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IMS ADL IEEE LTSC Aug 21 2000
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Message Center Interface
•Yahoo Messenger is an interesting model for a education portal interface
•Application that invokes browser
•Runs on PC or Palmtop and “only” contains summary information suitable for Palms
•Has services like file manipulation, send a message and set of custom buttons
–Can access News, Weather, Stocks etc.
–Could be access grades, curriculum etc.
•Here decorations are in Messenger and “content pages” are
clean
•Can do with frames but these don’t
usually work very well
