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Anish Hegde
Anish Hegde

This is a presentation I prepared for a competition ( App-Whiz) held at MIT for which we were awarded the first place . This presentation is about how we did a market research and then made a Firefox add-on to aid in e-commerce .

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Klick-MartBuy Smart
Klick-Mart is a simple yet powerful Firefox add-on.
Kick-Mart aides consumers in retrieving a lot of real time info on commodities .
Klick-Mart also places your search on the map.
Klick-Mart is aimed at consumers intending to compare and understand different products .A majority of consumers shop online for various reasons : Non Availability
Ease of Purchase
Choice
To Save Time
Better Deals Our Design Strategy :After a lot of research on Indian Markets and Online Shopping we built up our strategy list : We wanted the customer to get the best information on a product . So we included a lot of popular websites that usually give a lot of valuable reviews on the products.
The rise of social networking sites have fuelled ¡° discovery of products ¡° . Everybody loves to hear what the people have to say . So the next best thing would be twitter search integration .
Though maps are not very advanced in India , we wanted to integrate it because it could throw back a few key results .The Toolbar Review :Search FieldElectronics SearchButtonFind Tweets Site ListBook Site ListSearch On MapApparels Search Button
Type in a text in the search field and select which site you want to search .
Type in a text in the search field and press enter , it will return a google search .Enter a text and click on the twitter button to generate a live feed of all the people tweeting on the subject .
Enter a text and click on the map icon to show the location of various vendors on the map.This has been optimized to search in and around Mangalore .
If you are searching for a book Enter the book name and click on any one of the icons .
We have included sites with the most comprehensive listing of books .
Modified URL¡¯s to get best results .Click on any of the sites listed for in site search .
It directly loads the URL without taking in the search text .

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  • 2. Klick-Mart is a simple yet powerful Firefox add-on.
  • 3. Kick-Mart aides consumers in retrieving a lot of real time info on commodities .
  • 4. Klick-Mart also places your search on the map.
  • 5. Klick-Mart is aimed at consumers intending to compare and understand different products .A majority of consumers shop online for various reasons : Non Availability
  • 8. To Save Time
  • 9. Better Deals Our Design Strategy :After a lot of research on Indian Markets and Online Shopping we built up our strategy list : We wanted the customer to get the best information on a product . So we included a lot of popular websites that usually give a lot of valuable reviews on the products.
  • 10. The rise of social networking sites have fuelled ¡° discovery of products ¡° . Everybody loves to hear what the people have to say . So the next best thing would be twitter search integration .
  • 11. Though maps are not very advanced in India , we wanted to integrate it because it could throw back a few key results .The Toolbar Review :Search FieldElectronics SearchButtonFind Tweets Site ListBook Site ListSearch On MapApparels Search Button
  • 12. Type in a text in the search field and select which site you want to search .
  • 13. Type in a text in the search field and press enter , it will return a google search .Enter a text and click on the twitter button to generate a live feed of all the people tweeting on the subject .
  • 14. Enter a text and click on the map icon to show the location of various vendors on the map.This has been optimized to search in and around Mangalore .
  • 15. If you are searching for a book Enter the book name and click on any one of the icons .
  • 16. We have included sites with the most comprehensive listing of books .
  • 17. Modified URL¡¯s to get best results .Click on any of the sites listed for in site search .
  • 18. It directly loads the URL without taking in the search text .
  • 19. Listed Bookmark .Under The Hood :We have used XUL
  • 21. CSS
  • 22. Coded on Notepad++
  • 23. Refference : MDNA Simple Algorithm To Go With :StructureScriptingStyling
  • 24. Packaging: Klick-Mart.xpi install.rdfchrome.manifest chrome customerpurchase.jar skin customerpurchase.css image files content customerpurchase.xul customerpurchase.js
  • 26. For Example : The XUL file builds a structure for the search box and gives it an id .
  • 27. The JavaScript picks up the string and passes it on to a URL.
  • 28. In case if the the string has a space in between then it manipulates in such a way as to insert %20 between them .
  • 29. The URL for each site is manipulated in such a way as to suit the various web URL used . <toolbaritem id="custpur-SearchTerms-TBItem" persist="width"> <menulist id="custpur-SearchTerms" editable="true" flex="1"minwidth="100" width="250"onkeypress="objcustomerpurchase.KeyHandler(event);"> </menulist>XML code for the search box .
  • 30. KEEP IT SIMPLEMulti functional confusing toolbars would ward away 80% of the users as most of us using Firefox are not techies . Keeping it simple will keep it coming
  • 31. This was Klick-Mart 1.0In a few days we will be releasing an update 1.5 so keep checking the FF add-on space