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Just dropped into a link where i found this interesting concept, where the images on a webpage can be viewed in a 3d model plane. This would bring about great optimisation in time taken browsing images on web, and i believe it would work wonders for designers seeking aspirations from web, wherein they wont be needed to waste time in each clicks, as this revolutionary concept loads all the images in a fullscreen plane and the capability to browse in a 3D simulated way is really wonderful !

Check it out now: http://www.piclens.com/

[You can install the toolbar in your browser and enjoy the ride ;)]

This video sharing app, is not yet another video sharing app on the web. Check out for its usability and the cool UX. Ofcourse, the videos rocks too

http://www.vimeo.com/ 

Ever imagined where the dazzling wallpapers and cool scenaries in Windows Vista come from. Well i wouldnt have believed it untill i came across this posting in a news site. MS have approached a flickr user Hamad Darwish, for either use of his photos or commissioned to create new images for the desktop backgrounds that are included in the new Windows Vista operating system.

Get detailed story from
http://dsphotographic.com/index.php/2007/02/…

Moving around places and missing all the softwares and environments in your PC back home, has been a pain for most of the software professionals. Being a designer ive felt that pain whenever i travel out where i dont have access to the sort of softwares that i have at my PC @ home. There seems to be an end for this trivia.

I just came across an interesting software that is offering solutions that enables you to carry around all the softwares and environment as it is in your PC, and work in any other PC with the same set of s/w, without even installing the softwares in the new PC. Im talking about “Mojopac”. Get to know this new technology…

MOJOPAC

MojoPac is a technology that transforms your iPod or USB Hard Drive or Flash drive into a portable and private PC. Just install MojoPac on any USB 2.0 complaint storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and environment preferences, and take it with you everywhere.

Every time you plug your MojoPac-enabled device into any Windows XP PC , MojoPac automatically launches your environment on the host PC. Your communications, music, games, applications, and files are all local and accessible. And when you unplug the MojoPac device, no trace is left behind – your information is not cached on the host PC.

Its all about the new windows vista!

Microsoft has put on a great effort in this latest version of windows…to make a hell a lot of new features and a great new look. i would say that this is microsoft’s greatest ever release of their new OS version and i am all praises for this sort of an effort from the S/w giant. But like every new products, this version of windows has also got a lot of minuses or shortcomings rather, that the IT gurus all over the world would say. Lets go through the pros and cons of this exciting new version and lets come to know what actually can vista give users…

First let me take through the highlights if the OS

Vista’s single best feature is the graphics subsystem and Aero “Glass” user experience it enables (when your hardware supports it). Direct support for advanced 3-D graphics processors, vector-based graphics and fonts, DPI scaling, reflections, transparencies, 3-D movements and a whole range of visual improvements account for the most profound change to Vista. The new integrated desktop search features, the ability to save searches as dynamic collections, and some new data sorting and visualizing options (including “stacking”) make up the next most significant feature set.
Have a luk at the mindblowing interface for the Vista start screen

Another what’s-new story about Vista concerns bundled applications. Vista adds several new apps, such as Windows Defender, Sidebar, Calendar, Photo Gallery, DVD Maker, Fax and Scan, and BitLocker full-volume encryption. Significantly upgraded bundled apps include Internet Explorer 7+, Windows Mail (Outlook Express), Media Player 11, Movie Maker, Speech Recognition, Windows Meeting Space (Wi-Fi-based peer presentation/file sharing), automatic hard-drive defragmentation and disk backup.

There are loads of stuffs that we can add as highlights…but since i have to go to bed and since there is a time constrain…let me make a quick drift towards the cons of the subject.

These are the some of the headaches associated with the Vista users in the future. Well…this can be MS’s new strategy to raise the bar and to increase the hardware sales as well, but its for sure that there are some sufferers also.

Vista requires 128MB of video memory in order for the up-level Aero Glass features to take effect.

The stratification of PCs based on whether they can display Aero will become a headache for IT managers. This problem is likely to grow over time, as more business-class PCs are equipped with 128MB or more of video memory. Most business people have little use for 128MB of video RAM

Will be back with more information soon…till then its gnite…

The much hyped release of the Windows Vista is almost around the corner…and the innovative features are being brought to the daylight. In this juncture where the hype has been the highest ever in the history of microsoft…i m just wondering if, this release of the new OS from Microsoft is worth the wait !! Well…im gathering some solid information about this so called ‘cool’ windows…and lets find out if this is what the tech world was waiting for…watch out for the next few posts from me…..

The WWW is undergoing some serious transformations these days. Thanks to the revolutionary competition between the 2 giants Yahoo and Google. There have been some news or the other these days from that are leading a much aggressive revolution in the web. I think the recent news that has stuck me was the agreeing of Google to acquire YouTube.com, a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. This increases the strength of the search engine giant to many more folds and makes it a better competent for Yahoo as far as web video is concerned.

Get the facts from
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/google_youtube.html

The good news is that there are tonnes of news to follow that would leave us with some good thoughts to pass on and this certainly will be a healthy ground for aspiring Creatives and Interaction designers. Watch out for the cool stuffs…..

Pals, this is the new found proverb that tell about the importance of links in this world of information. Just how important this four letter word have become in our daily life! I would say that the primary skill that a netizen shud have in order to effectively use the information highway to his use, will have to be the ability to identify and manage useful links that may lead to a goldmine of information….virtually!
Was just trying to find out about a topic out of curiosity, and just ended up with a blog that had almost all the needed links for me to understand the topic. Amazed by the power of the web, in the way it excels to provide us with the vital information, im wondering whats the ultimate capability of this highway..? I think its infinite…yes web comes with infinite possibilities.

So, the next time you are short of an information, remember….the link is waiting for you to explore.use the web to its fullest and you may experience some really unexpected changes in your life….yes believe me, its true !!!

Cheers……

Sitting idle in the workplace, just gifted me some valuable time to get deeper into the fathoms of the net. Always a source for inspiration, this network of information is really amazing, and ive been telling this for years and i really cant help saying it……
Was going through a famous forum for flash and tried to know more about it. Was just amazed about the person behind such a phenomenal meeting point of flash aspirers and professionals all around the world. The wow factor just got bigger when i came to know that the person behind this was a student and who is younger than me….wanna know which forum im talking about?
It is kirupa.com, a guy called kirupa chinnathampi is behind this and he is a sophomore in MIT (Sophomore means second year undergraduate in US), specialising in electrical engineering and computer science.

Was really aweinspired by this and was wondering how much room for improvement a man can get if he is in european/american countries !!!! The course structure there and other things that are available there are some key factors of this difference.

No wonder y there are such great designers out there in those developed countries. I think for india to be in the map of designers worldwide, we need such course structures that make the students realise the right path to chose and to provide genuine information about the standards of designing for various media. Now, as the case is, i dont think there are too many designers who are trained in their budding stage from genuine trainers, they just come out by trial and error and thsi may hamper the design standard of indian designers……so according to me well structured courses related to designing can bring india to the global designer map.

Microsoft Announces Steps to Address Eolas Patent Ruling
Documentation for Developers and Modest Changes in Software Will Minimize or Eliminate Impact on Consumers and Address Issues Raised by Aug. 11 Ruling While Appeal Moves Forward

Oct. 2003
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 6, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. today announced how it will respond to the August jury decision in the Eolas patent lawsuit. The steps include modest changes to Microsoft® Windows® and Internet Explorer as well as measures that Web developers and others who use Internet Explorer technology can take to ameliorate or eliminate the impact of the ruling. Microsoft is providing full documentation for these changes to help guide Web developers and other developers that use its Internet Explorer technology to create the best possible user experience. Other companies providing specialized documentation related to this change are listed on the Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/.
“This ruling affects more than just Microsoft; it affects a broad array of partners and customers — including companies that many would view as competitors,” said Michael Wallent, general manager of the Windows Client Platform at Microsoft. “Microsoft has been very proactive in reaching out to this group to develop steps that will reduce or eliminate the ruling’s impact on consumers and other companies, even as we appeal it.”
“Microsoft and Macromedia have worked together for years to deliver great Web experiences,” said Norm Meyrowitz, president of products, Macromedia. “Together, we have developed a straightforward solution that should result in little impact for our mutual customers.”
Eolas Technologies Inc. is the exclusive licensee of a patent owned by the University of California. In the case, Eolas asserted that the patent covered one specific mechanism used by Web page authors to embed and automatically invoke certain interactive programs. Although Microsoft asserted that the patent was invalid due to pre-existing inventions, the court refused to let the jury consider the prior art. The jury rendered its verdict on Aug. 11, 2003. The parties are still in the process of submitting their post-trial motions and briefs. The final judgment has not yet been entered.
The solution developed by Microsoft has two main parts:
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First, Microsoft will make minor changes to Internet Explorer’s handling of some Web pages that use ActiveX® Controls, such as Macromedia Flash, Apple QuickTime, RealNetworks RealOne, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Sun Java Virtual Machine and Microsoft Windows Media® Player. It is currently anticipated that this change will be deployed by early next year. If Web developers have not updated their Web pages using the techniques suggested by Microsoft and others, users may see a simple dialog box before the browser loads the ActiveX Control.
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Second, Microsoft and other industry partners are working to provide documentation for Web developers that describe how to author Web pages so the dialog box would not be necessary.
Further information on the proposed changes to Internet Explorer and early versions of the documentation are available on the MSDN® Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/.
In addition to working with others across the industry on technical solutions to this problem, Microsoft has said it intends to appeal the ruling.
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