Zoho Suite - Widget UI Design
There was an internal contest running around for some weeks. The goal is to design a Widget (Based on Yahoo! Widget Engine and Apple Widget Engine). Around some 10 participants (mostly UI designers in adventnet) have participated. And we are waiting for the results.
Oh yeah, the prize is nothing but the iPod (possibly Nano i guess). Ian is evaluating the designs and will announce the winner this week. Here is what I designed for the widget.
My Idea is the widget should be like a file-explorer that helps the user to explore the files created and maintained in Zoho Writer, Sheet and Show. And the objective is to see who owns the file, who has access to edit the files (sharing), the status of files, one-click download links for PDF, DOC, ZIP etc. Thats the scope of my widget idea. I didn’t go too deep, designing a crowded UI filled with too many controls, options and functionalities. It just covers the essential operations, a user might wish to use. For the full blown access, eventually the user has to open a browser and access the service. 
Here is the screenshot.
This is how the Widget would look like, after logging in :
- Rajesh Sundaram