Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : July/August 2001

Profound^® Gets a New Look

Starting in July Profound will be sporting a new look. Profound is the first product to display the new Dialog branding, including a new tagline, logos, and images. Because of the complex nature of the Profound program, the Profound makeover will occur in two phases. In Phase 1 new images of the same size and placement will replace existing images. For example, when users view the World Search screen, they will see a "new skin" with the same layout and functionality. Phase 2 will begin later this year and will include new navigation and layout design.

Phase 1 Changes

Some of the changes that users will see in Phase 1 include:

• Newly designed home page that is simple, intuitive, and easy to navigate. Prior to the makeover, a user needed to click through two different pages--a login page and a menu page—to gain access to a search form. These two steps have been combined into one on the main index page. (See Figure 1)
  
  
• Clear, uncluttered navigation bar displayed at the top of the home page.
  
  
• Mouse-over effects displaying descriptions of each Profound component. These descriptions allow users to better determine where to begin searching.
  
  
• Drop down menus available on the main navigation bar allowing for consolidation of the Briefings, Tools, and Preferences pages. (See Figure 2)

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