Zoot Enterprises Introduces Diakon(TM) Test File Modification Tool Version 3.1.New Version Offers Significant Advances in Functionality and Usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Zoot Enterprises, a leading provider of advanced instant credit decisioning and loan origination The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. solutions, announced the availability of Version 3.1 of its Diakon([TM]) test file modification tool. Diakon creates credit reports that automatically test an institution's unique decisioning logic. Its intuitive graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) streamlines testing and makes the process more reliable. Version 3.1 is a functionality and interface enhancement available to all previous users of Diakon. "Diakon 3.1 offers more options, including modified search tools and advanced editing abilities," said Kevin Fletcher, product manager at Zoot. "With the click of a button, users have the ability to create test files instantaneously in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. ." To improve usability and efficiency, Diakon 3.1 provides a variety of standard editing capabilities and associated shortcut keys A keyboard key that invokes a function in the operating system or application when pressed. Shortcut keys, which may involve pressing two or three keys at the same time, are set up for common tasks such as launching a favorite program. See also Win Shortcuts. (i.e. cut, copy, paste, etc.). Users also get unlimited freedom to save and organize their objects including test sets, test credit files, and parse maps. Diakon 3.1's Test Set Editor allows users to create and save a group of test files in a batch, called a "test set." Test sets are based on the criteria users need and can be saved with a name and description. The check-in/check-out function prevents multiple users from modifying the same object at the same time. Users can easily identify which mode they are working in based on the color of the background. The navigation mode In a flight control system, a control mode in which the flight path of an aircraft is automatically maintained by signals from navigation equipment. displays a grey background while the edit mode An operational state in a program that allows existing data to be changed. displays a white background. Diakon 3.1 offers new search capabilities. Users can search open test files for parse maps of specific fields, which allow quick and easy location of field names in test files and parse maps. Advanced search functionality allows users to easily find test files. Users also have the ability to save search criteria for future use. An additional value of Diakon 3.1 allows users to pull attributes from the WebRules database to build test sets. The ability to efficiently access specific, pre-built attributes from WebRules eliminates the need to manually build attributes from scratch. Diakon 3.1 uses a configuration file to determine the appropriate WebRules database from which to pull attributes. About Zoot Enterprises Bozeman, Mont.-based Zoot Enterprises provides leading financial institutions with highly configurable, credit-bureau-independent instant credit decisioning and loan origination systems. Its fast, flexible, and highly secure solutions reduce risk and improve performance for seven of the top-ten U.S. financial institutions, accounting for hundreds of millions of credit transactions a year. The company's product lines support a wide range of transactions and allow clients to adapt to market changes in realtime. The ability to meet virtually any credit origination Origination The process through which a mortgage lender creates a mortgage secured by some amount of the mortgagor's real property. Notes: Also known as loan origination, everyone must go through the origination process when securing a mortgage for a piece of real need has led to the company's long-term partnerships with the nation's most innovative financial institutions. Visit www.zootweb.com or call (406) 586-7555 for more information. |
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