The emulator is not itsme, it was designed just to offer you a place where you can get the most from being a member of the community, while letting you taste the flavour of the itsme interaction. By using it, you will be able to evaluate how we have implemented venues, and what they can offer to you. The emulator is part of our “design with us” approach and we are aiming to collect your feedback, in order to refine it with new features and style. We can only improve it over a period of time and use so give it more than a few shots.
Please give us your feedback after trying the emulator by doing the evaluation
(it’s a short survey, it requires only 5 minutes)
Home, venue, items of a venue
Emulator home contains two sample venues. Through the two venues present in the home members are allowed to interact with web contents (i.e., blog posts, both from our website and external sources) and services (i.e., private messaging, bookmarks etc.). No two members have the same profile, which holds true in the case of emulator as well. Stories and venues metaphor can be explored better by interacting with the community through the emulator. |
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A venue is the place where the user can manage all the different items like messages, media, posts, contacts, and RSS that belong to a particular story lived within the itsme community. itsme community lives two stories: “Itsme Project” where we carryout discussions related to different aspects of the project and The “workstation market scenario” where we discuss topics that trigger new thinking. Emulator provides one venue for each of these. |
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All different items are organized with different channels within a venue.
People – Acting in a particular story.
Messages - Sent and Received from your contacts.
Posts - Written by you on itsme website or bookmarked by you on itsme website.
Media - Images, videos, etc that is attached with the posts published on itsme website.
RSS - Feeds proposed by itsme community and RSS feeds to your favorite sources. |
Explore the emulator click by click
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Interact with the venue
The emulator always opens with a compact view of the venues
// Click on the header tab and drag venues around the screen for suitable position
// Click on the header tab to obtain extended view (venues opens showing the contents of each channel) |
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Single channel view
View contents of each channel in detail
// Click on channel header
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Filter contents
Instantly find what you need
// Type the name in the filter bar
Only relevant information can be seen across channels instantly
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Preview contact
View detailed information about people present in your contacts channel
// Click on the name of the contact (details open in a preview panel)
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Add new contact
Add your fans and members of the community to your contact channel
// Click on “+ button” in the contact header (all members and fans open in a preview pannel)
// Click on “fan” to add a fan or click on members to add a member to contact channel
// Right click on name that needs to be added
// Click “add to venue” to add
You can have different contacts in different venues
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Send message
Send private messages to your contacts
// Right click on recepiants name present in the contact channel
// Click on “Send message” (advanced Preview will open with the recepiants name)
// Type the subject and the message in respective columns
// Click on “send button”
or
// Click on “+ button” on the Message header
// Write name of the recepiant
// Write subject and message in respective columns
// Click on “send button”
On receiveing a message the recepient will also get an email notification
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Preview Post
Read posts within the emulator itself
// Click on post topic (Post opens in advanced preview)
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Make Post
Make discussion posts on itsme website from the emulator itself. Try now!
// Click on “+ button” on post header (advanced preview pops open)
// Write the title and body text in their respective columns
// Click on “send button”
Post is saved as a draft in the post channel. It will be published after its reviewed by itsme staff
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View Media
View different media stored in the media channel
// Click on media (media opens in advanced preview)
Go ahead click and picture and see. You can view different media without opening their respective posts
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Add RSS feed
Add feeds to the venue from your favorite blogs
// Click on plus button on RSS header (advanced preview pops open)
// Click on “search button” to google a source, or click on “new” if you remember the URL
// Insert the URL in the column
// Click on “Add button” to add.
You can be informed from outside sources within venue itself
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View RSS Posts
Read posts from rss feeds and view RSS updates
// Click on RSS title (feed posts pop open in advanced preview)
// Click on title of the post to read post.(post opens in advanced preview)
You can be informed from outside sources within venue itself
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Find Relations
View items of different kinds that are logically related across channels
// Place the Cursor over an item
// Explore the related items (highlighted in yellow)
Efficient way to retrieve and manage information
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Comment to a post
Share your ideas by writing comments
// Click on the post title in posts channel (the post opens in advanced preview)
// Click on the comment button
// Write text
// Click on Submit button
Participate in discussions
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Drag & Drop
Send a message to a person by simply dragging the contact over the messages channel
// Select a contact from People channel with the cursor
// Drag the selected contact over the Messages channel (Advanced preview appears)
// Write the subject and the body text
// Click on Submit
Instant access to features
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Latest Comments
View posts with new comments highlighted in green
// Click the title of the post in green to view comments
Follow ongoing discussions
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