Thanks to Kai for the tip on making screengrabs on the iPhone, we can now reveal The Brand Union webclip icon for those wielding a normalPhone.
For those interested in how to make a screengrab – hold down the home button then quickly press the power button, the screen will flash and store the image in your photos.
…and fail, it would seem. At least, I can’t get it work in Firefox or IE on Windows XP.
The idea is that you create 3d chat rooms where you can share pictures, video and music. These rooms can then be embedded on your webpage.
I’m not sure exactly when this happened but you can finally watch the news online without having to wade through outdated technology plugin hell.
For example, Bush getting heckled yesterday:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7491278.stm
They also have a live streaming news channel:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7459669.stm
We still have many clients who refuse flash, and the most compelling reason was the lack of search visibility. The boffins at google have fixed that with some form a SWF decoder. Worth a read for developers and a reassessment of the reasons not to have flash…
Q: Which Flash files can Google better index now?
We’ve improved our ability to index textual content in SWF files of all kinds. This includes Flash “gadgets” such as buttons or menus, self-contained Flash websites, and everything in between.
One key limitation is that the robot does not execute javascript, so you might have to carefully select what flavour of flash detection you use to ensure the flash files are visible.