I love cool technology. Maybe it is the nerd in me that gets excited after seeing something awesome but I sure do love cool technology.
One such great technology is powered by PakTranslations.com – To see how awesome the technology is you can see the urdu version of Mazaydar.com!
So what’s this blog post all about? While I love their technology, one thing that bothered me was their UI. I think they can make the site and technology a great hit if can make users life easier. They already have a great way to do it but its sorta hidden.
So I spent about an hour or so last night, while I couldn’t sleep and came up with this small mock layout.
Some thoughts behind the layout:
1. My goal was to keep the focus on the cool technology. I certainly didn’t spend too much time on the logo, which can certainly use some work
2. The “Instant Translation” is a nifty feature. Users need to know that they can place http://www.paktranslations.com/? infront of any url to get it translated.
3. Bookmarklets are also awesome, I have been using them and they are just simply great to translate anything instantly.
I think the whole website is an amazing idea, a much needed innovation coming out of Pakistan. I am sure as they progress the technology will just keep getting better and better. But I also strongly believe that a good technology which isnt’ accessible is not worth much. People need to be able to use the technology easily to be able to provide feedback that is needed.
Note: The design is totally opensource for PakTranslations team to adapt.
We are honored that you took time out to do this and I think everyone would agree that its BETTER. But you have to complete it first. Add a bottom bar which says, “layout contributed by Obaid [Mazaydar.com]” and send it to me.
I thank you Obaid for a wonderful surprise!
Z~
I don’t have the right kinda words to thank you for this post. You took out the time to rethink the design of our website, the time to mock it up and then present it here.
Surely this is the kind of feedback that everyone technology developer and webmaster wants. Mostly what we get is:
a – Very good efforts and very good work
b – Much more needs to be done
We know very well that postulate “a” and “b” above are true. But what we need is:
c – Ideas
d – The visitors’ time to share the website with friends etc
e – Investment
Anyways, thanks for everything.
I want to see the full version! Link please!
Nash the link has been updated. You can see the whole version now.
i want to see my migrat people my brother and my sister
salam