One of Cyberdog's unique attributes is it's ability to bring together a host of internet accessing components under one unified interface--the notebook. With OpenDoc as it's foundation, users can take this approach a step further by creating custom interfaces to help them accomplish their tasks faster and with greater ease. As a student at the University of California Los Angeles, I use the Internet frequently for research and to explore events and activities around campus. Before Cyberdog, I found myself juggling with five separate applications to retrieve information. It also took me months of exploring UCLA's vast network of servers and sites to discover information that a student would find useful and refer to on a daily basis. Sites I only wish I had known about as a freshman. Furthermore, with so many events and activities on campus, I found myself missing many of them because I never had the time to check the electronic calendar. So, I decided to bring together all the information that I refer to daily under one interface, so that I could accomplish my tasks faster, while providing other students a starting point of unparalleled ease and a wealth of UCLA related sites. When the user opens the document, ≥UCLA Today≤ they are presented with a WWW Calendar of events. So even when I open it to accomplish another task, such as searching UCLA's library database, I will always know what's happening around campus. With the click of a button students can even find local weather forecasts and daily news reports. Under the ≥Bruin Notebook≤ students will find a wealth of UCLA related sites, telenet sessions, newsgroups, and gophers. There is even a local FTP site providing Mac software updates. By adding their own mailboxes, ≥UCLA Today≤ becomes a students one stop connection to the Internet.
