Hi.
If you guys have the time and inclination then do give a thought to the
animated desktop idea. It is aimed at senior citizens and other freshers
who are too scared to go near a computer.
It will have big animated icons that resemble actual items used and
tasks performed in daily life. For example to write a letter, there is
an icon of a beautiful letter pad with pages flapping. The helping hand
then turns into a pen that moves across characters as they are typed, to
give an impression of a hand doing the writing. To change the font, a
side button called 'writing styles' is used. On tapping that button, a
magnified window of a sample letter opens up and a full paragraph of
test text with that font is shown on the screen. After the letter is
typed, it is either printed or the 'mail it' option is selected. The
'mail it' option makes the letter fold itself into an envelope. To post
the letter, the receiving party's email address is typed on the
envelope. A helping hand then posts it into a red post box. A uniformed
postman then declares any errors if the smtp threw errors. To receive
mail, the helping hand checks the letter box icon and if mail is
received, it drops down like closed envelopes into a tray or bag.
The entire system can be a talking and animated one like a friendly male
or female assistant helping out the senior citizen. It can be made in
different languages. Nowadays, I see a lot of flash animation with audio
and video and its very slim and trim on the memory. So something like
that can be developed.
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