According to the latest browser statistics, Internet Explorer 6 is now the least popular IE version used to surf the Web. As you can probably imagine, this is an event of enormous proportions for the Web, particularly for Web Designers, who can now deliver enhanced online experiences with less concern for users with outdated software.
Browser tracking data from Net Applications Market Share Report.
I thought it would be fun to show you the latest round of Microsoft ads, this time designed to pimp out the most recent version of Internet Explorer (dubbed 8, by the way) to the masses.
Some of these are funny and well done, while others… not so much. However, considering these are currently Internet only, I kind of see the market segment they’re targeting. Microsoft obviously hopes these will become viral and spread like funny kittens. A Microsoft product being viral… isn’t that ironic?
I never really liked French movies. This French short though, delivers a powerful message and features more than a couple of brilliantly animated scenes. After watching this, if your mind isn’t screaming “Fallout 3” then you fail at the Internet.
If you do something creative for a living, then you most likely have come across a situation where your client tries to take advantage of you: by trying to get a discount, refusing to pay you for the full amount of your work, etc. This video takes those situations and applies them to everyday life, such as eating out at a restaurant or getting your hair done. A must-watch.
TypeKit is probably going to radically change Web Design. Yesterday, Jeffrey Veen announced it on the TypeKit blog.
Using Jeffrey’s own words:
Every major browser is about to support the ability to link to a font. This is a massive upgrade for the web. But there’s a problem. While it’s technically quite easy to link to fonts, it’s legally more nuanced. Almost all fonts are protected by copyright — even those available for free — and very few of them allow for linking via CSS or redistribution on the web.
That’s where Typekit comes in. We’ve been working with foundries to develop a consistent web-only font linking license. We’ve built a technology platform that lets us to host both free and commercial fonts in a way that is incredibly fast, smoothes out differences in how browsers handle type, and offers the level of protection that type designers need without resorting to annoying and ineffective DRM.
When CSS3 comes around, designers will once again have (almost) full control over their typography, and this time without having to resort to Flash. TypeKit’s easy one-line hosting solution is setting itself up to be as game-changing for the typography industry as iTunes was to the music industry.
To keep a close eye on the development of TypeKit, you can subscribe to their blog or follow them on Twitter.
latestcomments