http://lounge.zohocrm.com Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:51:15 -0700 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/zoho-crm-for-google-apps Sharanya







Learn more about all that we have to offer in Zoho CRM for Google Apps. You can add your reviews in the Google Apps Marketplace too!
]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/zoho-crm-for-google-apps Tue, 7 Jun 2011 02:35:46 -0700 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/recent-tweets-on-zoho-crm Sharanya We may or may not like what you have to say, but it certainly does encourage us to keep improving our features, and provide a better user experience. ​

On this note, here are some of the recent tweets about Zoho CRM on why customers chose us.










A big thank you for all the love. So, why did you choose Zoho CRM? Join us on Twitter and let us know! We're @zohocrm.

We're on Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube too!]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/recent-tweets-on-zoho-crm Sun, 5 Jun 2011 22:09:56 -0700 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/improving-zoho-chat-s-ui-my-take Rajesh
Looks good and more easy to understand I guess. What do you say? :-)

1. The Add Event, Chat history and Background image controls were moved to top-right.
2. The Quick Message and Embed Chat gadgets gets some visual upgrade.
3. The main Chat users list gets revamped icons and some improved visual upgrades.
4. The Embed Chat gadget does not reveal the options as it was before, but.. rolls down to reveal, when the user clicks on the "grip" at the bottom of the gadget.

 

- Rajesh
]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/improving-zoho-chat-s-ui-my-take Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:30:56 -0800 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/showing-activities-updates-on-the-top Rajesh
How about showing the activities, updates on the top, above all the information for a Lead? sample below.. just ignore the colors of the UI shown below.




]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/showing-activities-updates-on-the-top Fri, 7 Jan 2011 00:45:08 -0800 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/new-year-wishes-from-team-zoho-crm Rajesh


2011 is going to be a wonderful year for Zoho CRM in terms of better user experience and features.
]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/new-year-wishes-from-team-zoho-crm Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:11:50 -0800 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/thinking-aloud-improvising-activation-ui-for-users-add-ons Rajesh
The goals are -

- The user's list should be visible very clearly.
- Add-ons for each user should be shown too.
- The UI should give the current status of the User's activation status.
- The user status should be visible separately from add-ons activation.
- All add-ons and their status (activated / not-activated) should be clearly visiable and their names should be readable
- Enabling / disabling the user or an add-on should be simple and easy. The operation should use the minimal clicks if not, optimal number of clicks.

Considering the above goals.. I sketched a couple of versions starting from a simple update - introducing icons to each add-ons and grouping the columns. But when I thought about the scalability, it faced issues. So I extended the UI and ended up with the below shown UI.



At any time, a simple glance will show the add-ons enabled for individual users. Also the green-red colors will show whether the users are activated or disabled.  Also in the edit-mode, the simple check-boxes ensure the selections / clicking is easy and straight-forward.

After designing this UI and testing, X questions popped out.
1. How do I know the number of licenses remaining for each add-on? There should be a way to display the license numbers on-screen.
2. Will this work for companies that has more than 50 users? How will the UI handlelisting of more than 50 users? Pagination? Search? Sort-by?

Now I have some thing to keep my mind busy over the weekend. :-) If you have any ideas, suggestions, feel free to share.

Happy New Year!


]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/thinking-aloud-improvising-activation-ui-for-users-add-ons Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:16:43 -0800 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/designing-a-3d-style-icon Rajesh

The stages in designing 3D styled icon.

















and finally...



:-) Happy holidays



]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/designing-a-3d-style-icon Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:31:28 -0800 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/seasons-greetings Rajesh

- Team Zoho CRM
]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/seasons-greetings Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:33:02 -0800 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/teaser-workflow-creating-an-alert Rajesh



]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/teaser-workflow-creating-an-alert Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:12:52 -0800 http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/teaser-workflow-improved Rajesh
The current Workflow settings UI is being updated and a interactive prototype has been prepared now. Will undergo tests and iterations. Soon you will see this in Zoho CRM. :-)



One key change is - the follow-up is joined to the Immediate Actions . It is too early to post anything solid, that's why a thumbshot of the early mockup we did is posted above.  More updates later.
]]> http://lounge.zohocrm.com/link/teaser-workflow-improved Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:38:03 -0800