Here’s a quick tip on how to make sure Google’s reCAPTCHA form is HTML 5 valid. Basically, the attribute frameborder="0" is no longer is necessary in HTML 5 – here’s W3C Schools opinion. However, Google’s reCAPTCHA example code and recaptchalib.php files are not updated to correct this, as you can see here: Continue reading “Making Google’s reCAPTCHA iframe form HTML 5 valid”
“The web is what you make of it” – this is according to the statement at the end of Google’s new ‘Chrome’ internet browser advert, featuring Lady Gaga. But really, is the web what ‘we’ make of it, or how one web giant makes it for us?
With Google’s prominence in the world of online search, it was a natural progression for them to join the internet browser market. Google search was directly available in earlier IE and Safari browsers and they must have felt they were vulnerable to ‘default search engine’ browser changes brought around by Microsoft’s ‘Bing’ search.
Chrome was a new lease of internet life for many users in 2008. You could simply search Google directly from the address bar, without an independent form, which also meant users could find websites they may have mis-typed – great for business! With the growing popularity of Gmail, you could also see email counts from your browser window and visit your inbox in one-click. Continue reading “Are we going Gaga about Google?”
Google have launched a breathtaking example of the capabilities of HTML 5, using Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait” song and music-video director Chris Milk’s film. Google has been working on the project for the last few months to demonstrate modern web technologies.
“The Wilderness Downtown” website currently only works with Google’s “Chrome” browser and on loading the site you are asked to enter your postcode from where you grew up. After entering this information the site goes blank and the Arcade Fire song begins. A video in a pop-up window appears showing a boy running down a street. Then after a minute, you realise why the site asked you for your address – a series of pop-up windows show moving images from Google Maps of the area you used to live in. The imagery works in harmony with the music, with new pop-ups and Google Maps scenery flashing up in time with the scructure of the song. Continue reading “Google’s HTML 5 example with Arcade Fire music video”