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The 3d printer in our office (an Objet Connex500) prints with a rigid, semitransparent white material that can be used to create these unique black and white photographic prints.  These prints may be indecipherable when viewed from the side, but when backlit with a diffuse light, they recreate images with surprisingly high precision and even add some subtle dimensionality and texture to the scene.

By varying the thickness of a region of this semitransparent print you can control the amount of light that is able to pass through, thereby controlling the brightness (thinner regions of material will appear brighter and thicker regions darker).  In this project, I've converted each individual greyscale pixel of an image to thickness, allowing me to precisely reproduce any greyscale image.  The photos I've printed include an adorable picture my mom took of our cat Teddy (fig 4), Saturn and its moon Titan taken by the Cassini space probe (fig 5 and 6), and a huge print (19x16") of Mt. Williamson by Ansel Adams (fig 1, 2, and 3).

Step 1: The Code

All of these 3D models were generated algorithmically from Processing using the ModelBuilder libraryby Marius Watz.  This library allows you to save 3D geometries in the STL file format, STL files that form a watertight mesh can be printed by a 3D printer.

To get started using this code yourself, download the latest version of the ModelBuilder library, unzip the file, and copy the folder into Processing's "libraries" folder.  If you have installed the predecessor to the ModelBuilder library (called the Unlekker library), you will need to delete it.  Once this is done restart Processing.

Copy the Processing sketch above and save it.  Processing will automatically put this file inside a folder of the same name.  Copy any greyscale images you want to convert into this folder.

To run the sketch, replace the part in quotes in following line:

String name = "YOUR_FILE_NAME.jpg";

with the name of your greyscale image. I believe .gif, .jpg, .tga, and .png files will all work fine, but I have only tested .jpg so far.  Run the sketch, after a minute or two Processing will tell you that it is writing an STL file and eventually it will tell you that it is finished.  The resulting file will be located in the sketch's folder named "NAME_OF_ORIGINAL_FILE.stl"

You can open the stl file with a variety of CAD software and stl viewers, I like MeshLab for simple viewing (it's free and open source).

By default my sketch will scale images to 8" wide, with a base thickness of 0.02" and feature thickness of up to 0.1", you can change these setting by adjusting the variable at the top of the sketch.


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how is IOS7 Concept? Flat Design, Smarter...

We have seen our fair share of iOS 7 concept videos, and I’m sure that number will only continue to increase as we approach WWDC 2013.  There really are some talented designers out there, and when I see a concept video that showcases great work, I can’t help but want to share it with you.  This particular video caught my eye because it showcases the “flat” design we keep hearing Sir Jony Ive has been working toward.  Like it or not, there are many other aspects of this interpretation that are implemented in a way that I find very appealing.  Check it out for yourself, and let me know your opinion in the comment section below.  If your interested in what you see, check out what else SimplyZesty has to offer.





Apple plans to add even more social media integration to the forthcoming iOS 7 update. Both Flickr and Vimeo look set for Twitter and Facebook-like integration, which would see users able to tap in their credentials once within the Settings app and simply authorize any third-party movements from within the iOS infrastructure.

Of course, in the fast-moving world of social networking, any new integration is always welcome. But considering how popular the iPhone is particularly with users of the Yahoo-owned Flickr, it’s perhaps surprising this kind of integration hasn’t come along sooner.

The Cupertino company molded Twitter into iOS 5 before doing likewise with Facebook on iOS 6, and with both of those features having been well received by consumers, it effectively stands to reason that an expansion of this trend will continue through iOS 7.

Apple has long since sought to eradicate all remnants of Google from iOS, and having (admittedly unsuccessfully) removed Google Maps from the stock feature set in place of its own shocking Maps app with iOS 6, Vimeo integration would certainly help iOS 7 users refrain from downloading the Google-owned YouTube.

Bringing both Flickr and Vimeo right into the heart of iOS will also make sharing content a great deal easier, allowing users to upload their images and clips straight up to the two respective networks with relative ease.

As well as the promise of deep integration with Flickr and Vimeo, there’s also the small matter of the radical design overhaul we’ve heard so much about. Jony Ive now oversees the aesthetic elements of the fruit company’s mobile OS, and since his ideas conflicted vastly with former iOS SVP Scott Forstall, on looking tech fans are expecting a much cleaner, flatter looking iOS when the seventh edition is showcased at next month’s WWDC 2013.

The anticipated alterations to iOS 7 have certainly ramped up excitement ahead of the annual Apple developer conference, which takes place on the week commencing June 10th, and we certainly cannot wait to see what is going to be revealed in little under three weeks’ time.

Should we catch wind of any iOS 7 gossip or leaks you need to know about, we will be sure to share them with you guys, so make sure you stay tuned to our coverage here at Redmond Pie!

(source: 9to5Mac )

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Apple iOS 7 looks set to be unveiled at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in June. What do we know about the new operating system so far ?

Apple iOS 7 looks set to be unveiled at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in June. What do we know about the new operating system so far ?

Apple's iOS platform is loved around the world, but even the most ardent Apple fan couldn't disagree that it needs sprucing up - with the platform essentially looking the same since iOS 4.  Thankfully, that looks set to change when Apple unveil iOS 7 at their WWDC in San Francisco in June.

iOS 7 will be totally revamped with Apple putting Jonathan Ive - lead design on most  of Apple's hardware - onto the project. This has apparently led to a change in design philosophy and the development of all-new user-interface !

User-Interface

Apple's current user-interface - designed by Scott Forstall - is known and loved by users across the world. However, it's already a good few years old and could do with a major overhaul.

iOS 7 will introduce a new user-interface which is thought to be cleaner than ever and will "flatten" out the whole experience - with the WSJ suggesting it'll have a more "minimalistic" design. It'll totally move away from the old skeuomorphism design - which is when something resembles another material or technique.

iOS 7  will also be fully-optimised to take advantage of today's higher resolution displays. Precise details are thin-on-the-ground, but the Mac team has been brought in to assist development - who have a lot of software design experience.

Application Overhaul

When updating an operating systems' user-interface you also have to give the applications a new lick-of-paint. Apple are apparently doing just that to their core applications - which will be improved visually and get new features.

Applications that currently feature a skeuomorphic design - such as the Notes app which looks like a piece of paper - will be redesigned. With Bloomberg reporting that the Mail and Calendar applications will be totally redesigned - with many thought to be unimpressed by their current guises.

NFC features could also integrated across the platform - with next-gen Apple devices expected to support the contactless payment technology. iOS 7 will make new notifications and messages much clearer to the user - improving on the current drop-down system and adding support for actions (like Android).

Could we also see the minimalistic - and slightly boring - lock-screen jazzed up to bring it more in line with other operating systems ?

New Security !

The recent iOS 6.1 lock-screen hack was embarrassing for Apple , so it wouldn't be at all surprising to see everything changing in iOS 7. Finger-print sensors are long overdue and could this feature be supported in Apple's new operating system ?

Unlikely, but MacWorld have suggested that a new unlock procedure will be introduced. Apple patented a new feature where users are given a random photo from their gallery and have to identify the person pictured. After a number of correct answers they'll get access to their Apple device - which sounds interesting , but will it be secure enough ?

Car-Mode

Apple made a right pigs-ear of their latest Apple Maps software - even going as far as recommending users to download 3rd party solutions - but they are persevering with the software. Infact, iOS 7 is expected to introduce a new mode for use in vehicles !

Navigation will play a huge part in the new car mode - as you'd expect - with Siri also sure to feature prominently. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple have been working closely with car manufacturers to hook-up their devices to vehicles displays - which sounds like a great idea to us.

Potentially , you'd then be able to check your social networks, send text-messages , control music playback and much more. All without having to touch your iPhone - leaving your hands free to steer round hairpin bends.

Apple iOS 7 Launch

Apple will unveil iOS 7 at their Worldwide Developer Conference on June 10th and will rollout to Apple devices shortly after. We'll continue to bring you any news about the new operating system as it leaks-out including news of any new features it'll introduce. Until then you might want to checkout the iOS 7 concept video posted above !

source via 3g.co.uk 

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Solar Blood Pressure Monitor Passes Africa Field Tests

A study of a solar-powered blood pressure monitor finds it can be an effective tool in places where electricity — and even batteries — can be in short supply. A study in Africa found the monitors to be affordable and accurate.

High blood pressure is a major health concern. It can lead to stroke and many other debilitating conditions. But you can't tell if someone has high blood pressure just by looking at them. You have to measure it, on regular basis. And that can be a challenge.

Photo: Omrom . A small solar panel on the rear of the Omron HEM-Solar blood pressure monitor provides power for up to 300 readings.

"And so, we have set out to find a device that is accurate, robust, inexpensive, and also not dependent on batteries or electricity for power," said Dr. Eoin O'Brien of University College Dublin, who is the lead author of a newly published study evaluating the effectiveness of these new monitors.

Taking blood pressure can be done manually, with an inflatable cuff and a stethoscope. The equipment is cheap, saiid O'Brien in a telephone interview, but it requires significant training to be accurate and reliable "because the greatest source of inaccuracy with the traditional technique is the observer.

"The observer becomes distracted or forgets what the blood pressure is. At least with the automated device you have the reading there. It's on the screen for you to see."

But automatic equipment requires batteries or plug-in electricity.

So the World Health Organization asked several manufacturers to submit solar-powered devices for evaluation. After laboratory review, the one made by the Japanese technology firm Omron was selected for field testing. On a full solar charge, it can take 300 blood pressure readings with accuracy comparable to the traditional, manual method.

In field tests in Uganda and Zambia, training users of the device only took about 15 minutes, and the health workers say they liked its ease of use.

"And also they liked the fact that they got automated measurements," O'Brien added, "that they had solar power and didn't have to worry about batteries, which is one of the problems with automated devices in that they are dependent upon batteries."

The Omron model HEM-SOLAR sells for around $32, but there are no ongoing costs for batteries or power. Eoin O'Brien's paper describing evaluation of the device is published online by Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Categories: Blood Pressure Monitor, Health Workers, High Blood Pressure, Technology News, Telephone Interview

Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales

A lawsuit filed at the Superior Court in San Diego claims that Apple used the iOS4 update to effectively brick older handsets in an attempt to sell newer iPhones.
Here’s the meat of the complaint:

The true fact of the matter, as verifiable by information technology experts, is that the iOS 4 is a substantial ‘downgrade’ for earlier iPhone devices and renders many of them virtually useless iBricks.  Nonetheless, in reasonable and detrimental reliance upon Apple’s false representations, false statements and false claims of full compatibility, thousands upon thousands of iPhone 3 users were intentionally misled into installing iOS 4 on their devices.

Basically, once users installed iOS4 onto their iPhone 3G handsets there was no way for most customers to effectively downgrade the OS, leaving customers with a handset that was virtually unusable. Apple’s support forums are full of discussion relating to this issue.
The plaintiff, Bianca Wofford, is seeking reimbursement for every plaintiff the cost of the iPhone, plus an additional $5,000 in damages.

Categories: Apple, Apple Iphone, iphone news, Technology News

Google sues U.S. government over hosted e-mail bid against Microsoft

Google is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) over a bid for a new hosted e-mail system which Google claims unfairly benefits Microsoft.

The suit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on October 29, calls out the DOI for not considering Google Apps in its Request for Quotation (RFQ). The DOI RFQ specified that the DOI was looking for a new, unified e-mail, calendaring and collaboration solution, but limited the acceptable options to Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) Federal suite only. The contract is worth $49.3 million over five years.

Google is making the argument that this is “unduly restrictive of competition,” noted TechDirt, which has a copy of the 37-page complaint embedded on its Web site.

According to the complaint, the DOJ specified that it needed a private-cloud solution for security reasons. BPOS Federal is a dedicated, locked-down version of BPOS that is basically like a privately hosted version of Microsoft’s Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Communications Online and Live Meeting. Google Apps for Government is a multi-tenant hosted solution.

The DOI justified its restriction of acceptable products to Microsoft because of Microsoft’s unified/consolidated e-mail and enhanced security features. (It sounds like the DOI also was seeking FISMA certification for the solution, which is something Microsoft is promising for BPOS but isn’t likely to deliver until some time in 2011 with its Office 365 BPOS successor.)

Google has complained before about being barred from bidding on a government contract against Microsoft. Google complained earlier this year that the state of California blocked the company from being considered in an e-mail system bid. The State ended up awarding the contract to Microsoft and its partner CSC despite Google’s objections, and claimed Google was unable to meet its requirements.

I’ve asked Microsoft for comment on Google’s DOI suit. No word back so far….

Related Reading:

Google: Bidding process for California’s e-mail contract was designed for Microsoft win

The Inbox War: For Google, Microsoft, the battlegrounds are comfort zones and costs

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Target prepping sales on HDTVs, digital SLRs, gaming product next week

In case you’re too busy to go shopping this weekend, never fear as Target will be having some super special deals starting on Sunday, November 7.

Next week’s weekly tech deals will be focused primarily on HDTVs, but some other goodies have been invited to the holiday party too. Check it out:
VIZIO 32” 60 Hz 1080p LED HDTV - $449
VIZIO 22” 60 Hz 1080p LED Internet-Connected HDTV - $249
Sylvania 19” 60 Hz 720p LCD HDTV - $145
Apex 40” 60Hz 1080p LCD HDTV - $445
Limited-Edition red Nintendo Wii Bundle - $199.99 (Includes New Super Mario Bros. Wii game, Wii console, Wii Sports, Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk)
Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops - $59.99
Xbox Live 12 Month Subscription card - $29.99 (Available: Tuesday, Nov. 9)
Save $100 with the purchase of Canon EOS Rebel T1i Digital SLR Camera ($699.99) and Canon 75-300mm telephoto zoom lens ($199.99)

A little tip: before you head out to your local Target location, call the store to make sure the sale is still going on and to double-check that your item of choice is in stock…especially in case you go a bit later in the week.

Related coverage on ZDNet:
NewEgg kicks off Black November month of sales and specials
Best Buy holding early Black Friday sale this weekend
Walmart hosting ‘amazing’ electronics shopping event this weekend
Kmart, Sears join bandwagon of early holiday sales this weekend

Categories: hdtv, Technology News

Apple Abandons the Datacenter

With its introduction in 2002, the Apple Xserve was, according to Steve Jobs, the result of listening to their customer needs. This rack-mountable sever running OS X was going to lead Apple into server rooms and datacenters around the business world, and signaled Apple taking the enterprise computing customer seriously.

How much the world has changed in 8 years. With their subtle announcement that the Xserve was no more as of 1/31/11 (an availability statement on the website and a transition guide to move users to the mac Pro or Mac Mini), Apple removes any doubt that their focus, first and foremost, is on being a consumer products company. Not that there is anything wrong with that; they make wildly successful consumer products and playing to your strengths is always a good idea.

And before Apple loyalist start yelling about how good a server a Mac Pro or Mac Mini makes, they aren’t enterprise server equipment. Period. They don’t rack mount, use multiple power supplies, offer a lights-out management scheme, offer low-power consumption video and are not purpose designed servers. This stuff all matters in the enterprise computing world. No matter how much the pimp out a Mac Pro, it’s still not a purpose built server.

I’m sure there are people who will use the Pro and Mini as departmental or special purpose servers. But the ability to work in the server role does not alone make for enterprise server equipment.

Of course, if the future of the corporate datacenter really is cloud computing, the backend hardware will rapidly become little more than a collection of commodity components, and it while it would appear that Apple was banking on that when they made the choice to end their Xserve product line the truth is that it was never a winner for Apple anyway. Apple presence in the datacenter is so minimal it doesn’t even blip the radar, and this action by Apple is more significant in showing that Apple recognizes where their future lies rather than any real comment on Apple’s vision of the datacenter future.

zdnet

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Tablet shopping? Here are 10 things to keep in mind

Guest post: TechRepublic’s Deb Shinder examines all the factors you’ll want to consider when the barrage of new models hits the shelves in the months to come. For more posts like this see TechRepublic’s 10 Things Blog.


Now that the iPad has broken the ice, the IT world is poised for a deluge of tablet-style computers to hit the market in the next few months. We’re expecting to see several hit the shelves in time for the holiday buying season, going from basically one choice to an overwhelming variety of options. As many iPad users have discovered, the light, thin tablet format is great for those who need something more than just a smart phone when out and about, but don’t want to carry around a full-fledged laptop or netbook. It’s also excellent for checking a Web site or your email while lounging on the sofa or out by the pool at home.

If you’re thinking about taking the plunge and getting a tablet for yourself or as a gift for someone else, you may be wondering whether to stick with the tried-and-true iPad or go with one of the Android or Windows 7 offerings that will be on the market soon. The answer depends on your preferences, budget, and how you plan to use it. Here are 10 things to consider when you choose your new tablet.

Note: This article is also available as a PDF download.
1: Does size matter?

Everyone wants a tablet that’s light and thin and easy to transport, but there’s a difference of opinion regarding the best screen size for this form factor. The iPad set the standard at 10 inches (well, actually 9.56) and weighs 1.5 to 1.6 lbs (depending on whether it has 3G). Some users have expressed a desire for a larger (12-inch) screen, but more have mentioned that the iPad is just a little too bulky.

Several of the emerging competitors, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab (which is coming to Verizon on November 11 and is expected to be carried by all four major U.S. cell phone companies), are going with a 7-inch screen size. The Tab weighs less than one pound, which could make a big difference to those who will be carrying it around all day. Steve Jobs apparently doesn’t agree.

Some vendors are going with a larger size, such as the 12-incher rumored to be on the way from Asus. That company is also offering an 8.9-inch model.

And, of course, there’s the Dell Streak, which at 5 inches, has a bit of an identity crisis: Is it a tablet or a phone?

Generally, the Windows 7 tablets seem to weigh more than their Apple and Android cousins, even when the dimensions are similar. For example, the CTL SL10 is only slightly larger in screen size than the iPad (10.1-inch) but weighs about a pound more. This is undoubtedly due to the extras you don’t get with the iPad, such as an Ethernet port, microSD slot, two USB ports, mini-VGA port, high capacity hard drive, and camera.

There really is no “one size fits all” when it comes to tablets. What works for one person may be too big or too small for another, so it’s important to get your hands on different sizes and consider how you’ll be using it most of the time.
2: In storage

The iPad comes with 16, 32 or 64 GB of internal storage — and what you see is what you get. One of the biggest complaints I’ve heard about the Apple tablet is that there is no way to add more storage space without buying a new and more expensive version of the device. If expandable, removable storage is important to you, you’ll want to look for a tablet that has an SD or microSD card slot. Fortunately, most of the Android and Windows 7 tablets have this feature.

The amount of internal storage still matters, though, as it may limit you in how many apps you can install. The Galaxy Tab comes with 16 or 32 GB of internal storage space and a microSD slot. Windows 7 tablets, such as the bModo, weigh more but come with features such as dual USB ports, allowing for connection of external hard drives.

The Windows 7-based CTL tablet includes a 250 GB hard drive, making it capable of storing far more and larger files than the Apple and Android models.
3: Assault on the battery

One of the iPad’s strongest selling features is battery life. It easily gets 10 to 12 hours of usage on a charge, sometimes more. Samsung is claiming seven hours of high def video playback on the Galaxy Tab, or 10 hours of “less strenuous tasks.” Some of the Windows 7 tablets are less impressive in that department. Running the more full featured operating system that’s capable of heavy multitasking takes a toll on the battery. Engadget was impressed with all those extra features on CTL’s 10-inch Win7 tablet, but it lasted only a little over two hours playing standard definition video. Ouch! (CTL’s specs claim “up to five hours” battery life.)

If you want a tablet that keeps on going like an Energizer bunny, you may want to look at Apple and Android options.
4: 3G or Wi-Fi only?

Another decision you’ll need to make is whether you want a tablet that’s 3G capable or a Wi-Fi only model. The iPad comes in both iterations, and so will many of its competitors. The Wi-Fi only models cost less, but of course the 3G models (which can also use Wi-Fi) offer more flexibility. Remember, though, that 3G service plans add to the cost (varying from around $15 to $60 per month, depending on the carrier).

If you have mobile hotspot service on your cell phone, you may be able to buy a Wi-Fi only tablet and connect it to 3G over Wi-Fi instead of buying an additional data plan. Another option is a separate mobile hotspot device, such as Verizon’s MiFi.

Or if you intend to only use your tablet at home, you can connect it to your own wireless network. Once again, it depends on your particular usage needs.
5: Open or closed?

Some folks prefer an open source platform such as Android, which allows for more configuration differences, different user interfaces, and apps that can be had from multiple sources without requiring approval by the vendor or carrier. Others like the consistency of Apple’s products: As with Holiday Inn, you always know exactly what you’re getting. The company exerts tight control over the distribution of the apps, what you’re allowed to install, and what changes you can make to the look and operation of the device.

This is really a matter of personal preference and philosophy, but it could be an important consideration in choosing the right tablet for you.
6: Input options

Tablets like the iPad have proven to be great devices for consuming content, but less great for creating it. The onscreen keyboard isn’t the most comfortable thing to work with for long documents, and the touch interface, while appropriate for many tasks, can be frustrating for others. There is a wired keyboard dock available for the iPad, or you can use a Bluetooth wireless keyboard with it.

Some tablets will make it easier and faster to use the onscreen keyboard by including Swype. It may take a bit of practice to get up to speed, but a lot of those who use Swype swear by it and won’t even consider a device without it.

Many of the Android and Windows tablets will include USB ports, which should enable you to attach standard USB keyboards and/or pointing devices. Voice command is possible with the iPad if you jailbreak the device, voiding your warranty. The Vlingo voice control app is available in the Android Market; whether it works on the Android-based tablets remains to be seen. All editions of Windows 7 include built-in voice command functionality and dictation. Assuming the tablets have a microphone, you should be able to use these features. However, since none of the Windows 7 slates have actually been released, we’ll have to wait to find out for sure.
7: Is the price right?

The iPad costs from $499 (Wi-Fi only, 16 GB storage) to $829 (3G, 64 GB storage), considerably more than the least expensive netbooks. The Samsung Galaxy Tab has been announced by Verizon at a price of $600 (3G, 16 GB storage with microSD expansion slot). There have also been many rumors that Sprint and T-Mobile will offer the Tab for $399 with a two-year contract.

The Windows 7-based CTL tablet (currently sold out and on backorder) is priced at $549 with Windows 7 Home Premium. Windows 7 Professional will cost an additional $55.
8: Smile: You’re on camera

One of the iPad’s most mentioned “missing in action” features is a camera. Although the form factor is a bit big for general photography, it’s perfect for video conferencing, so a front-facing camera seems like a natural. If you want to be able to take pictures or video conference with your tablet, you’ll want to skip the Apple product for now. If you already carry a smart phone, most have higher resolution cameras than the tablets and are easier to use for snapping pictures; thus a front-facing camera might be all you need on the tablet.

The Verizon Galaxy Tab sports two cameras, a 3 MP rear camera with flash and a 1.3 MP front-facing one. But according to some reports, the AT&T version will not have the front-facing camera. The Windows 7 CTL tablet has a 1.3 MP Webcam (front-facing) but no rear camera.
9: All about the apps

As with choosing a smart phone, a big consideration for many will be the apps available for a particular tablet platform. The Apple App Store boasts hundreds of thousands of apps, most of which will run on the iPad as well as the iPhone — but the number made specifically for the iPad is smaller. Those made for the iPhone may not display very well on the iPad. The Android Market has tens of thousands of apps available for its phones and a large number of these will undoubtedly be ported to the tablet format. Of course, a Windows 7 tablet will run most of the applications written for that desktop operating system.

We also expect to see some tablets that will run Windows Embedded Compact 7, like those demonstrated at Computex. Which apps will run on that OS is not clear. What we apparently won’t see anytime soon is a tablet running Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 OS:

Also to come in early 2011 are HP’s tablets that run the Palm WebOS. We don’t have any specs on those yet, although HP just recently released v2.0 of the WebOS operating system.

Choosing a tablet-based on operating system will mostly come down to the apps that are available, and it’s not so much about how many there are as whether you can get the ones you want.
10: Compatibility issues

For most users, a tablet won’t exist in a vacuum; it will be one of several devices. Although more and more people are comfortable living in a multi-platform world, some prefer more consistency from device to device. That means if you use a Mac and an iPhone, you might prefer an iPad. If you run Linux on the desktop and do your calling on a Droid, one of the Android-based tablets might be a better fit. And if you’re a Windows guy or gal, the Windows 7 tablets will provide a more familiar experience.

Another compatibility-related issue has to do with wireless carriers. If you want a 3G tablet, you’ll need one that’s compatible with your cell phone company of choice. The Galaxy Tab is expected to be available in both GSM and CDMA versions to work with all four major U.S. wireless carriers, but with the iPad, you have to get a little more creative. Since it doesn’t work on the CDMA network, Verizon sells only the Wi-Fi version, and then bundles it with the MiFi hotspot. This requires that you carry around a second (albeit small) device to connect.
Summary

Choosing a small, light slate tablet is about to get a lot more interesting — and a lot more confusing. We’ll have numerous options when it comes to size, connectivity, storage capacity, features, operating system, and price. Picking the tablet that’s right for you will be more of a challenge, but you’ll be more likely than ever to end up with exactly the right fit for your lifestyle, usage habits, and budget.

Source: 10 things to look for in a tablet computer

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Latest browser stats: Chrome, IE9 up, Firefox suffers enthusiasm gap

Thanks to blog analytics, I’ve been able to track trends in browser usage among my readers over time, both here and at my personal site. I was especially eager to see the stats for the month of October. That’s the first full month that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 beta has been available to the general public. I saw plenty of enthusiasm when Microsoft unveiled the beta in mid-September, but has that enthusiasm been able to sustain itself? Can Microsoft stop the steady erosion in usage of Internet Explorer? And what does the future hold for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari?

I’m not particularly interested in picking winners and losers here; that’s what racetracks are for. But knowing which browsers people are choosing to use and which ones are losing favor says a lot about what the web will look like in a few years. In a world where business is increasingly conducted online, using a variety of devices, those are important questions to ask.

I know that the audience at this site does not represent the Internet at large. By definition, the topics I cover attract a readership of IT professionals and tech-savvy enthusiasts. That means you, collectively, are early adopters, more likely to experiment with technology. But what I’ve seen consistently is that the public at large tends to follow the same trends as this group of early adopters, lagging in most cases by 9-18 months.

Now that this month is in the books, I’ve just checked the stats for this site. (Note: All stats in this post are from Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report and not from zdnet.com at large; however, those stats are discussed in Larry Dignan’s The Firefox vs. IE enthusiasm gap: What browser needs to rally the base more?) So what hints do this month’s browser stats offer about the future of the web? I compared this month’s stats with numbers going back for the past year, paying special attention to the latest versions of the leading browsers. Here are the month-by-month stats for this site for the past year.



Looking more carefully at the data, I come up with four conclusions:

Google Chrome is growing fast and shows no sign of slowing. In August 2008, Chrome didn’t exist. In the past year, its share of usage at this site has grown by roughly 1% a month and currently stands at just over 19%. That is phenomenal. What’s even more phenomenal is that more than half of those visitors were using unofficial beta and overnight releases. There is no question that Google’s core constituency likes to live on the bleeding edge. And almost all of them are running Chrome on Windows.

Firefox users are abandoning it in droves. Overall, Firefox usage has dropped precipitously in the past two months. Back in 2007, it looked like a sure thing that Firefox usage would pass that of Internet Explorer within a matter of months. That didn’t happen. Firefox usage crossed 40% briefly in August 2008, but it has been under that level ever since. The share of visitors to this site who used Firefox dropped in the past two months to roughly 33%, which is a return to levels I last saw in 2005 and 2006. It’s a trend I first spotted back in March, and it hasn’t slowed. The alarming statistic for anyone in Mozilla management is the complete lack of enthusiasm for Firefox 4. Only 1.06% of visitors to this site are using the Firefox 4 beta.

Internet Explorer 9 has sparked new interest. Usage of Internet Explorer among visitors to this site has dropped pretty steadily over the past two years. IE share dropped under 50% at this site in March 2009 and has been hovering around the 40% level most of the past six months. Back in mid-September, when Microsoft officially released its beta of Internet Explorer 9, I kept a close eye on what my readers were doing. In the three days after the release, more than 9% of the visitors to this site were using IE9. Much of that was just tire-kicking, of course. But after the initial glow wore off, a lot of those IE9 users stuck around. For the month of October, 3.96% of all visitors to this site were using IE9. That’s more than IE6 (hallelujah!) and very close to IE7’s usage. Despite the beta label and some compatibility issues, a large number of IE users were willing to stick with it.

Safari and Opera are destined to be niche players. Opera has not been able to gather any momentum, peaking at 2.5% earlier this year and dropping well under 2% for the past two months. Safari’s usage has climbed steadily, thanks mostly to the iPad. In fact, if current trends hold, the share of traffic from iPads running Safari will surpass Opera in a matter of a month or two.

By my estimation, there’s a huge enthusiasm gap among the top three browsers. The frenetic release schedule for Chrome appeals to its current crop of users, who are willing to blow right past the official release in search of the latest, fastest build. Firefox users, in stark contrast, are sticking with the current 3.6 release and ignoring Firefox 4. In a head-to-head matchup of IE9 and Firefox 4, Microsoft is ahead by a margin of more than 3:1.

We’re not at the racetrack, so I won’t be placing any bets. But if you ask me what I think browser stats will look like a year from today, I suspect that Microsoft and Google will be battling for the top two spots and Firefox will be in a desperate struggle to avoid being passed by Safari on a myriad of Apple devices.

If your prediction is different, leave it in the Talkback section.

zdnet

Categories: browser, Firefox, google chrome, ie, ie9, latest browser, software, Technology News, web browser

Apple XServe is gone - Is OS X Server next?

Apple announced today that it would no longer be producing its XServe rack-mounted server products after January 31st, 2011. It provided detailed recommendations (PDF) for customers looking to either transition from XServes or deploy new OS X Server hardware. However, one has to wonder if this approach signals the beginning of the end for OS X Server itself as the company continues to ramp up its consumer/pro-sumer product portfolio.

So why do I care? Regular readers will know that I love my MacBook Pro, but I’m not entirely convinced of the Mac value proposition in education. The XServe, though, and the server OS that it ran (OS X Server) were somewhat unique in that they provided high-performance directory, communications, and collaboration software in an easy-to-use package that, as servers and their licensing tend to go (at least on the Windows side of the proverbial server room), were relatively inexpensive.

In fact, managing a network with the built-in tools on OS X Server is remarkably easy. Managing the Macs on the network is similarly straight-forward, with a typically Mac-ish user interface. Especially in K-12, where onsite tech expertise or direct support is often difficult to find and fund, OS X Server represents a platform that a relatively savvy teacher can use to keep a network and all of the deployed Mac clients running smoothly. File sharing, directory services, and user policies are all a few clicks away.

At the same time, that same savvy teacher could easily run wikis, websites, mail, and podcast capture/publishing for the school, again with built-in graphical tools.

While its true that both Windows and Linux offer powerful and robust solutions for schools, all of which can include graphical tools, OS X Server is particularly intuitive and the licensing (unlimited clients - period) certainly can’t be matched by the variety of Windows CALs. Obviously Linux licensing is a piece of cake (free - period), client management and media interactivity just aren’t as easy. Not by a long shot.

Apple has not said that it is abandoning OS X Server, only the rack-mounted hardware. Users can still purchase Snow Leopard Server pre-installed on Mac Pros (for high-performance needs) or Mac Minis (for small workgroups or specific tasks like file sharing or wiki hosting). However, shoehorning a server OS onto non-server hardware that needs to reside under a desk or on shelves in a datacenter hardly strikes me as a vote of confidence in Apple’s server business.

Rather, it says that Apple is a consumer company whose products will probably make their way into schools and businesses because consumers love them. Perhaps those big datacenters that Apple is building out will end up hosting cloud-based versions of OS X Server or providing similar services from the cloud. However, OS X Server is one of the highest value tools for schools that Apple currently offers and its ease of use and client management helps offset cost concerns associated with those Mac clients that people love so much.

Here’s hoping that the death of XServe doesn’t mean the death of OS X Server. I’m not taking any bets, though. Unfortunately, over and over, Apple has demonstrated that it can crank out great, popular products that teachers and students (and countless other consumers) fawn over, but rarely provides the education-centric solutions on which it built its reputation. Hey, Steve! If you’re listening, any chance you could make sure OS X Server lives on? And not just in Mac Minis? Thanks.


By Christopher Dawson 

Categories: Apple, apple software, Apple XServe, Enterprise software, Technology News

Windows Phone 7 U.S. launch and more Microsoft news from around the Web

The consumer push from Microsoft continued this week, with the retail launch of Kinect on November 4 and the opening of the newest Microsoft store in Oak Brook, Ill, the same day.

There’s more consumer news coming next week, as well as some goodies for business users as well.

On November 6 (Saturday), Microsoft will be opening another new Microsoft Store. This one will be in Bloomington, Minn., at the Mall of America. The Bellevue, Wash., store is slated to open on November 18.

On November 8, Microsoft and partners will make its first Windows Phone 7 phones available in the U.S. on AT&T. The Samsung Focus and HTC Surround will be available in stores that day (no pre-orders allowed). The HTC HD7 will be available from T-Mobile the same day, as well.

It will be interesting to see if the U.S. launch is as plagued by phone shortages as the earlier launches in other countries have been. Microsoft has more than 1,400 apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace now, the vast majority of which are games at this point.

On November 8, Microsoft will kick off its TechEd Europe conference, which is targeted at IT professionals. From the docket, it looks like there will be lots of focus on the cloud, virtualization, its Lync PBX-competitor technology and more.

Microsoft is on tap to show off a new Windows 7 migration tool — “P2V Migration for Software Assurance” — at the conference. The P2V tool is a combination of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and the company’s Sysinternals Disk2 VHD product, and is currently in beta.

The Silverlight vs. HTML 5 panel at the show should yield a few fireworks, as well.

Other Microsoft tidbits from this past week about which I didn’t blog already:

Microsoft has released F# 2.0 under the Apache 2.0 license: The Microsoft F# team made a new drop of the F# 2.0 compiler and core library available this week as part of the F# PowerPack Codeplex project — all of which is now under the Apache 2.0 open-source license. Previously, F# was available under a Microsoft Shared Source license. Microsoft moved IronRuby and IronPython under the Apache 2.0 license just before the company offloaded those development efforts to the community. It doesn’t sound as if that’s the company’s intention with F#, however, as Microsoft recently integrated F# support directly into Visual Studio 2010.

Microsoft is moving the Seadragon Ajax project to the Expression team: Seadragon Ajax is the JavaScript implementation of the Microsoft Live Labs Seadragon project. SeaDragon is a library for DeepZoom viewing. Microsoft is in the process of disbanding Live Labs, and is sending most of the remaining Live Labs projects and employees to work on the Bing team. It looks like Seadragon Ajax will have a different home.

Microsoft may have another Azure prize-cut plan up its sleeve: On the heels of introducing the new “Extra Small Instance” pricing for entry-level Windows Azure developers, Microsoft may be readying another low-end pricing option, as cloud blogger Roger Jennings noted this week. Microsoft is surveying Azure users regarding their interest in a pay-per-use/consumption pricing model – something that would give Microsoft more leverage against Google with its Google App Engine platform-as-a-service offering. Extra Small instance offer doesn’t start until January 7, 2011 and requires participants to be Microsoft partners, Jennings said. But so far, there’s no start date, or even guarantee, that Microsoft will end up fielding pay-per-use Azure pricing.

Categories: Microsoft, microsoft news, Technology News, windows phone, Windows Phone 7

Should XP users be forced (kill switch-style) to upgrade?

I have always wondered what made Windows XP so popular; even today, towards the end of 2010 nearly a decade after it was first released.

1. It was the most used version of Windows, partly due to the massive increase in post-millennium home computer users, where practically everybody in the developed world had a PC of some kind.
2. The user interface had radically changed from the boring ‘NT’-style layout to something colourful and visually powerful.
3. Linking in from point 1, the massive five-year gap between XP and its successor, Vista, coupled with the performance, hardware integration and compatibility issues, that users just didn’t want to upgrade.

But after this week’s reports that businesses are telling Microsoft that XP is history to them, users are still out there - albeit not buying it anymore, but nevertheless with no intention of upgrading.
My fantastic Friday idea? Kill switch it. Not like in the iPhone or Windows Phone 7 way, but more rather strap an electronic bomb to it and count it down from sixty days.
It’s a painful tactic to use, and I doubt it’s really been used before on the vast scale of an operating system. Applications do, of course, on occasion display a dialog stating that “you must upgrade to continue”.
But if Microsoft really wanted to get rid of XP and of also previous versions of Windows, then the option to kill it from a great distance using a master switch behind the scenes at Redmond may not be popular but widely effective. A compulsory automatic update should do it, right?
Windows 7 is massively popular; we cannot deny that as a fact. With over 150 million licences sold (roughly 7 every second - we as the consumer are doing the marketing for them), it is the fastest selling operating system to date. Yet Windows XP lingers on so many computers still, as the most used operating system in the world of all time.
Granted there are those in third-world and developing countries that need to remain with XP or previous versions of Windows, simply because they cannot afford either the upgrade licence or the replacement hardware. If the hardware has a lower standard, then it could be exempt and be left alone.

It is a massively harsh tactic to use, and public-relations wise it would probably be a disaster. But Microsoft is essentially losing money with people staying on older versions of the operating system and not upgrading to the latest and greatest. At least with a forceful push in the right direction, they could reclaim some of their inevitable negative perceptions by customers realising how lovely an experience Windows 7 is.
Roll out the update, set the timer ticking; maybe even offer users of this long a 50% discount on an upgrade copy of Windows 7? It’s just a thought after all, seeing as it has been nearly a decade. Not selling XP anymore will be a good, long term solution but it will still linger on for years regardless.
Good tactic or bad tactic? How would you get people upgrading? Even though XP is nearly 10 years old and not for sale anymore, should users still be allowed to stay with the aged operating system? Say your piece.

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Categories: computer, software, Technology News, windows, windows xp, xp upgrade

Mobile Browser: Android vs. iOS vs. WP7

We got the chance to put three mobile browsers from three different phone OSes this afternoon. TJ suggested we compare how fast the browsers are.

In the left corner, we have Safari Mobile running on the iPhone 4 and IE Mobile running on the HTC 7 Trophy on the far right. In the middle is the native Android Browser on the HTC Desire.

We hooked up the phones to my local WiFi so all of them are using the same connection/bandwidth. We also launched YugaTech.com from a search results page (Google, Google, Bing) so it’s easier to launch them simultaneously.

The Safari browser on the iPhone 4 went ahead with a decisive lead, followed by IE on the HTC 7 Trophy with the Browser on the HTC Desire coming in at a close 3rd.



There’s a catch though — you will notice that the Android Browser on the HTC Desire loaded that skyscraper banner ad which is a Flash file. That was not loaded in Safari and IE since they don’t support Flash (IE will support it in a later update). That gave Safari on the iPhone 4 a good lead in terms of total amount of data downloaded and rendered by the browser.

Despite that advantage, you can still clearly see which one was rendering pages way faster in the first 10 seconds of load time. Note, however, that this is not a definitive test and there could be other factors that affected our crude test.

Categories: android, bandwidth, connection, desire, google, iPhone, safari, Technology News, trophy, WIFI

Some good looking Nano watches.

Giz likes these iPod Nano watches and we’d have to agree. They are plastic-silicon and you just pop your Nano in and out for charging and what not. $25 is a little bit of gouging but Apple does sell its bumpers for $30 so it is hard to talk.


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Categories: Apple, attachment-wp-att-34173, does-sell, google-bookmarks, ios devices, little bit, nano, shot-2010-11-05, tech, techmeme, Technology News

Drupal 6.x Themes - 120 Free Essential

In this article tripwire magazine presents you with a huge collection of free Drupal Themes that you can simply download and use on your site. The drupal website offers a really large and ever growing theme repository that you should check out if you cant find what you need here.
Drupal s a world class, award-winning Content Management System, CMS. It is Open Source software, licensed under the GPL (General Public License) and therefore completely free to use. Drupal is in many ways one of the most powerful and extensible CMS systems, capable of powering everything from small personal blogs to large, high traffic community websites. Drupal comes out of the box with many core modules but if what you need is not included in the base package, there is a really huge library of third party modules to close the gap. You can find everything from improved administration features to full blown ecommerce solutions. Drupal also allows you to change the entire websites look and feel simply by choosing a new theme.
Section 1: Flexible Multi-Colunm Drupal Themes
Section 2: 1-Column Drupal Themes
Section 3: 2-Column Drupal Themes
Section 4: 3-Column Drupal Themes
Section 5: 4-Column Drupal Themes

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Flexible Multi-Column Drupal Themes

A3 Atlantis

• Search Engine Friendly: Low-fat layout keeps your content first in the code.
• High-Performance: Tweaked for small file sizes and maximum speed.
• Smart Columns: Automatically adjusts for 1, 2, or 3 columns.
• Go Wide: Unique “Expand” button makes administrative tasks a breeze!

[Demo]

Acquia Marina

• 1, 2, or 3 column layout
• 15 collapsible block regions
• Drop-down primary links menu (optional)
• Advanced theme settings to customize without coding!
• Includes icons for core and Views blocks
• High attention to detail on things like forms, lists, comments, quotes, and Drupal maintenance page
• Cross-browser tested in IE6/7, Opera, Safari, and Firefox

Forest Floor

• Logo
• Site Name
• Site Slogan
• Mission statement
• User pictures in posts
• User pictures in comments
• Search box
• Shortcut icon
• 1024px and 800px wide versions through use of the Theme Settings Module.

Foundation

This is a liquid layout theme that handles layout for one, two, and three columns based on which blocks are enabled using CSS, not tables. There is not a lot of “pretty” in this theme as it is meant to be used as a starting point for theme creators to customize with their own look and feel.
It does include one extra region to place blocks above the page content, as well as below it.

Multiflex-3

• 100% open source.
• Validate with XHTML 1.0 and CSS2
• Fully tested with Acid2 compatible browsers, e.g. Firefox3, Opera9.2 and Safari3.
• Most likely function with legacy browsers, e.g. Firefox2, IE6/7.
• Fluid width layout with minimum width depend on number of columns.
• Support multiple columns.
• Support cascade primary links (maximum 4 layer).
• Support both LTR and RTL layout.
• Support custom CSS file, so-called custom.css.
• Support PHP code snippet in mission statement.

Refresco

• Great Primary and Secondary menus
• All CSS based layout and styling
• Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict
• Valid CSS
• Styled Drupal Features including Mission, Slogan, and Search
• Collapsing sidebars
• 7 regions
• Edit tabs on blocks
• Easy to change color scheme
• Works perfectly in all the browsers I had to test on (FF, Safari, IE7)

Web Application

• pure CSS design, no layout tables
• Effortless left/right column swapping.
• 1,2 or 3 columns
• Custom Theme Options
• Select Font Family
• adjust the % of width the main content area will take up and the sidebar(s) will automagically resize to fill up the leftover space
• subheader and navbar region are dispensible, to get an even cleaner layout!
• W3C XHTML 1.0 Strict. W3C CSS Valid.
• All major browsers and OS supported
• Optimized for SEO (header tags,paragraphs etc.)
• Lightweight code, fast to load
• Includes special styles to improve Drupal backend interface

Salamander Skins

• 1, 2, or 3 column fluid or fixed layout
• Another 12 collapsible block regions
• 17 color styles to choose from: main Salamander theme plus 16 modular sub-themes
• Drop-down for primary links menu (optional)
• Support for secondary links menu
• Support for left or right menus position, fluid or fixed widths (see ReadMe.txt)
• Includes icons for theme links like “read more”, “add new comment”, etc.
• Valid XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS
• Cross-browser tested in Firefox, IE 6, IE 7, Safari, Google Chrome
• Sub-theme plugin support

Sandtiger

• Tableless design
• Strict XHTML and CSS validation
• Choose font face/size in theme settings
• Two or Three Sidebars

Foliage

• The theme has a fixed centered width and supports screen resolutions of 1024 pixels
• It validates XHTML 1.0 Strict and is valid CSS
• Foliage is source-ordered: the content comes before the left and right columns in the XHTML source
• It can be used with one, two or three columns – this depends on how the block visibilty is organized in the admin backend
• Foliage has been tested against the following browsers: Firefox (for Windows, Mac and Linux), IE 6, IE 7, Safari (for Mac and Windows), Opera (for Windows, Mac and Linux) and Konquerer
• Logo, Site name, Site slogan, Mission statement, User pictures, Search box, Shortcut icon, Primary and Secondary links are supported.
  The theme also supports all default block regions. The “header” is positioned on top of the middle column directly below the mission statement.

Sky

• Multiple column combinations now supported (Left/Right/Both/None)
• Suckerfish Style Drop-down Menus for Primary Navigation
• Core Forum Style Improvements
• Improved Node Links Style (fluid button style)
• “Appearance” CSS moved to a separate stylesheet for easy customization
• Layout type can be set to Fixed (960px, Fluid 100%, or Fluid 98%)
• Base Font Family and Font Sizes
• Breadcrumb options
• Advanced option can be enabled, allowing themers highly detailed classes at page-level for complicated designs.
• Wireframing / Start from scratch mode is also available.

AD Novus

• Fluid and fixed-width versions both included
• W3C Valid, and tested on Firefox, IE7, Netscape, Opera, Safari
• Support for two, one, and no columns
• Support for logo, primary links, mission, search box, shortcut icon and user pictures

Twilight

• Dark base color with light color text
• Recolorable theme (like Garland theme) using color module.
• Many original color schemes are prepared.
• Supports both 2 column and 3 column layout.
• Supports both liquid and fixed width layout. It can be easily switched and configured at the theme setting page.
• Five optional silhouette images are included for the header background. They can be switched at the theme setting page.

It is tested with Firefox, IE-7, Opera and Safari.

Wabi

• Midium tone color with brush taste for elegance.
• Recolorable theme (like Garland theme) with color module.
• Many original color schemes are prepared.
• Supports both 2 column and 3 column layout.
• Supports both liquid and fixed width layout. It can be easily switched and configured at the theme setting page.

It is tested with Firefox, IE-7, Opera and Safari.

Plutado

• CSS based dropdown menu for primary and secondary menus.
• Cross-browser compliant. Tested in ie6, ie7, firefox, safari, and opera.
• Standards compliant. Validates according to W3.
• CSS based, table-less design.
• Includes ie6 and ie7 specific stylesheets.
• Fixed width theme, set for optimal viewing with screens resolutions of 1024 and up.
• Supports zero, one, or two sidebars.
• Includes blocks regions for leaderboard (above the header), header, left sidebar, right sidebar, content top, content bottom, region top, region bottom, footer, and footer ad (below the footer).
• Supports the usual stuff –logo, site name, mission, site slogan, search bar, submitted by, breadcrumbs, footer message
• Supports primary and secondary menu functionality

Plutado Grey

• Supports zero, one, or two sidebars. These sidebars are both located on the left side of the main content area, and are both 220px wide.
• CSS based dropdown menu for primary and secondary menus.
• Cross-browser compliant. Tested in ie6, ie7, firefox, safari, and opera.
• Standards compliant. Validates according to W3.
• CSS based, table-less design.
• Includes ie6 and ie7 specific stylesheets.
• Fixed width theme, set for optimal viewing with screens resolutions of 1024 and up.
• Includes blocks regions for leaderboard (above the header), header, left sidebar, right sidebar, content top, content bottom, region top, region bottom, footer, and footer ad (below the footer).
• Supports the usual stuff –logo, site name, mission, site slogan, search bar, submitted by, breadcrumbs, footer message
• Supports primary and secondary menu functionality

Clean

• Lean, mean base theme
• Focus on minimal implementation
• 100% XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.1 valid
• 1/2/3 column collapsible layout
• Large base font size
• Relative font sizes
• Thorough use of CSS inheritance
• Fancy blog and comment submission dates
• 6.x version has theme setting to flush theme registry cache on each page load to make theme development easier

Interactive Media

• 100% open source.
• Validate with XHTML 1.0 and CSS2
• Fully tested with Acid2 compatible browsers, e.g. Firefox3, Opera9.2 and Safari3.
• Most likely function with legacy browsers, e.g. Firefox2, IE6/7.
• Fluid width layout with minimum width depend on number of columns.
• Support multiple columns.
• Support both LTR and RTL layout.
• Support custom CSS file, so-called custom.css.
• Support PHP code snippet in mission statement.

Green’n'Black

• built around a css-based (tableless) generic theme, which we use in every-day theme making routine.
• It was tested in all major browsers, including IE6 (IE6 bugs are fixed with pngFix and separate .css).

Kommunity

• Tableless layout mostly kept from Garland
• Left sidebar and optionally right sidebar
• Easily recolorable using the core color.module
• Styling of nodes, comments, forum etc. kept from Garland
• Extra styling of search
• Extra styling of profiles
• Ability to generate Website title from Truetype-fonts (may not work if no image library is installed)

Framework

• Framework gives general placement and formatting to basic Drupal elements
• Fixed width of 960px by default
• Supports one, two, and three-column layouts
• CSS file is highly organized, including a table of contents, color codes, section flags, alphabetical properties, etc.
• Includes a list of CSS utility classes for easy content formatting
• Complete em unit text sizing
• Search in sidebar (as a block) and header (as a theme configuration option)
• Clean and simplified code and file structure
• The administration section is adapted from the default Garland theme
• Works nicely in mobile browsers
• W3C valid CSS 2.1 / XHTML 1.0 Strict
• Verified and tested with Firefox 3, Firefox 2, IE7, IE6, Safari 3, Chrome

Flexible

• Two/three-column layout: left and right sidebars and a central content area
• ccess settings to allow users to select their preferred colours and fonts
• Ability to linearise the content
• Ability to customise on a site-specific basis
• Pre-defined box layouts to give your content rounded corners
• Allows site-specific styles sheets to be specified

Easy Breeze

• 100% open source.
• Validate with XHTML 1.0 and CSS2
• Fully tested with Acid2 compatible browsers, e.g. Firefox3, Opera9.5 and Safari3.
• Most likely function with legacy browsers, e.g. Firefox2, IE6/7.
• Fluid width layout with minimum width depend on number of columns.
• Support multiple columns.
• Support both LTR and RTL layout.
• Support custom CSS file, so-called custom.css.
• Support PHP code snippet in mission statement.

Internet Services

• 100% open source.
• Validate with XHTML 1.0 and CSS2
• Fully tested with Acid2 compatible browsers, e.g. Firefox3, Opera9.2 and Safari3.
• Most likely function with legacy browsers, e.g. Firefox2, IE6/7.
• Fluid width layout with minimum width depend on number of columns.
• Support multiple columns.
• Support both LTR and RTL layout.
• Support custom CSS file, so-called custom.css.
• Support PHP code snippet in mission statement.

AD Redoable

• W3C Valid, and tested on Firefox, IE7, IE6, Netscape, Opera, Safari
• Support for two, one or no columns
• Support for logo, primary links, secondary links, mission, search box, shortcut icon and user pictures
• Integration with Theme Settings Module

Genesis

• Provides easy sub theming.
• 7 easy to use layouts included – view screenshots.
• Use a different layout for each page-xxx.tpl.php file.
• Fluid or Fixed width.
• Built in snippets for aligning Primary & Secondary links center or right.
• Additional regions – see a visual rendering of page.tpl.php.
• Elastic design – all values in ems.
• All core CSS is abstracted into mini-stylesheets, allowing you to unset what you don’t need.
• Prints many conditional CSS classes to make themeing easier – body, page, node, comment, block, header & nav classes.
• genesis_LITE sub-theme – a lite-weight version with much less HTML.
• Tested in all A grade browsers, including IE6.

AD The Morning After

• W3C Valid, and tested on Firefox, IE7, Netscape, Opera, Safari
• Support for two, one, and no columns
• Support for logo, primary links, secondary links, mission, search box, shortcut icon and user pictures

Addari

• Rounded Glassy corners of container.
• 6 Block regions which are Left sidebar, Right sidebar, Header, Footer, Content Top & Content Bottom.
• Pre-Made Search block (just enable search module and set appropriate permission).
• Mission block positioned on right portion (See in Screenshot)
• Attractive comment section.
• Optimized background images that loads very fast.
• CSS based design without tables.
• Tested with latest version of Firefox, IE, Safari and Opera

Alek 2.0

• Three-column(Content | Left Sidebar | Right Sidebar) layout
• Three additional columns(block regions) just above the footer, giving you chance to place more of your blocks with less cluttering!
• The block(bottom) titles are iconed by default

Analytic

• Smart 1-2-3 columns
• Big amount of regions
• Fixed width (from 1024px and greater)
• Tableless (css based)
• XHTML Transitional valid
• Tested in firefox 2+ / opera9.x / chrome / ie6+
• Additional quick-links blocks for admin

Pixture

• Recolorable theme (like Garland theme) with color module.
• Many original color schemes are prepared.
• Supports both 2 column and 3 column layout.
• Supports both liquid and fixed width layout. It can be easily switched and configured at the theme setting page.
• Simple, easy to read, suitable for a blog.

It is tested with Firefox, IE-7, Opera and Safari.

Pixture Reloaded

Pixture Reloaded is a pure CSS port of the original Pixture theme. Pixture Reloaded is a colour-able theme and supports 1, 2 or 3 columns and can be either fixed width or fluid.

• Colourable – includes 18 pre-configured colour schemes + you can customise our own
• Drop menus built in – follow the simple instructions in the README for Superfish enabled menus
• Supports most major features except for secondary menus
• Well supported – if you need help just submit an issue and I’m here to help

[Demo]

Painted Wall

Painted Wall is a fixed, table-less theme, using a modified Holy Grail layout technique, (good for SEO), and NOW supports the COLOR module, that allows you to easily customize the colors of the theme.

• Customize your colors with the color module
• Aiming at Cross-browser compatible. Should work in Opera 9, Firefox 3, Safari and IE 6-7…
• Support for site-name, logo, slogan, Footer message, primary links, secondary links, mission, shortcut icon and user pictures
• 4 regions : content top, content bottom, sidebar right, and sidebar left

Contented7

• 100% open source.
• Validate with XHTML 1.0 and CSS2
• Fully tested with Acid2 compatible browsers, e.g. Firefox3, Opera9.2 and Safari3.
• Most likely function with legacy browsers, e.g. Firefox2, IE6/7.
• Fluid width layout with minimum width depend on number of columns.
• Support multiple columns.
• Support both LTR and RTL layout.
• Support custom CSS file, so-called custom.css.
• Support PHP code snippet in mission statement.

Nitobe

Nitobe is a fixed width, two column theme designed with blogs in mind. It offers a header image area that can be set to a fixed image or randomly rotated. A right hand sidebar is provided along with a full-width block region below the content and above the footer.
The theme includes a default favicon, a custom maintenance page, a print media style sheet, and a variety of sample header images (940 x 118 pixels).

NoProb

This is a fixed-width design with a single-colored banner and a muted colour scheme. It features support for sidebars on one or both sides, a print style sheet, and under Drupal 6 and above, a menu bar with drop-down menus for nested links. Its text rendering has been optimized for consistency and vertical rhythm, and it fits browser windows sized at least 900px wide.

Colourise

• Built-in theme settings
• 1 Left, 1 Right, Both or None sidebars support
• 6 levels of page width, from 780px, 840px, 960px, 1020px, 1140px and Fluid page width. (inside theme settings)
• jQuery Transparent PNG Fix for IE6 and below (inside theme settings)
• Add/Remove your own customized CSS stylesheet (inside theme settings)
• Add/Remove Breadcrumb (inside theme settings)
• Maintenance page included
• Print media CSS included
• Thai translation for theme settings interface (?????????????????????? theme settings ????)
• Bi-directional (BiDi) support (need feedback/suggestion from RTL users/developers – Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Hebrew and more)

Amity Island

• Tableless design
• Strict XHTML and CSS validation
• Eight additional and fully collapsible regions
• One level of suckerfish dropdowns
• Two or Three Sidebars

art4 green

The art4 green is fluid 2 or 3 columns theme. It is modyfied version of art4 blue theme

[Demo]

beginning

The beginning theme has to be considered as another
blank canvas for theme developers (like framework, zen).
Use beginning as a starting point to help facilitate your theme
development. Simply add background images and you’re done !
(find out more)

beginningW2

beginningW2 is a “Web 2.0 style” evolution from my
beginning theme.
It has to be considered as another blank canvas for theme
developers.
Use beginning as a starting point to help facilitate your theme
development. Simply add background images and you’re done !
(find out more)

Blue Citron Theme

Blue Citron actually provides two themes, one fixed width and one fluid width. I always build themes like this so that you can use the fluid width version for the admin areas of the site.
It also changes the CSS for the Jquerymenu module a little to make the theme match (if you happen to be using that module).

Abessive

• The theme is 1, 2 or 3 column
• CSS rounded corners.
• It is floating width and each block has a slight gradient at the top and bottom with the rounded corners.
• The theme has been tested on Firefox 2 and 3, IE 7, Opera 9 and Safari 3 and works in all of them.

Ability

• The ability is fluid (or fixed) 2 or 3 columns theme
• extra 3 top and 3 bottom regions
• Supporting screen resolutions of 1024 pixels and up.
• The theme validates XHTML 1.0 Strict / CSS 2, and it is cross-browser compatible; works perfect in Firefox 2.0, IE 6, IE 7, Opera 9, Netscape 8.

Austere

• Integration with color module, so that colors can be changed with a color wheel on the fly
• fixed-width layout
• W3C Valid, and tested on Firefox, IE 6/7, Opera, Safari
• 3 / 2 column layout
• Support for logo, primary links, mission, search box, shortcut icon and user pictures

1-Column Drupal Themes

A Block

Ebizon RedFire

Ebizon RedFire is a strict xHTML validated, standards compliant CSS based drupal template with mission statement, breadcrumbs, custom footer. It is a fixed width with beautiful red, black on white background color theme.

2-Column Drupal Themes

aBeesParadise

• Fixed 2-column width (700 px)
• Cross browser compatible and tested on IE-6, IE-7, Fire Fox, Opera
• Styled for blogging
• Standards-compliant XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.

Ebizon Exotic Red

Ebizon Exotic Red is a beautiful strict xHTML validated, standards compliant CSS based 2 Columns drupal template.

Terrafirma Theme

Terrafirma is a port of nodethirtythree design template with the same name.
The theme is light-weight, 2-column, fixed width, using CSS.

Color Paper

• Supports logo or site name, mission, comment user pictures, shortcut icon, and primary and secondary links.
• Fixed width layout with 2 columns.
• Maintenance/site off-line theme.
• CSS based, tableless design.
• Validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS level 2.1.
• Compatible and tested with Firefox 3, Firefox 2, IE7, IE6, Google Chrome 1, Safari 3.2, Opera 9.6.
• Comes with 5 variation of colours (teal, green, orange, pink, purple).
• Custom RSS feed button.
• Logo template (PhotoShop source file).
• PNG fix for IE5.5+.

Drupal 6 Theme: I Feel Dirty

Free Drupal 6 theme – I feel dirty – was initially designed for WordPress by Studio ST. It has a grunge look, single right sidebar, discrete header/footer regions, fixed layout, nicely styled comments and comment forms. All that in a whole make this drupal template look prominent.

Free Drupal Theme: JaggedRock

JaggedRock is another free drupal template with excellent design and gorgeous color scheme. It is with 2 column fixed width design. Fully tableless, CSS-driven theme for Drupal 6.x-1.x.

Elegant

• CSS-based
• Clean layout
• Two column layout (further update could change this)
• Standard compliant
• Cross browser compatible (tested with IE6, Firefox 2, Konqueror)

Blue Brush Drupal 6 Template

Blue Brush Drupal 6 Template amazes at its simplicity and attractiveness. It comes with 2 columns, fixed width, version 6 compatibility, valid CSS-based layout. Whatever your Drupal-based website is about, today’s template will make it look stylish and unforgettable.

coolwater

• Fixed width with 2 columns
• Cross-browser compatible.
• Optimized for fast loading
• Standards-compliant XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS3

[demo]

Tivity

Darsch

• Simple two column layout
• Clean code
• Standard compliant
• Cross browser compatible

Blue Bars

This is a port of the “Blue Bars” theme found on www.openwebdesign.org. This is a fixed width 2 column layout. Definitely a minimalist design.

Inove

• Fixed width with 2 columns
• Cross-browser compatible.
• Optimized for fast loading
• Standards-compliant XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS

Soldier – a military clan theme

• Valid XHTML/CSS. No tables used for layout.
• Header, Footer, Right Sidebar and Content regions
• Supports Forum and Event module out of box
• No theme “overrides” in template.php
• Works with Admin screens
• Tested on IE6/7,FF2/3, Safari 3, Chrome on Windows

Stasis

A really, really blue theme. Simple single sidebar fixed width design.
I designed this theme for Drupal 6.x and have tested and styled most core stuff. Please post requests and suggestions to the issues queue I would love to hear from you.

SuperClean

The SuperClean theme is intended to be a clean simple design which is standards-compliant and well documented. The layout is a 2-column fixed-width layout (in which the content goes full width if there is no site logo or blocks in the left sidebar).

Fresh Media

• Validates W3C XHTML 1.0 strict
• Validates W3C CSS level 2.1
• Three special “user” block regions
• Two-columns
• Fixed width
• Tableless / Pure CSS design
• Five block regions – content, right sidebar, footer 1, footer 2, and footer 3

Moleskine

• Cross-browser compatible. Works in Opera 9, Firefox 3, Safari and IE 6-7.
• Support of Forum, Blog, and Poll module
• Support for logo, breadcrumb, slogan, Footer message, primary links, mission, shortcut icon and user pictures
• Three regions : Content top / Bottom, and sidebar right
• TinyMCE stylesheet included and supported

Purple Box

• Validates W3C XHTML 1.0 strict
• Validates W3C CSS level 2.1
• Two special “user” block regions
• Two-columns
• Fixed width
• Tableless / Pure CSS design
• Four block regions – left banner, right banner, content, and right sidebar

D4rk

• Tableless design
• Fixed width layout
• 2 columns with single right sidebar
• I also included a CONTACT CARD (weird idea I had, basically it repeats the site name, slogan and implements the footer-message in it).
• Customized search box
• Site name

Shallow Grunge

• Validates W3C XHTML 1.0 strict
• Validates W3C CSS level 2.1
• Two-columns
• Fixed width
• Tableless / Pure CSS design

Hiroshige

Hiroshige is a fixed width (960 pixels) theme with a flexible layout whose CSS grid layout classes are applied programatically based on region content. The theme includes a default favicon, default logo, default user picture, and a custom maintenance page. The layout supports primary links but not secondary links.

Skyroots

• Skyroots is a 2-column fixed width design using only CSS and images (ie-no tables).
• It comes with the template files so that you can customize the images, hence the nearly 1MB download.

Zubrick

Zubrick is a theme for Drupal 6.x that is based on Kubrick theme.
It is basically a port to Drupal6 but with changed style and transparency.

CristalX4Drupal

• Standards-compliant XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS.
• CSS layout (tableless).
• Cross browser compatible. Tested with Firefox 2 y 3, IE6y7, Konqueror and Opera 9.

Blue Zone

• CSS-based
• Clean layout
• Two column layout (further update could change this)
• Standard compliant (must improve it)
• Cross browser compatible

Scruffy

Scruffy is a grungy, two-column blog theme originally designed for WordPress by Cobus Bester. The Drupal port preserves the same fundamental layout, with minor tweaks to work with non-node pages, Drupal status messages, and so on.

Internet Center Theme

This is a fixed width 2 column layout. The theme uses the PHPTemplate engine.

Internet Jobs

This is a fixed width 2 column layout. The theme uses the PHPTemplate engine.

Blossom

Blossom is an exercise in clean, eye-catching design,with the goal of presenting content in an attractive, uncluttered manner.
It is a two-column, fixed, Tableless design with valid XHTML and CSS 2.0.

Agregado

• Supports site name, slogan, mission, comment user pictures, search box, shortcut icon, and primary and secondary links.
• Fixed width layout with 2 columns.
• Maintenance/site off-line theme.
• CSS based, tableless design.
• Validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.1.
• Compatible and tested with Firefox 3, Firefox 2, IE7, IE6, Google Chrome 1, Safari 3.2, Opera 9.6.
• Quick edit and delete links, from the article here.
• Integration of Son of Suckerfish Dropdowns menu into primary links.
• 5 block regions available (including content area).
• Custom search form design.

Barron

• XHTML & CSS based two column theme
• includes the sub-theme “Barroness” which has the sidebar located on the left.

Green

Tabless layout, tested with FF, IE and Opera.

Delicious Fruit

• Validates W3C XHTML 1.0 strict
• Validates W3C CSS level 2.1
• Two-columns
• Fixed width
• Tableless / Pure CSS design

Dreamy

Dropshadow

“Dropshadow is a 2-column Widget-ready theme, created with a modern, yet elegant look.”

Drupify

Drupify currently supports only a right-hand sidebar. Since Drupal by default puts the Navigation and User Login blocks in the left sidebar, Drupify has been configured to include all blocks from either sidebar into the right sidebar.

Alina

• Standards-compliant XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS.
• Liquid CSS layout (71% / 29%)
• Supports only two columns
• Cute icons.
• Cross-browser compatible. Works in Opera 9, Firefox 2, Konqueror and IE 6 – 7.

Leaf

Leaf is a port of the NucleusCMS template of the same name.

Light

Light Fantastic

• Single column layout
• Two column layout: left or right sidebar
• Three column layout: left and right sidebar
• Banner region: A region between header and content for featured content
• Additional region: A region between the content and the footer, which could have one, two or three same-width content blocks

AD Blueprint

• Integration with the color module, so that colors can be changed with a color wheel
• Integration with the theme settings module, giving 8 width options.
• W3C Valid, and tested on IE5-7, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Safari…
• 44 regions!
• Support for logo, primary links, secondary links, mission, search box…

DuoFertility

A two column fix width theme.

Surface

AD Lemon Twist

• W3C Valid, and tested on Firefox, IE7, Netscape, Opera, Safari
• Support for logo, primary links, mission, shortcut icon and user pictures

Artists C01

• Two column, fixed width design
• Suckerfish based menus
• 21 fully collapsible regions
• 4 different styles
• 12 color schemes
• Configurable breadcrumbs
• Light-weight and fast loading
• Firefox, IE6/IE7, Opera, Safari Friendly
• XHTML 1.0 Transitional
• CSS Validated

Dark Blue

• Content Top *
• Right sidebar
• Footer *

* Both regions “Content Top” and “Footer” are layed out to have the block’s width be a third of the space available.
So, if you have 3 blocks they will display side by side properly; If you have more they will drop to the next line.
If you want to have only one block on the whole region, you will want to edit the layout.css and remove the width for the blocks in that region.

Dark Elegance

This theme mainly focuses on simplicity in usability, accessibility, typography & is built around a css-based (tableless) layout. The color palette uses simple flat dark colors which makes it a clean & fast loading theme.

Celju

Celju is a XHTML & CSS two column theme with multiple footer regions.
I welcome anyone wishing to use, play with, or help improve this theme.
Block placement in footer section can be setup as follows:

• 1/3 column left | 1/3 column middle | 1/3 column right
• 2/3 column left | 1/3 column right or 1/3 column left | 2/3 column right

Abarre

• 2 columns
• table-less theme
• Support of the Color Module
• Cross-browser compatible. Should work in Opera 9, Firefox 3, Safari and IE 6-7…
• Support for logo, slogan, Footer message, primary links, secondary links, mission, shortcut icon and user pictures
• Three regions : Content top / Bottom, and sidebar left

Blix

Blix is a port of the WordPress template by the same name

niGraphic Studio Theme

• Fixed width with 2 columns
• Random rotating header images (Using CSS only)
• Standards-compliant XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS
• Light-weight and fast loading

[Demo]

3-Column Drupal Themes

Amadou

Amadou is a XHTML & CSS three column theme with both sidebars on the right.

The Dark Theme

Fervens

• Supports site name, comment user pictures, shortcut icon, and primary links.
• Fixed width layout with 3 columns.
• CSS based, tableless design.
• Validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.1.
• Compatible and tested with Firefox 3, Firefox 2, IE7, IE6, Google Chrome 1, Safari 3.2, Opera 9.6.
• Nifty rounded corners.
• Uses Whatever:hover script for IE6 and below support

Pluralism

This theme is a blog theme for Drupal 6. The footer is designed to have 3 columns, so for the best aesthetic look, multiples of 3 are the best look for this theme (3, 6, 9 blocks). Pain staking attention to detail to make this theme look exactly like the original template, and less like a typical drupal site.

Oxidation

• Validates W3C XHTML 1.0 strict
• Validates W3C CSS level 2.1
• Three-columns
• Fixed width
• Tableless / Pure CSS design
• Four block regions – content, left sidebar, right sidebar and footer

Four Seasons

• 3 column theme
• fixed width (960px)
• nice primary / secondary navigation
• cleanly styled menu trees
• themed admin features (tables, edit-tabs, etc.)
• wrapping of all admin tables to avoid overflow problems with wide tables.
• a small javascript tryout panel in the upper left corner, to simulate different color schemes (seasons ;-> ) and font sizes . At the moment its just a preview that is not saved anywhere. To apply the changes you have to modify the style.css just a little bit.

Black Ritual Drupal 6 Theme

Black Ritual drupal 6 theme is an upcoming addition in my collection. Designed in a dark and modern style, Black Ritual comes with 3 columns, 2 sidebars and flourish graphics.

Clearblue

• Supports logo, site name, mission, comment user pictures, shortcut icon, primary and secondary links.
• Fixed width layout with 3 columns.
• CSS based, tableless design.
• Validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.1.
• Compatible and tested with Firefox 3, Firefox 2, IE7, IE6, Google Chrome 1, Safari 3.2, Opera 9.6.
• Integration of Son of Suckerfish Dropdowns menu into primary links.
• 5 block regions available (including content area).

Aboutpeople

• Flexible 3 column system
• support for search box and avatars
• secondary links support
• breadcrumb support
• rotating banners
• css classes for core modules

[Demo]
Inludes two sub-themes

• People with both sidebars on the left
• About with content in the middle

valid XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS, looks great in FF, IE7, IE6 Safari and Opera.

Drupal 6 Template: BlueCurve

Clean, stylish, and very blue. Features: three columns, 5 regions, a smart-width expanding dynamically but not too wide, W3C valid code.

Barlow

Andreas00

Andreas00 drupal 6 theme is exactly what you need if you’re looking for simple but stylish and noticeable design. Andreas00 comes with 3 columns, CSS layout, fixed width, white background and absolutely staggering header image.

Box_grey

Box_grey is intended to be relatively easy to modify for those that aren’t competent in css positioning. It uses a hybrid CSS/table based layout designed to be fairly robust with different sizes of content and has a neutral grey colour scheme.

Marinelli

• Flexible 3 column system
• support for search box and avatars
• Optional dropdown menu per Primary Links Just activate it in the theme settings page
• breadcrumb support
• rotating banners
• css classes for core modules and better font managment: all sizes now are in em
• CSS validation and better headings management for SEO

Burnt

This is a fixed width 3 column layout.

Chrysalis

Chrysalis is a modern looking theme which supports the Asynchronous module.
It’s under active development.
See TODO for a list of known issues/planned features.

4-Column Drupal Themes

Channel Nine

This is a port of the “Channel Nine” theme found (by the same name) on www.openwebdesign.org. This is a unique 4 column layout with no header.

Newswire

• Supports 1, 2, 3 or 4 column layouts
• Uses a CSS reset and seperate stylesheets for forms, layout, html elements & styles
• Includes a default user picture/avatar
• Suckerfish drop menus
• 5 selectable “colour” stylesheets via a theme-setting in the theme configuration
• 2 additional custom stylesheets you use to build your own colour theme

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