Comments on: The New Indus

By: Anagha

Anagha — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:19:21 +0000

Thank you for the kind words Ramesh.

By: Anagha

Anagha — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:19:00 +0000

Thank you for the suggestion Aashish. I’ll keep that in mind when I write the next editorial.

By: Sri

Sri — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:20:05 +0000

@ Ramesh Aiyyangar, Aashish Washikar, Subash Babu: Thank you for your kind words!

@ Anindita: Thanks for spreading the word on other forums. It’ll be great if our team can redesign Intercom as well!
I’ll get in touch with you for the heat map implementation.

By: Subash Babu

Subash Babu — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:59:28 +0000

Dear Indus team:

Awesome job. Congratulations.

I hope we win the competitions this time too!

Regards,
Subash
(one of the former editors )

By: Anindita Basu

Anindita Basu — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:12:38 +0000

Was also wondering if there could be a heat map implementation?

By: Anindita Basu

Anindita Basu — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:36:13 +0000

Hi Sridhar, Anagha,

I started a discussion thread over at the Scriptorium forums on the new INDUS. Sarah O’Keefe has very helpful pointers on design and the content; Rick thinks Intercom should follow INDUS’s lead .

Wasn’t sure if you guys are following the Scriptorium forums, so thought I’ll holler. It’s here:
http://forums.scriptorium.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17

By: Anindita Basu

Anindita Basu — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:20:32 +0000

Errata:
In “the one with the start string”, read “start” as “star”.

By: Anindita Basu

Anindita Basu — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:18:50 +0000

Sridhar, another observation

“Rating an article” (the one with the start string) is an action separate from “Rating” (the one with the thumbs), and the actions are not mutually exclusive (you can choose to do one, both, or none). This is not very apparent from your write-up.

For “Rating an article”, move the mouse over the stars. The number of stars the mouse covers turns red. Select the number you want to give the article, and click.
For “Rating”, for a positive vote, click the Thumbs-up icon, and for a negative vote, click Thumbs-down.

By: Aashish Washikar

Aashish Washikar — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:45:22 +0000

Hi Team,
The new Indus looks awesome. The interface is clean and very user friendly.
I’ve one suggestion, in terms of content. The introductory message from the editor could be in the form of an editorial, rather than just summarizing the contents.

Cheers..!!
Aashish Washikar

By: Ramesh Aiyyangar

Ramesh Aiyyangar — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:05:58 +0000

Indus team: Awesome stuff. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.
- Zig Ziglar

By: Sri

Sri — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:09:36 +0000

@Anindita: Thanks for your suggestions. We’ll keep them in mind.
(ii) What you’re trying to achieve is a ToC, upfront. Can you imagine the articles on home page, without the excerpts? That’ll be a ToC. So, it’ll be a question of whether we want to retain the excerpts or not.

By: Anindita Basu

Anindita Basu — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:20:25 +0000

Sridhar, I really like this avatar of INDUS. Kudos.

Some suggestions:
(i) Is it possible to move “Current Edition Articles” and the dropdown “Indus Editions” somewhere near the top of the page (screen)?
(ii) When we hover our mouse over the category list just beneath the banner (top of the screen), is it possible see a list of articles without having to click through?

These are just suggestions. The new INDUS looks great in its present form.

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By: Sri

Sri — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:19:40 +0000

@Kumar, @Naveen: Thanks, Kumar and Naveen. While we keep improving Indus, please drop your comments and spread the word!

~ Sri

By: Naveen Dcruz

Naveen Dcruz — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:52:37 +0000

Hi Sridhar,
Thank you for getting in the new interface… I would like to add a precaution here… the introductory line of a topic is starting right after the name of the author… there should be a line break or a full- stop…

Thanks and ALL The BEST…

TnR,
nAVEEn.

By: Kumar Dhanagopal

Kumar Dhanagopal — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:15:50 +0000

The new interface is simple and well organized. Thanks for bringing in the new features — subscribing to RSS feeds, discussing and rating articles.

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