 Vista™ signifies paradigm shift in MS' localisation approach MUI in Windows Vista™ is implemented in two parts, with the first being the OS binaries and the second the language pack. Even after installation of the OS, both remain independently accessible. Thus, if any updation needs to be done in any of the two, it can be ensured without affecting the other. |
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Why Indian language media needs to adopt Unicode  Hundreds of developers working in different directions to suit requirements of people working in their own ‘preferred formats’ will not help either the media or the IT industry. To take advantage of advancements in IT, standardization (read Unicode compliance) is a basic requirement.
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Needed: A good 'Hindi programming language'  A Hindi/Indian language based programming language could be very useful and effective in bringing the IT development revolution to the grassroots level, and could prove to be the true localization of software development process itself. Will the IT bigwigs come forward to develop one?
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Who says Windows 95/98/Me can’t run Unicode?  When a software application or web application is developed for mass use, many developers prefer to avoid using Unicode support thinking their applications won’t run on these systems. However, this is only a misconception.
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Arrival of Unicode 5.0.0: It is 99,000 characters strong now  The new Unicode version, 5.0.0, defines more than 99,000 characters for the languages of the world, and provides the detailed properties needed for computer software implementations.
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IE 7 now allows mixing of scripts in IDN URLs  Initial Beta versions of Internet Explorer 7 did not allow mixing of labels of ASCII and non-ASCII characters in a single Internationalized Domain Name URL. Based on User feedback, Microsoft has changed its mind.
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Working with Indian Languages on Linux  Fedora core 3 has built in support for 9 Indian languages, namely – Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya and Malayalam. It means you can work straight out-of-the-box in these Indian languages on Fedora Core 3 Machines.
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Move over ASCII domain names, IDNs are here  With the introduction and subsequent success of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), you can now register a domain name for your website in any language of the world. In fact, you can also club names in two-three different languages, such as www.हिन्दुस्तानी.com.
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XML and Unicode: a few worries surface  W3C has recently warned document authors that some Unicode features are going to cause XML applications, HTML browsers and other programs to hang.
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