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Instead of Silverlight, Microsoft will use HTML5
Microsoft, which has been trying to bring Silverlight to the web for a long time, decided to spend less effort on this direction and focus more on HTML5 support.
Microsoft's president of the server business, Bob Muglia, recently confirmed that the company is undergoing a global reassessment, moving away from Silverlight development towards fuller support for HTML5.
Silverlight was one of the important Internet technologies for Microsoft, but the company decided that a more universal and cross-platform standard was needed, such as HTML5. Silverlight will still be usable on the Mac, and with a few tweaks on Linux, but the company wants to build on a more universal standard that can be used on the same iPad, iPhone, and for now, it's only possible for HTML5.
In principle, this is to be expected, especially after the company announced that Internet Explorer 9 will support all the latest features of HTML5.
Microsoft's president of the server business, Bob Muglia, recently confirmed that the company is undergoing a global reassessment, moving away from Silverlight development towards fuller support for HTML5.
Silverlight was one of the important Internet technologies for Microsoft, but the company decided that a more universal and cross-platform standard was needed, such as HTML5. Silverlight will still be usable on the Mac, and with a few tweaks on Linux, but the company wants to build on a more universal standard that can be used on the same iPad, iPhone, and for now, it's only possible for HTML5.
In principle, this is to be expected, especially after the company announced that Internet Explorer 9 will support all the latest features of HTML5.
Logo. Why is its design important?
Working in the field of design, web design, communicating with customers, I had to make sure that many business owners, no matter how small or large, do not know the meaning of the logo. But after all, the corporate identity of the company, its face is formed from the logo. Therefore, it is very important to know what role the logo plays in the success of a business and what consequences can be caused by ignoring such an insignificant element at first glance.
Let's start by trying to figure out what is logo design? Each person's ideas may be different, depending on the person's own perception, on his preferences. It can be an image, even the most elementary, and just a banal inscription in a regular font, or even just a symbol. There are a lot of options. And the question arises. If everything is so simple, take a picture or an inscription and you're done, then why turn to a professional designer and pay for services that are not at all cheap? This is where the error occurs. After all, using just a picture, without thinking about what it is and, most importantly, without understanding why all this is, it is not possible to make a name for yourself, a brand and win over people who can become your customers.
In practice, it is very important for a company to draw up the right development plan. And the main stage is advertising, PR. Now it is not a novelty that people first see the logo of the company, and then get acquainted with its product and services. This is what branding does. It helps companies gain recognition, trust and visibility.
Probably everyone has faced the choice of cheaper, but it is not known whose, or more expensive, but from a proven brand that is well known. In most cases, the second option works - more expensive, but from a trusted company. This is what everyone aspires to - trust, recognition. People buy not just a product, but a brand. This is the result of powerful branding, marketing. But all this will be useless without the involvement of professionals. People need to recognize you. The logo is your face. It will be used everywhere. You will be recognized by it. Therefore, the logo must be designed professionally and must be of high quality!
Let's start by trying to figure out what is logo design? Each person's ideas may be different, depending on the person's own perception, on his preferences. It can be an image, even the most elementary, and just a banal inscription in a regular font, or even just a symbol. There are a lot of options. And the question arises. If everything is so simple, take a picture or an inscription and you're done, then why turn to a professional designer and pay for services that are not at all cheap? This is where the error occurs. After all, using just a picture, without thinking about what it is and, most importantly, without understanding why all this is, it is not possible to make a name for yourself, a brand and win over people who can become your customers.
In practice, it is very important for a company to draw up the right development plan. And the main stage is advertising, PR. Now it is not a novelty that people first see the logo of the company, and then get acquainted with its product and services. This is what branding does. It helps companies gain recognition, trust and visibility.
Probably everyone has faced the choice of cheaper, but it is not known whose, or more expensive, but from a proven brand that is well known. In most cases, the second option works - more expensive, but from a trusted company. This is what everyone aspires to - trust, recognition. People buy not just a product, but a brand. This is the result of powerful branding, marketing. But all this will be useless without the involvement of professionals. People need to recognize you. The logo is your face. It will be used everywhere. You will be recognized by it. Therefore, the logo must be designed professionally and must be of high quality!
New Google record
In September 2010, Google's share of global Internet traffic rose to 6.4%, which can be considered a record value. There was only one provider that Google could not bypass. In January, the company had 5% of global traffic. With the Internet growing by 40-45%, their total traffic increased by about 80% in just nine months. It is noteworthy that at the same time, the company's infrastructure, with a huge influx of visitors, works almost without failures. Information obtained from measurements on 110+ISP routers around the world, which feed data into the ATLAS system (a huge Internet monitoring system). The statistics did not take into account traffic deliveries under peer-to-peer agreements with lower-level ISPs. If we take into account the use of Google Global Cache, then according to Arbor Networks experts, Google's share is about 8-12%. Google has already entered into agreements with 70% of all global providers (a year ago - with 60%). Only a few operators have not installed servers with Google cache. These are Tier 1 and some national (due to government restrictions). It's safe to say that Google already controls a significant portion of the Internet and is actively infiltrating the network infrastructure.
Extensions in Opera
On October 22, 2010 the Opera Software company provided to developers the alpha version of Opera 11 promised earlier with support of expansions. The new extensions are based on the W3C Widgets specification and are mini-applications written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and enhanced with new browser APIs. All currently available documentation on extensions, articles and examples are collected in a post on Opera.Labs.