Interaction Design
For the launch of Opera 10.5, Opera was keen on designing their widgets more like applications. Having achieved the technical capability of porting widgets independtly( installing/uninstalling) and the accesibility to file I/O of the base Operating system, the scope for design had widened. Hence the business goal of showcasing these features to the users was clear.
This widget caught upon the growing trend of ebooks across the world. The goal of the widget was to provide a single application that allows, browsing, downloading, managing and reading thousands of freely available online books.
eBook widget final view
Wireframe for the widget
Ebook widget workflow
Communicating states to developers
