 resolution for full screen
utilization would also ensure speed, she
said.
Other
facilities on the site include a search
engine, download facilities, the absence
of pop-ups, RSS feeds, personalized zones,
instant polls, streaming video, a stocks
tracker to match scorecards, uploading photographs,
rating stories, and adding them to del.icio.us
or IM links. There is a separate section
for cricket fans.
Functionalities
developed using the ASP.Net platform include
Web 2.0 features like instant switching
using tab based controls, dynamic modules
on related stories, and My Zone, a personalized
news zone where the user defines his or
her order of preference. Further, Ajax Controls
are used for bringing real-time updates
of matches, stocks, opinion polls and picture
slide shows.
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