Monthly Archives: May 2010
Google Announces WebM Video Format: Future of HTML5 Video?
Google Announces WebM Video Format: Future of HTML5 Video?
Among the announcements made at today’s Google I/O keynote is WebM, a new open-source, royalty-free video format based around the VP8 codec intended for use with HTML5 video. The WebM project’s goal is to develop “a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone.” The project has the backing of Google, Mozilla, Opera, and numerous other companies. If it catches …
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Iphone OS 4 Hands-On And Review
Iphone OS 4 Hands-On And Review Just a bit more than a year after we first laid eyes on iPhone OS 3.0, Apple is back with the latest big revision of the OS that powers the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. iPhone OS 4 is shipping this summer (iPad in the fall), and the developer preview will be out today. iPhone 3GS and new-gen iPod touch will get all the features, but some features won’t make it to the iPhone 3G, original iPhone, and older iPod touches. The biggest new feature is multitasking, which Apple says is going to be the “best” implementation in the smartphone space, though it’s obviously not the first. App switching is activated by double tapping the home button, which pulls up a “dock” of currently running apps, and Apple claims it can do this without hurting battery life or performance for the front app. Unfortunately, this multitasking won’t be available for devices older than the 3GS and new iPod touch. Multitasking is just one of seven different new “tentpole” features, including Game Center, enhanced Mail, and more… Notable new features for users (“tentpoles” are in bold): * Multitasking. * Spell check (like on the iPad). * Bluetooth keyboard support (again, on the iPad). * User-defined wallpaper (a jailbreak favorite). * Tap to focus when recording video, just like with photos, and a 5x digital zoom for the camera. * Playlist creation and nested playlists. * App folders for sorting apps! You can even put an app folder in the dock. * Enhanced Mail! You can …
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 1
With the traditional delay, the Mozilla released yesterday the first beta of Firefox 3.6 codename Namoroka, the next version of open-source browser originally planned to be launched later this year. A release candidate (RC) due out in November and soon after, the final version. Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 1, customized with the Personas and Windows 7 The main changes in Firefox 3.6 Beta are: Native support for Personas: allows you to change the appearance of the browser with a single click; Alert on outdated plugins or security breaches; Videos can be visualiazados native full screen; Support Web Open Font Format (WOFF); Improvements in performance JavaScript engine, response time and initialization; Support new technologies CSS, DOM and HTML 5; Compatible with some of the new features of Windows 7. Did you install this beta version of Firefox and some of their supplements did not work properly? Rather than just complain, you can help Mozilla and addon developers to find compatibility issues. Mozilla wrote on the air the first version of the Add-on Compatibility Reporter, add-on that allows any User to report problems with addons installed. Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 can be downloaded from this page (for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, in Portuguese). Do not forget that the test releases are not recommended for everyday use. If you want to install it, take basic precautions before, such as creat
With the traditional delay, the Mozilla released yesterday the first beta of Firefox 3.6 codename Namoroka, the next version of open-source browser originally planned to be launched later this year. A release candidate (RC) due out in November and soon after, the final version.
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 1, customized with the Personas and Windows 7
The main changes in Firefox 3.6 Beta are:
Native support for Personas: allows you to change the appearance of the browser with a single click;
Alert on outdated plugins or security breaches;
Videos can be visualiazados native full screen;
Support Web Open Font Format (WOFF);
Improvements in performance JavaScript engine, response time and initialization;
Support new technologies CSS, DOM and HTML 5;
Compatible with some of the new features of Windows 7.
Did you install this beta version of Firefox and some of their supplements did not work properly? Rather than just complain, you can help Mozilla and addon developers to find compatibility issues. Mozilla wrote on the air the first version of the Add-on Compatibility Reporter, add-on that allows any User to report problems with addons installed.
Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 can be downloaded from this page (for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, in Portuguese). Do not forget that the test releases are not recommended for everyday use. If you want to install it, take basic precautions before, such as creat
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Netflix Is The Latest To Talk The HTML5 Talk
Netflix Is The Latest To Talk The HTML5 Talk
As we all know, the battle between Flash and HTML5 for the future of online video is raging. But what about that other plugin some sites use for video? You know, the one made by Microsoft — Silverlight? A new posting tonight may call that platform’s future in video into question as well. Because arguably their most important client is looking to jump on the HTML5 video bandwagon: Netflix. A …
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Dreamweaver CS4 Tutorial – 5 – Editing Text
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Firefox 3.0 a New Beginning
The development name for Mozilla Firefox 3 is Gran Paradiso. The precursory releases are codenamed ?Minefield?, as this is the name of the trunk builds. ?Gran Paradiso?, like other Firefox development names, is an actual place; in this case the highest mountain group in the Graian Alps. The development team has asked users to submit feature requests that they wish to be included in Firefox 3. On November 19, 2007, Firefox 3 Beta 1 was released. The second beta (Firefox 3 Beta 2) was released on December 18, 2007. With at least three total beta releases planned, it is estimated that Firefox 3 will be released in early 2008. One of the big changes in Firefox 3 is the implementation of Gecko 1.9, an updated layout engine. The new version fixes many bugs and implements new web APIs. In particular, it will make Firefox 3 the first official release of a Mozilla browser to pass the Acid2 test, a standards-compliance test for web-page rendering.
Many of the new features are defined in the WHATWG HTML5 specification. In particular, support for the controversial ?ping? attribute in and HTML elements is implemented and enabled by default. The purpose of this attribute is to allow tracking clicking on links without the disadvantages of traditional methods such as redirects and JavaScript, which can be cumbersome to implement and often slow the user from reaching their intended destination. Another advantage over current techniques is that the user has the option of turning the ?ping? feature off (although as of Firefox 3 Beta 1, it can only be turned off using about:config). LWN notes that ?[t]he redirect technique is arguably worse than the ping attribute?. Other new features include support for offline web applications, cross-site XMLHttpRequest, and APNG support.
Gecko 1.9 uses cairo as a graphics backend, allowing for improved graphics performance and better consistency of look and feel on various operating systems. Because of cairo?s lack of support for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows NT (versions 4.0 and below), and because Microsoft ended support for Windows 98 and Windows Me on July 11, 2006, Firefox 3 will not run on those operating systems. Similarly, the Mac version of Firefox 3 will only run on Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, but, unlike previous versions, will have a native Cocoa widget interface.
Google Releases Android 2.0
For all those eagerly awaiting the release of Android 2.0, Google has now released support for Android 2.0 via an update to its SDK.
For all the developers out there, this means you can start building applications for Android 2.0 already. The new update dubbed “Android SDK Tools, Revision 3″ adds support for the Android 2.0 SDK as an addon for the current SDK.
The update includes the new Android 2.0 library, and as usual, a system image with an emulator. So you can fire up the emulator and test Android 2.0 for yourself before it even comes out on devices.
We have heard a lot about Android 2.0 recently, with the leak of information about Motorola Droid and screenshots from the OS, however now it is all official, and here is what you have to look forward to:
Contacts and accounts: Google Anroid 2.0 now supports multiple accounts for email and can syncronize contacts with external services. handset manufactureres will also have the option of enabling support for Exchange. Developers can write adapters which enable two way sync with custom services.
The new Quick Contact for Android is a widget interface which provides information about contacts from any place where a contanc is displayed. The widget provides ata glance information and shows common calling and messaging options.
Email: The email application on Android 2.0 comes with support for Exchange. Also, it now has a unified interface for all your email accounts.
Messaging: New in messaging features in Android 2.0 is the ability to search through your SMS / MMS messages. To conserve space, Android 2.0 allows for automatic deletion of old messages based on a specified threshold.
Camera: Mobile Phone cameras are constantly evolving, and Android is trying to keep up. With version 2.0 it now has built in support for flash, digital zoom, and macro focus. It now also supports color effects, white balance, and a scene mode.
Android virtual keyboard: Since Android devices utilize touch screens, a good virtual keyboard in necessary. Android 2.0 imporves on its virtual keyboard in many ways. Firstly, the keyboard layout has been improved to allow for faster speed and greater accuracy. Secondly, it noew supports multi-touch devices and allows you to trye with two fingers at a time, without worrying about missing keys. Finally, it features a new adaptive dictionary which lears from your word usage, and can utilize the contacts databse to suggest contact names.
Browser: The new Android 2.0 browser features an updated UI with an improved mult-functio URL bar. The new URL bar allows you to search, and perform other actions as well. The new browser can ow display thumbnails for bookmarked webpages, and supports zooming on double-tap. On the compatability side, the new browser now has support for HTML5, including geolocation, client side databases, offline apps support, and tag support.
Calendar: The calender in the Android 2.0 OS has gained new features which allow one to invite guests to events that they create, and can update the status of these guests. The agenda view now scrolls infinately through all your tasks, events, reminders etc.
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Adobe hastens release of HTML5 developer tool
Adobe hastens release of HTML5 developer tool
Only three weeks after releasing Dreamweaver CS5, it releases an update to add support for HTML5. It’s not Flash or nothing at Adobe.
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Microsoft Gambles on HTML5, H.264 Video for IE9
Microsoft Gambles on HTML5, H.264 Video for IE9
After years of going its own way, Microsoft’s browser is moving in the right direction: standards, performance, and HTML5.
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