Apramana | Beyond Dimensions

So finally it does it. Now Google can crawl Flash Content as well.

Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, we’ve improved the performance of this Flash indexing algorithm by integrating Adobe’s Flash Player technology.

In the past, web designers faced challenges if they chose to develop a site in Flash because the content they included was not indexable by search engines. They needed to make extra effort to ensure that their content was also presented in another way that search engines could find.

Now that we’ve launched our Flash indexing algorithm, web designers can expect improved visibility of their published Flash content, and you can expect to see better search results and snippets. There’s more info on the Webmaster Central blog about the Searchable SWF integration.

Via Official Google Blog

Yesterday while I was at work Anandawardhana buzzed me on Gtalk.

This is the the conversation we had;

12:04 PM Anandawardhana: http://web.nickshanks.com/typography/
මේක වැඩ කරනවද නැද්ද බලල තියෙනවද?
12:05 PM me: ah
try karanna one
Anandawardhana: if this works
it indeed is a BIG step forward
12:06 PM me: yehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Anandawardhana: pls test it if you have a mac
i dont
me: yeh yeh i have a macbook now
Anandawardhana: great

12:07 PM me:

So today I got a chance to try this & this works fine. But as they have mentioned it’s still under development & still some characters not rendering properly. But end of the they we have a reasonable Sinhala Unicode support on Mac OS X.

This has developed by a Programmer & Web Developer, Nicholas Shanks who lives in United Kingdom.

This font is a Mac version of Malithi Web, a typeface by Pushpananda Ekanayaka.

Here is the link to get Sinhala Unicode for Mac OS X.

This this the screen shot of the Sinhala Bloggers Union website in Safari;

Click on the image to view the full screen version

This is the screen shot of Firefox 3 Sinhala;

Click on the image to view the full screen version

Firefox 3 has been released. With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before.

Top New Features;

• One-Click Bookmarking - Bookmark, search and organize Web sites quickly and easily. And inbuilt Del.icio.us support.
• Improved Performance - View Web pages faster, using less of your computer’s memory.
• Smart Location Bar - Find the sites you love in seconds—enter a term for instant matches that make sense.
• Password Manager - Remember site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up.
• Instant Web Site ID - Avoid online scams, unsafe transactions and forgeries with simple site identity.
• Full Zoom - See any part of a Web page, up close and readable, in seconds.
• Platform-Native Look & Feel - Browse with a Firefox that’s integrated into your computer’s operating
  system.
• Add-ons Manager - You can now find and install add-ons directly in your browser. You no longer need to visit the add-ons Web site, simply fire up the new Add-ons Manager.
• Browser Look & Feel - Dress up your browser as you like it. With themes, choose a darkened control panel reminiscent of a space ship, faux wood paneling, or hundreds of other unique looks to surround your surfing.
• Download Manager - An all new manager lets you download seamlessly, with even greater security. A pause and resume feature means there’s no need to wait for a download to finish before you disconnect.
• The Language of Firefox - Firefox speaks your language like no other browser on earth. Because the Web is a worldwide resource and we believe that resource belongs to the people, we’ve made our browser available in as many local languages as possible. IT HAS THE SINHALA VERSION TOO.
• Graphics Engine Improvements - Improved text rendering is just the beginning of the benefits of an all new graphic engine for Firefox 3.
• Advanced Graphics - You have to see it to believe it. The rendering of text and graphics, including SVG and Canvas, is faster, sharper and more true-to-life than ever before, thanks to our new graphics engine.
• Support for Advanced Web Technologies - Brand new and enhanced functionalities enable Web site authors and developers to create advanced content and applications. Support is now available for CSS, ACID2, MathML, ECMAScript 4, Animated Portable Network Graphics (APNG) and Microformats, to name a few.
• Offline Browsing - Take your computer offline and still have information at your fingertips. Certain enabled sites may allow applications—like your Web-based email—to stay with you at all times.

Get Firefox 3 from here »

Finally I decided to maintain a freelance UI engineers‘ list to distribute the work load which I am getting continuously. So all you freelance UI guys out there in Sri Lanka this is for you.

If you comfortable with most of following requirements, please drop me a mail with your CV to peiris [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject under “Freelance UI Engineer”.

Requirements are;

• Hand on experience in XHTML & CSS with CSS based designs.
• Knowledge on skinning Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla, ExpressionEngine, SilverStripe & other common CMS.
• Hand on experience in Javascripts with JQuery, MooTools, script.aculo.us & YUI.
• Hand on experience in Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver & Flash.
• Knowledge on Adobe Air & Flex.
• Knowledge on Microsoft SilverLight.
• Knowledge on Web Standards, Web Accessibility & Usability.
• Understanding of Web 2.0 concepts & new web trends.
• Having a portfolio of more than 5 websites which will fulfill mot of above requirements.

Let’s make a better WEB for ALL.