Multifarious Systems 1 ECE 3553 – Course Project Sean Powers Dr. Këpuska 12/07/2007

Agenda Introduction ◦ What is iBrowse? Purpose ◦ Problem Statement ◦ Proposed Solution Implementation ◦ Overview ◦ Obstacles Final Outcome Conclusion ◦ Questions

Problem Statement The Internet has evolved into a massive network of information and has helped shorten the distance gap for communication. It is much easier to find information about nearly any topic and at the same time stay up to date with the latest news and stay communicated with family, friends and coworkers. However, at the same time of growing into a massive network it has become more difficult to navigate. iBrowse is the attempt to solve this problem.

Proposed Solution iBrowse will provide a simple to use interface for users to have a quick access to most frequently used Internet resources. It will also provide users with the ability to keep important information on the Internet to ensure they always have access to their information.

Introduction What is iBrowse? “ iBrowse gives you a desktop on the Internet. Just as your PC's desktop brings your frequently used Computer resources to one convenient spot, iBrowse does the same thing for your Internet resources. Here you can keep track of your daily schedule while listening to music or searching Google. In addition to keeping a task list and staying up to date with the latest news from Digg, Fark and Google. You could also leave a message for other members of iBrowse. Your messages will be posted on your 'Wall' each time you receive one ”

Implementation Feature List: ◦ Schedule – Keep your schedule virtually anywhere ◦ News – Stay up to date with news from Digg, Fark and Google ◦ Music – Search and Play music with integrated Seeqpod controls ◦ Internet –Search using iframe implemented Google ◦ Message Wall –Send and Receive messages to/from any member of iBrowse ◦ Task List –Save a prioritized list of tasks to complete

Overview

Programming Implementation Languages used: ◦ ASP.NET, AJAX, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and C#. Database: ◦ SQL Server AJAX Update Panel’s supply the functionality to generate multiple forms dynamically.

Obstacles Server Setup ◦ IIS 7.0 ◦ FTP ◦ SQL Server 2005 Design Layout Time constraints – Always room for improvement

Conclusion This has been a great learning experience. The server setup has already proved to be helpful for other projects. This has also increased the mobility to test my project at other locations other than on campus. AJAX implemented into ASP.NET has helped make my project possible.

Improvements Schedule –Add functionality for recursive events News – Add functionality to add user’s choice of RSS feeds Internet – Add functionality to browse to user define websites

Questions