Netscape: The Calendar Zone Training Module
Netscape migrated from Meeting Maker to it’s own Calendar product. Before I joined, the team was asked to build a training module that served new users, but was particularly friendly for migrating users.
The Calendar Zone training module featured a Twilight Zone spoof theme with a training host named Rodzilla, a cleverly disguised Mozilla sporting a Rod Sterling Pompadour. (Mozilla was Netscape’s dragon mascot. Once a beloved character on the netscape.com website, he retired from public life in ‘98.)
I was responsible for upkeep of the module as new features were added to the product. I also added some javascript whizbang to the navigation that
- Kept the nav in sync with the content
- Cued the user where she was in the training (via the iTunes-like dots. Perhaps Apple was inspired by my work?)
- Allowed random access to content.
