An independent online-platform for digital type culture, developed at the Department of Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz.
DECODEUNICODE - is an independent platform for digital type culture, conceived and developed under the lead of professor Johannes Bergerhausen in cooperation with the designer Siri Poarangan at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz. The […]
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decodeunicode - the open science database
Published by Salif November 6th, 2006 in layout e design. 0 Commentscharacter set encoding — a system for encoded representation of textual data that specifies the following: (1) a coded character set, (2) one or more character encoding forms and (3) one or more character encoding schemes.
character encoding form — a system for representing the codepoints associated with a particular coded character set in terms of code values of a particular datatype or size. For many situations, this is a trivial mapping: codepoints are represented by bytes with the same integer value as the codepoint. Some encoding forms may represent codepoints in terms of 16- or 32-bit values, though, and some 8-bit encoding forms may be able to represent a codespace that has more than 256 codepoints by using multiple-byte sequences. Most encoding forms are designed specifically for use in connection with a particular coded character set; e.g. UTF-8 is used specifically for encoded representation of the Universal Character Set defined by Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646. Some encoding forms may be designed for use with multiple repertoires, however. For example, the ISO 2022 encoding form supports an open collection of coded character sets and specifies changes between character sets in a data stream using escape sequences.
codepoint — a numeric value used as an encoded representation of some abstract character within a computer or information system. Codepoints are integer values used to represent particular characters within a particular encoding.
coded character set — an abstract character repertoire together with an assignment of numeric codepoints for each character; a collection of encoded characters. Also called a codepage.
UTF-8 — an encoding form for storing Unicode codepoints in terms of 8-bit bytes. Characters are encoding listing sequences of 1-4 bytes. Characters in the ASCII character set are all represented using a single byte. [http://www.unicode.org/unicode/faq/utf_bom.html]
Upravlator inbound e Optimus - Art Lebedev
Published by Salif October 25th, 2006 in modelos de teclado and layout e design. 0 Comments”Art Lebedev, creator of the Optimus concept device, Optimus mini three, etc. has had some news to churn in the past couple of days, so let’s get started: the big Optimus is still on track, but will no longer use OLEDs. Instead, it will use 32 x 32 displays (presumably LCDs), and they’re aiming to […]
Unicode and Keyboards on Windows
Published by Salif October 24th, 2006 in layout e design. 0 Comments“As has been described in this paper, the inner workings of keyboards are more complicated than a developer would probably like them to be. What is crucial is understanding the association between the virtual keys, the scan codes and the shift states in a keyboard. In addition, developers should understand the relationship input has to […]
Apple Human Interface Guidelines > User Input > The keyboard
Published by Salif October 24th, 2006 in modelos de teclado and layout e design. 0 Comments“The keyboard’s primary use is to enter text. The keyboard may also be used for navigation, but it should always be an alternative to using the mouse.(..) There are four kinds of keys: character keys, modifier keys, arrow keys, and function keys. A character key sends a character to the computer. When the user holds […]
LED BACKLIT “DURALIGHT” KEYBOARD - NSI
Published by Salif October 24th, 2006 in layout e design and modelos. 0 Comments“The “Duralight” series features an 80 key industrial keyboard with an integrated 38mm industrial trackball. The unit uses high brightness white LED’s and the carrier plate acts as a light guide, lighting not only the key legends, as in most LED backlit keyboards, but also the key edges, the trackball contour and even possible customer […]
“Most PC users are all too familiar with Ctrl + Alt + Del, but how many of us know the origins of this button combination? Find out after the jump.
David Bradley originally designed Control-Alt-Escape to trigger a soft reboot, but he found it was too easy to bump the left side of the keyboard and reboot […]
EZ-Reach: The Ultimate Keyboard?
Published by Salif October 18th, 2006 in modelos de teclado and layout e design. 0 Comments“TypeMatrix’s EZ-Reach 2030 could be the ultimate keyboard. It features a modular design, one-touch key switch to “Dvorak”, straight vertical key columns for increased typing accuracy, and a thin profile. Additional information here. More pictures and a video demonstration after the jump.” - via TechEblog
Could your keyboard spy on you?
Published by Salif October 10th, 2006 in layout e design. 0 Comments“JitterBugs” can silently transmit passwords by using network delays. - By Ryan DeBeasi, NetworkWorld.com, 08/08/06
Researchers say that small devices called “JitterBugs” could piggyback onto network connections to discreetly send passwords and other sensitive data over the Internet. - NetworkWorld.com
“Most people use the QWERTY keyboard layout. But it’s a bit like a fridge with a door that opens up. This is fine and all on a DeLorean, but we’re talking about fridges here. And keyboard layouts. Anyway, my point is that it still works, but there are many ways it could work better. ” […]
