The9 - Yahoo!
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We developed the9 as a Yahoo! contractor and maintained it for about 18 month till it has left the building... , during the product lifecycle, Hinbit held a full team including Software developers, CSS and UI Experts, System engineer and QA team that supported all the phases of the product (Graphical design changes, functionality evolving etc ...)
Our team gave yahoo! team support on and off site and was fully responsible to all development aspects of the project.
The 9 featured a countdown alongside the site's video player that featured nine numbered buttons, each labeled with a particular featured item and a web site. The host, Maria Sansone, introduced each of the nine stories and the "viewer" can then opt to click on and go to any story that interests them. Viewers are encouraged to vote on their favorite stories or submit their own. The options and interactions that the viewers may demonstrate are characteristic of what the future of news, information, and entertainment dissemination will look like.
Features
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Pepsi Tenth - a feature where "viewers" can submit websites that the producers of The 9 missed. Every day, one (someti
mes more) of the nine websites is a "Pepsi Tenth" site.
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The 9 Awards - On December 21, 2006, the first 9 Awards was hosted. This was the end of the "9 Pan-denominational Holidays" which included daily, an item that you would not want to get as a holiday present. On this day, awards were given out (for example, "Best Use of a Waterpark") to the people hosted on The 9. The Best Pepsi 10th winner won a year's supply of Pepsi.
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The Back 9 - On February 3, 2007, the Back 9 was introduced. It allows viewers to explore websites in a more organized fashion. Categories include Maria's Favorites, Featured, Celebrity, Event, Music, Entertainment, and Sports.
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