Honours Project: - Napier University

Gregory Huet
Honours Project
99034735 Dr. William Buchanan
• personal and group events (with RSVP)
• recurring events (repeating occurrences of the same event)
• SMS or e-mail reminder and notification
• synchronisation with Palm, Outlook, Outlook Express...
• wireless access: linkUall's calendar is accessible from any wireless devices
• external events feeds
• shared calendar: every user can decide to share his/her calendar
• availability lookup: users can check the availability of other members through a shared
calendar
• library of APIs enabling full integration
• Week / bi-weekly view
Figure 6: Screen shot of the LinkUall.com project
The analysis of this case is very interesting and it will enrich the HCI aspect of the prototype
during the development. Without analysing the graphic design which is subjective, the main
interest of this study is the navigation and management of data. This is the way to make the
user navigate through the site intuitively. The management of data is also important because it
is the heart of the system and it is characterised by the database.
For instance, as soon as users are logged on the system, they will see their personal calendar
with all their events. The display is simple, days are on the left side of the screen and events
on the right. We notice that this system does not provide a level of importance with a colour
code. Users needs to click a small icon to create a event. A page is loaded and displays a form
with all the information needed to record the event.
Then, the calendar is refreshed with the new information. It is also possible to update or delete
an event by clicking on it. Another feature is implemented: Sharing events with people. This
functionality is not present on the demonstration of this site, so I could not try it. Anyway, this
system is remarkable and it helps to understand all the processes to implement during the
navigation of users through the site.
This site corresponds to the collaborative and co-operative electronic calendar project without
a lot of components, like the opinions or the events’ level of security, which are its originality.
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