Abstract: A system that improves productivity and computer access to various network sites by providing users with a single stop destination for consumption of information that is spread across multiple network sites is described. A user interface (UI) view is customizable in the sense that each user is enabled to define the type of information to be displayed, as well as the way the information is organized. To do this, the system is configured to expose various options for configuring the UI view. The options enable a user to create a widget, which is a mechanism configured to retrieve data from a target location and display the data in a tile of the UI view. Accordingly, the UI view acts as a container for multiple widgets configured at the user level, thereby providing a one stop solution for the network information that is of continued interest to a particular user.

Abstract: A system that improves productivity and computer access to various network sites by providing users with a single stop destination for consumption of information that is spread across multiple network sites is described. A user interface (UI) view is customizable in the sense that each user is enabled to define the type of information to be displayed, as well as the way the information is organized. To do this, the system is configured to expose various options for configuring the UI view. The options enable a user to create a widget, which is a mechanism configured to retrieve data from a target location and display the data in a tile of the UI view. Accordingly, the UI view acts as a container for multiple widgets configured at the user level, thereby providing a one stop solution for the network information that is of continued interest to a particular user.