Виртуальная клавиатура в Google Search

Спустя две недели после интеграции виртуальной клавиатуры в русскоязычный поисковик Google, компания официально объявила о внедрении данной функции, основанной на API, в Поиск Google на 35 языках: албанском, арабском, армянском, баскском, белорусском, боснийском, болгарском, каталанском, хорватском, чешском, финском, галисийском, грузинском, греческом, иврите, хинди, венгерском, исландском, казахском, киргизском, македонском, малаяламском, монгольском, персидском, польском, русском, сербском, словацком, словенском, шведском, татарском, тайском, турецком, украинском, узбекском.

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Integrating virtual keyboards in Google search

источник: The Official Google Blog, Автор: A Googler, дата: 29.04.10

You've spilled coffee on your keyboard. The a, e, i, o, u, and r keys have stopped working. Now try to search Google for the nearest computer repair shop. The pain of typing on this broken keyboard is similar to what many people searching in non-English languages feel when trying to type today. Typing searches on keyboards not designed for your languages can be frustrating, even impossible.

Our user research has shown that many people are more comfortable formulating search queries in their own language but have difficulty typing these queries into Google. (Try typing नमस्ते on a keyboard with English letters.) To overcome the difficulty they face in typing in their local language scripts, some people have resorted to copying and pasting from other sites and from online translation tools. But there's an easier way — a virtual, or "on-screen" keyboard, lets you type directly in your local language script in an easy and consistent manner, no matter where you are or what computer you're using.


Last year, to make text input easy for people across the globe, we introduced a virtual keyboard API through code.google.com. This allowed developers to enable virtual keyboards on any text field or text area in their webpages. Today, we are taking this effort one step further by integrating virtual keyboards into Google search in 35 languages.


If you use Google search in one of the languages listed below, you'll see a small keyboard icon show up next to the search field, on both the Google homepage and search results page. Clicking on that keyboard icon brings up a virtual keyboard in your language. You can input text by either clicking on the on-screen keyboard or pressing the corresponding key.

You can find out more information on how to use the virtual keyboard in our help article. If you use Google in a language not listed below and feel that your language will benefit from a virtual keyboard, let us know by voting for your language. We hope virtual keyboards help you find information more easily — especially those of you who speak/type/read in non-Latin scripts.

Languages with integrated virtual keyboards
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Basque
Belarusian
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Catalan
Croatian
Czech
Finnish
Galician
Georgian
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Kazakh
Kirghiz
Macedonian
Malayalam
Mongolian
Persian
Polish
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Swedish
Tatar
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Uzbek

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A virtual keyboard on www.google.am to input Armenian text (the query term is [armenia])

Virtual keyboards let people type directly in their local language script and don't require any additional software.

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Изменение размера изображения в новом редакторе Google Docs

Google сообщил о добавлении новой функции в новую версию редактора документов в Документах Google - изменение размера внедренного изображения.

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Re-size your images in the new document editor

источник: Docs Blog, Автор: Google Docs, дата: 27.04.10

A few weeks ago we introduced a new version of the document editor in Google Docs. While the new editor is in preview, we will continue adding features you miss like drawings, the web clipboard, and table of contents.

Today we're adding the ability to re-size images right inside the document. After you insert an image into a document, click on the image to bring up controls that let you scale the image's size in any direction.



Once you're happy with the size, you can click the Fixed option to place the image at a fixed place, relative to your paragraph. When an image is fixed, any text you enter will flow around it.

As mentioned previously, if you want to try out the new editor, visit the Editing tab in the Google Docs settings. Check the box next to "New version of Google documents," and all new and uploaded documents will be created in the new editor. For now, old documents will remain in the old editor. Let us know what you think in the forums.

Posted by: Michael Thomas, Software Engineer

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"Pages similar to" в поиске Google

Google анонсировал усовершенствованную функцию в поисковой выдаче результатов - внизу страницы поиска может появляться блок "подобные страницы" для показа списка альтернативных сайтов.

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Discovering pages “similar to” ones that you like

источник: The Official Google Blog, Автор: A Googler, дата: 27.04.10

One of the great things about the web is choice. There's a website out there for nearly everything, and sometimes there are many sites all dedicated to a single topic. But how can you find all the sites that are related to the subject that interests you? This week, we launched a search feature that helps you easily find new websites that are similar to the ones with which you're already familiar.

For example, with the recent earthquakes around the world, many of us have been looking for international relief organizations. We knew that Direct Relief International has been actively involved in Haiti, so we started off by searching for [direct relief international]. The first result on the page linked us to the Direct Relief website, where we found many ways to help in Haiti. But what if one wants to support several organizations? If you click the "Similar" link that's on the same line as the "www.directrelief.org/" URL, you'll find other nonprofits that are also involved in relief efforts.

We've offered a "Similar" feature on results for a while now as a way to discover new, useful sites, but it hasn't been too visible. Since we've been continuously improving this feature and we think it's really useful, we're now going to start showing these alternative sites more prominently. Starting this week, for queries where similar sites are likely to be helpful, we'll display a list of "Pages similar" at the bottom of the results page. For example, this is the list of sites similar to Direct Relief International:

These sites might provide alternative ways to contribute to Haiti or Chile, like AmeriCares and Operation USA. Or they could provide a different perspective or approach, like giving more broadly through a blood donation at the Red Cross.

We hope this feature helps you discover many useful websites that you didn't know about before and get a better understanding of all the choices the web has to offer.

Posted by Doantam Phan, Software Engineer

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Обновление Google Chrome Stable Channel до версии 4.1.249.1064

Стабильная версия Google Chrome для Windows обновлена до 4.1.249.1064.

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Stable Update: Bug and Security Fixes

источник: Google Chrome Releases, Автор: Mark Larson (Google), дата: 27.04.10

Google Chrome 4.1.249.1064 has been released to the Stable channel on Windows.

This release fixes the following issues:

• Google Chrome was not using the correct path for the Java plugin for Java Version 6 Update 20.
• 4.1.249.1059 was much slower on JavaScript benchmarks than 4.1.249.1045. (Issue 42158)

This release also fixes the following security issues:

Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

• [$1000] [40445] High Cross-origin bypass in Google URL (GURL). Credit: Jordi Chancel.
• [40487] High Memory corruption in HTML5 Media handling. Credit: David Bloom of Google Security Team.
• [$500] [42294] High Memory corruption in font handling. Credit: wushi of team509.

If you find issues, please let us know: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

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Google приобрел LabPixies

Google сообщил об очередном приобретении - израильской компании LabPixies.

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Google acquires Labpixies

источник: Google Code Blog, Автор: Mike, дата: 26.04.10

Not everyone likes to start their day with just a search box and logo (no matter how cool it is!). Many users want email, videos, news, weather, games, and other information to be at their fingertips each time they open up a browser window. We launched iGoogle in 2005 to address this need by providing a truly personalized homepage with access to any RSS feed and well over a hundred thousand gadgets.

One of the first developers to create gadgets for iGoogle was Labpixies. Over the years, we worked closely together on a variety of projects, including the launch of a number of global OpenSocial based gadgets. Recently, we decided that we could do more if we were part of the same team, and as such, we're thrilled to announce the acquisition of Labpixies.

The team will be based in our ever-growing Tel Aviv office and will anchor our iGoogle efforts across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. We are looking forward to working with Labpixies to develop great web apps and leverage their knowledge and expertise to help developers and improve the ecosystem overall.

In the meantime, have fun trying to beat me at Flood-It!

By Don Loeb, iGoogle Team

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Режим "Земля" в Google Maps для просмотра карт в 3D

В Google Maps появилась возможность просматривать карты в 3D (в режиме "Земля") при помощи подключаемого модуля Google Планета Земля.

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Earthly pleasures come to Maps

источник: The Official Google Blog, Автор: A Googler, дата: 26.04.10

Earth Day may have just passed, but the Google Earth team loves it too much to let it go. So we've found our own special way to celebrate Earth Day (a little late) by making an announcement that we've been working toward for a long time: Earth view in Google Maps.


When we first launched Google Earth back in 2005, it revolutionized the world of digital mapping. In the years since, Earth has been getting faster and lighter while adding large amounts of imagery, more ambitious features and an ever-expanding roster of platforms, including support for Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and even the 2011 Audi A8!

Web browsers haven't exactly been standing still either. As their capacity to handle richer applications has steadily grown, our ability to bring Google Earth online has grown along with it. In 2008, we released the Google Earth Plugin to developers, and since then thousands of sites have used it to create many cool applications and even games. Now the time has come to take off the plugin's online training wheels and roll it out on the main stage: Google Maps. So if you're one of the hundreds of millions of people who use Maps worldwide, you can now explore the world in luxuriantly-detailed, data-rich 3D imagery and terrain from Google Earth. If you've already downloaded the Google Earth Plugin, you should be able to see Earth view in Maps right away. Otherwise, you can just install the Plugin to enjoy a Maps experience that includes angled Earth views, 3D buildings, smooth panning and zooming and a great introductory showcase of places to visit and things to see.

Current Google Earth users, of course, will continue to enjoy the full power of the standalone application: KML editing, historical imagery, GPS tracks, tour-creation, Mars, Sky, flight simulator and so on. But for quick online access, the power of 3D will also be available at the click of a[n Earth] button. We're thrilled to be able to bring this functionality to the web and we invite you to come share the moment with us.

Posted by Brian McClendon, VP of Engineering, Google Geo

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Google Transliteration

Инструмент Google Transliteration позволяет писать звучание слова на латинице с преобразованием его при нажатии на пробел в слово в юникоде на выбранном в меню языке. Например, набранная в латинской раскладке фраза "Pishite v latinice na russkom" будет успешно преобразована в "Пишите в латинице на русском".

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Helping you read and write foreign scripts with Google Transliteration and Script Converter

источник: Google Translate Blog, Автор: A Googler, дата: 23.04.10

For many Internet users, it is not always easy to write in languages that use unique character sets like Hindi, Hebrew and Arabic. Most computer keyboards only allow for the input of Roman characters (the alphabet used by most Western languages) and converting between scripts can be difficult. To make this process easier we launched an improved version of Google Transliteration at the end of last year, a service which enables you to phonetically convert Roman letters into a variety of other scripts.

Today we're delighted to announce support for five new languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, Hebrew, Oriya and Sinhalese. This bring the total up to 22 languages spoken across Africa, South Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. These new languages are currently available at http://www.google.com/transliterate#.

Since you can't use Google Transliteration offline we also launched the transliteration based "Input Method Editor" (IME) earlier this year. Once you download and install the Google Transliteration IME (don't worry, it's free), you can type a word the way it sounds using Roman characters and the software will convert the word to its native script. For example, typing "hamesha" in Google Hindi IME transliterates into Hindi as: हमेशा.

As an improvement to the IME, we've recently added 5 more languages (Amharic, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian and Tigrinya) as well as canonical schemes, macros and support for Windows 64-bit. You can read about all these powerful new features on the Google Transliteration IME help page.

Now what if you come across a language that you can speak but can't read? For example, if you can speak Hindi, you may know that "namaste" is a greeting, however you may not be able to read 'नमस्ते' in Hindi script. Our new Script Converter tool converts a given web page or piece of text from one script to another so that you can read it phonetically. Script Converter currently supports 17 languages: Bengali, English, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

So, try out these tools and let us know what you think.

Posted by New Melchizedec Sundararaj, Software Engineer

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Голосовой поиск в Google Maps 4.1 для Windows Mobile и Symbian S60

В мобильной версии Google Maps 4.1 для Windows Mobile и Symbian S60 появился голосовой поиск.

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Search by Voice Comes to Google Maps 4.1 for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 phones

источник: Google Mobile Blog, Автор: Chris Nguyen, дата: 21.04.10

We understand that typing on phones isn't as easy or fast as talking into them. As a result, we're big fans of letting you search in Google Maps for mobile in the most natural way possible -- with your voice! Not wanting the BlackBerry and Android folks to have all the fun, today we're happy to announce Search by voice in Google Maps 4.1 on Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 phones.

Search by voice lets you easily search for anything by simply speaking your search terms instead of typing them. Just open Google Maps, press your phone's "call" button, and clearly speak your search term like "Park Plaza." Search by voice works with all the kinds of searches Google Maps for mobile already supports, including places, addresses (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway), specific businesses (The French Laundry), or types of businesses (sushi restaurants new york).

You may also notice a few other additions, including a redesigned settings page with Search by voice language choices. Choose your preferred language from the supported options, including multiple English accents and Mandarin Chinese. Also, if you find a problem with any information in Google Maps, you can use the "Report a problem" option to let us know.

To get started, install the latest version of Google Maps for mobile 4.1 for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 by going to m.google.com/maps in your phone's standard web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile). This update is available in all the countries and languages where Google Maps for mobile is currently available.

Visit our Help Center to learn more or tell us your feedback and questions in our Help Forum. Give us suggestions and vote on other people's on the Mobile Product Ideas page.

Posted by Yuliang Wang and Yifei Zhang, Software Engineers, Google Mobile Team

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Обновление Google Chrome Stable Channel до версии 4.1.249.1059

Стабильная версия Google Chrome для Windows обновлена до 4.1.249.1059.

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Stable Update: Security Fixes

источник: Google Chrome Releases, Автор: Mark Larson (Google), дата: 20.04.10

Google Chrome 4.1.249.1059 has been released to the Stable channel on Windows.

This release fixes the following security issues:

Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

• [$500] [39443] High Type confusion error with forms. Credit: kuzzcc.
• [39698] High HTTP request error leading to possible XSRF. Credit: Meder Kydyraliev, Google Security Team.
• [40136] Medium Local file reference through developer tools. Credit: Robert Swiecki, Google Security Team; Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.
• [40137] Medium Cross-site scripting in chrome://net-internals. Credit: Robert Swiecki, Google Security Team; Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.
• [40138] High Cross-site scripting in chrome://downloads. Credit: Robert Swiecki, Google Security Team; Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.
• [40575] Medium Pages might load with privileges of the New Tab page.
• [$500] [40635] High Memory corruption in V8 bindings. Credit: kuzzcc; Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined); Michal Zalewski, Google Security Team.

If you find issues, please let us know: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

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Google Cloud Print - новый подход к облачной печати

Google анонсировал проект под названием Google Cloud Print. Данная служба позволяет любому приложению (веб, десктопному или мобильному) на любом устройстве печатать на любом принтере. Вместо того чтобы полагаться на драйверы для печати, установленные на локальных операционных системах, приложения могут использовать Google Cloud Print для обработки и управления заданиями на печать. Проект, находящийся пока в стадии разработки, был представлен для того, чтобы дать разработчикам немного глубже понять подход Google к печати с Chrome OS и других связанных веб-платформ.

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A New Approach to Printing

источник: Chromium Blog, Автор: Chromium Blog, дата: 15.04.10

When we demonstrated Google Chrome OS last Fall, a few folks asked us how it would handle printing. Today we wanted to give developers a little more insight into our approach for printing from Chrome OS and other web-connected platforms.

While the emergence of cloud and mobile computing has provided users with access to information and personal documents from virtually any device, today's printers still require installing drivers which makes printing impossible from most of these new devices. Developing and maintaining print subsystems for every combination of hardware and operating system-- from desktops to netbooks to mobile devices -- simply isn't feasible.

Since in Google Chrome OS all applications are web apps, we wanted to design a printing experience that would enable web apps to give users the full printing capabilities that native apps have today. Using the one component all major devices and operating systems have in common-- access to the cloud-- today we're introducing some preliminary designs for a project called Google Cloud Print, a service that enables any application (web, desktop, or mobile) on any device to print to any printer.

Rather than rely on the local operating system (or drivers) to print, apps can use Google Cloud Print to submit and manage print jobs. Google Cloud Print will then be responsible for sending the print job to the appropriate printer with the particular options the user selected, and returning the job status to the app.



Google Cloud Print is still under development, but today we are making code and documentation public as part of the open-source Chromium and Chromium OS projects. While we are still in the early days of this project, we want to be as transparent as possible about all aspects of our design and engage the community in identifying the right set of open standards to make cloud-based printing ubiquitous. You can view our design docs and outlines here and we hope you stay tuned for updates in the coming months.

Posted by Mike Jazayeri, Group Product Manager

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Функция drag-and-drop в Gmail

При работе с почтой Gmail через веб-интерфейс в браузерах Google Chrome или Mozilla Firefox 3.6 появилась возможность прикрепления к письму вложения простым перетаскиванием файлов на сообщение. Поддержки данной функции для других браузеров пока нет и приаттачивание осуществляется как и прежде через меню "Прикрепить файл".

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Drag and drop attachments onto messages

источник: Gmail Blog, Автор: The Gmail Team, дата: 15.04.10

Posted by Adam de Boor, Software Engineer

I'm always looking for ways to save time. Suppose I want to attach some files to an email, and I already have a folder open containing those files.


I used to have to click "Attach a file," find the photos, click them, etc. Starting today, if I'm using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox 3.6, I can just drag and drop the files to attach them — easy as pie.



We'll enable this for other browsers as soon as they support this feature. For now, you can drag and drop attachments in Chrome and Firefox only.

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