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IFS Previews New User Interface

Posted on Monday, October 15, 2007 4:49:00 PM       Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox                            Digg This Article   Add to Delicious

Abstract:Intent on keeping current customers happy and widening the field for potential new users of its ERP suite, IFS details its forthcoming, more intuitive user interface.
Keywords:User Interface, user interfaces
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BERLIN — On the opening day of its user conference here, IFS today announced a new interface for its enterprise applications suite that it said will significantly improve usability and user productivity.

The new interface, called Aurora, was described by IFS officials today as a "rich internet application" that employs a set of new navigation technologies such as adaptable link pages, contextual breadcrumbs, visual recent screens, rich media notes, in-application viewing of Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word documents, and the ability to integrate Web content into work.

"The bland look, feel, and function of enterprise applications in the workplace are no longer acceptable," said IFS chief technology officer Dan Matthews, in a statement. "The developments seen in the consumer sector mean that design in enterprise software is now more important than ever. Employees want the same usability they have in the latest cell phones, iPods, and on the Web, available to them in the office."

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