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My BBC Dashboard

Darren Geraghty

Arrange it, customise it, personalise it.

Your world, your news, your BBC Dashboard.

For me the term "Web 2.0" refers to a second generation of web services that lets people collaborate and share information online. In contrast to the first generation, Web 2.0 gives users an experience closer to desktop applications than the traditional static Web pages.

I initially thought of the things that I myself would like to see being implemented by the BBC and then I considered what other people might expect from a 'Web 2.0' version of the BBC site.
It then struck me - no two people would desire the exact same thing from the site.
Sure, there would be large groups of people with a similiar cross section of interests but in an ideal world a user would want to choose exactly what they want to see.
Web 2.0 enables websites to give the people a choice, and put the users in control of their information.
This would be the fundamental basis of my entry.

In turn, I didnt see this contest as a invitation to 'spruce' up or 'realign' the beeb homepage alone, but as an opportunity to 'reinvent & rethink' the BBC site from the ground up. Seeing what aspects of the buzz that is Web 2.0 would be of key value to the BBC audience and in doing so come up with a easy-to-use yet customisable interface to the wealth of information. Bearing all these important points in mind I then approached the design concept...

To read on click here
http://sudocode.com/bbc_dashboard/about/

  • 25 May 2006 12:59

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  • 1.
  • On 25 May 2006 19:09,
  • Pete said:

sleek design, well thought out too - one of my favs so far.

  • 2.
  • On 26 May 2006 00:36,
  • Alex said:

That is a gorgeous design an a wonderful layout of information... great work, I'd use it...

  • 3.
  • On 26 May 2006 17:11,
  • DaveM said:

WOW! So clear and easy to use, it fits so much in, yet it feels uncluttered.excellent.I'd use this to.

  • 4.
  • On 26 May 2006 20:12,
  • kerri said:

beautiful the clocks a lovely touch Well done

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