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In light of the iPhone's restriction of Flash, I was wondering if it would be possible to port an open-source Flash player, like Gnash, to JavaScript, which can then be run on the iPhone as well as other devices that have a browser, without installing a separate plugin (which may not be available on some platforms, or may be inconvenient to install). You could, say, have a "Flash-to-JavaScript gateway" website which acts as a proxy for other sites, but interprets and translates the embedded Flash applets into JavaScript instructions. It may not be the most efficient of course, but it might be a way to circumvent restrictions when there is no other way. What do you think? -- Spoon! ( talk) 06:14, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
What would data packets be equivalent to in MB or GB? What are they measured in? Why are they used to measure data being sent/received rather than just GB, MB, or Bytes? Chevymontecarlo. 14:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Is it possible to make a custom font display on web pages where the viewer doesn't have the font installed? 82.43.89.71 ( talk) 14:59, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
@font-face
. It's pretty new to CSS, and only recent browsers support it (it does, of course, fall back to normal web typefaces when the browser doesn't support it). See
Web typography, and
http://nicewebtype.com.
Paul (
Stansifer)
15:15, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
@font-face
doesn't work for all users, it has the advantage that the result that it produces is bona fide text for everyone, and you don't have to worry about the complexities of making the result properly usable, resizeable, color-matched, and everything. As time passes, and users upgrade their browsers, more and more will see the custom font you want.
Paul (
Stansifer)
13:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC))Speaking of custom fonts, is there one with extra large/bold commas and/or periods ? I ask because I can't tell them apart on my screen without magnifying the text. And, if there is one, how can I use it as my default font in Wikipedia ? StuRat ( talk) 17:18, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
I am trying to design from scratch an Infrastructure with application saervices on the cloud for a new university. This includes the server, intra-network, the HR system with its DB , HR system , email as well as the Student information System (banner like). I am looking for a university that have implemented or is planning to implement such system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shaltout51 ( talk • contribs) 20:09, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
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In light of the iPhone's restriction of Flash, I was wondering if it would be possible to port an open-source Flash player, like Gnash, to JavaScript, which can then be run on the iPhone as well as other devices that have a browser, without installing a separate plugin (which may not be available on some platforms, or may be inconvenient to install). You could, say, have a "Flash-to-JavaScript gateway" website which acts as a proxy for other sites, but interprets and translates the embedded Flash applets into JavaScript instructions. It may not be the most efficient of course, but it might be a way to circumvent restrictions when there is no other way. What do you think? -- Spoon! ( talk) 06:14, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
What would data packets be equivalent to in MB or GB? What are they measured in? Why are they used to measure data being sent/received rather than just GB, MB, or Bytes? Chevymontecarlo. 14:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Is it possible to make a custom font display on web pages where the viewer doesn't have the font installed? 82.43.89.71 ( talk) 14:59, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
@font-face
. It's pretty new to CSS, and only recent browsers support it (it does, of course, fall back to normal web typefaces when the browser doesn't support it). See
Web typography, and
http://nicewebtype.com.
Paul (
Stansifer)
15:15, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
@font-face
doesn't work for all users, it has the advantage that the result that it produces is bona fide text for everyone, and you don't have to worry about the complexities of making the result properly usable, resizeable, color-matched, and everything. As time passes, and users upgrade their browsers, more and more will see the custom font you want.
Paul (
Stansifer)
13:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC))Speaking of custom fonts, is there one with extra large/bold commas and/or periods ? I ask because I can't tell them apart on my screen without magnifying the text. And, if there is one, how can I use it as my default font in Wikipedia ? StuRat ( talk) 17:18, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
I am trying to design from scratch an Infrastructure with application saervices on the cloud for a new university. This includes the server, intra-network, the HR system with its DB , HR system , email as well as the Student information System (banner like). I am looking for a university that have implemented or is planning to implement such system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shaltout51 ( talk • contribs) 20:09, 1 May 2010 (UTC)