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Written by Drew Macdonald
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Sunday, 03 July 2011 10:04 |
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Ex-Google UX (User Expereince) director Paul Adams has created a slideshow called: “The Real Life Social Network,” which highlights the perils of having one default group for sharing and emphasized that the ideal social networking service would be designed for multiple groups. The slideshow illustrated the flaws in Facebook’s lump sum friend model and called for a social network where users could set sharing levels to correspond to the separate relationship groups that people tend to have.
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Written by Drew Macdonald
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Monday, 06 June 2011 12:06 |
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 Magento is an open source ecommerce web application launched on March 31, 2008. It was created by Varien, using various open source technologies including Zend framework and PHP. Varien is now Magento Inc. with 260+ employees.
Magento is a feature-rich eCommerce platform built on open-source technology that provides online merchants with unprecedented flexibility and control over the look, content and functionality of their eCommerce store. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing, search engine optimization and catalog-management tools to give merchants the power to create sites that are tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by Varien’s support network, Magento offers companies the ultimate eCommerce solution.
Magento Enterprise Edition is a paid version of Magento intended for larger ecomerce websites.
In February of 2011, Ebay announced it had made an investment in Magento and acquired 49% ownership. Now Ebay is purchasing the remain ownership of Magento.
By purchasing Magento, eBay is creating what it calls X.Commerce, an open platform that can offer a wide array of end-to-end services to merchants, providing everything from local inventory data and discounts to historical information on pricing, transactions and browsing. It then offers tools for payment and helps close the loop on transactions so retailers know how it all came together. EBay, PayPal and GSI, a digital marketing and e-commerce company that eBay is in the process of buying, would provide some of the basic building blocks for the platform. But X.Commerce would also incorporate other eBay assets and enlist the help of developers who could build on the operating system.
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Written by Drew Macdonald
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Monday, 21 February 2011 23:07 |
 Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements and games. More recently, it has been positioned as a tool for "Rich Internet Applications" ("RIAs").
Most owner's of Apple's iPad and iPhone have noticed their devices do not support Adobe's Flash. Apple's iPad and iPhone lines are expected to remain Flash-free for the foreseeable future. Despite Apple's decision to not include Flash, the Android OS has been open to including Flash in their mobile devices. Figures from the 2011 Mobile World Congress, more than 20 million Android smartphones have shipped with (or been upgraded to) its Flash Player 10.1 software. Adobe expects its total mobile Flash adoption to hit 132 million units worldwide by the end of 2011, and the company estimates that 50 tablets will feature Flash pre-installed (or available for download) by the end of the year as well. Adobe maintains that they have a 99% adoption rate among desktop computers.
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Written by Drew Macdonald
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Wednesday, 01 December 2010 20:06 |
"play in a more beautiful web"
 Well if you don't know, Microsoft is preparing to launch their new browser Internet Explorer 9. The newest browser from the Redmond software company, Microsoft. The latest version of the Internet Explorer web browser is seeking to embrace web standards and usher in the new era of HTML 5.
HTML 5 will introduce new possibilities with websites. The most impressive feature will be the integration of media like audio and video. Improved sound and graphics will allow for richer web experiences. With Apple failing to fully integrate Adobe Flash into their mobile devices, web designers are utilizing tools like jQuery and new features provided by HTML 5.
Microsoft seems to have made an abrupt about face and nearly dump the Silverlight project. They are now boasting the wonders of HTML 5.
With advanced browsers like Firefox, Safari, and Chrome already introducing HTML5 standards, Microsoft is trying to play catchup to the more widely accepted technology.
Having lost significant market share in the mobile markets IE9 is an attempt to stay relevant in a growing web based open source world.
The Internet Explorer Platform Preview requires Windows 7 (x86 or x64) or Windows Vista SP2 (x86 or x64).
The Microsoft website "the new beauty of the web" is intending to showcase the features and allow for beta download.
http://www.beautyoftheweb.com
Through active participation in standards development in CSS3 and SVG working groups, co-chairing the HTML5 Working Group, and leading the HTML5 Testing Task force, we are actively helping set the standards for the modern web. Through our investments in standards and interoperability, we hope to help bring predictability to web programming. Because when you can spend less time rewriting your sites to work across browsers, you can spend more time creating amazing experiences.
Internet Explorer 9 introduces support for modern web standards, including:
* CSS3
* HTML5
* SVG
* ICC Color Profiles
* DOM L2 and L3
* ECMAScript
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Written by Drew Macdonald
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010 12:19 |
Google instant, which recently added the utility of adding search results in real time, is adding another feature to help users find what they need quickly and effectively. Called “instant preview” the new addition will provide pop-up images of the web sites without the need to click on them.
A magnifying icon will appear next to the results, and by hovering over it users will be able to preview a site before going to it. It's a new way for users to find information on the search results page faster.
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