Panels, Panels, and more Panels

Written by guest blogger Jeremy, Product Manager, Mail Business Operations

What is a Panel you may ask. A Web Suite Panel is a “drawer-like” (can be opened or closed) portion of the Web Suite on the right side of the screen. The Panel area contains various content that makes the Web Suite even more handy (think Swiss Army Knife). Currently there are the People, Events, TMZ, and To Do Panels but there are more coming soon. As Tae has announced before here, one of the newer Panels is the AIM Panel that’s being beta tested now; the next release will add even more functionality to that AIM Panel.

So what other new Panels will be coming in the future? Many of you have asked for an easier way to access other services, so we’re adding a new Directory Panel. This panel will easily take you to other great areas, to see TV/movie times, sports news/scores, business news, music, shopping, etc. See the screen shot below for a sample of what’ll be available in the Directory Panel.



If you’re looking for something a little more fun, then you can have the new Quote of the Day Panel shown. This panel will show popular quotes from famous people. If you ever wished Ralph Waldo Emerson sent you an email, you can read off his quote and pretend he wrote it for you.



The Panels area offers a great way to spice up the Web Suite. We are actively creating many more panels that satisfy your different wants and needs. Some of the new upcoming Panels will be: News, Entertainment, Technology, Business, Sports, and Weather to name a few.

Future plans also include creating a way for users to create their own, or import other 3rd party widgets. If there’s a particular Panel idea you’d like to see, or know of a great 3rd party widget you’d like to add, tell us about it. We’re listening. We’ll try our best to base what gets added, on your input.

Thanks and enjoy the great new Panels coming your way (coming within a month or so).

Jeremy