BSc (Hones)
in Information Technology Specialized in Interactive Media
Batch 2016
Multimedia Systems
Tute 2
R.A.P.C.P RANASINGHE
IT14115394
1. Describe what characteristics a block of
text might have.
Characteristics of the text describe
qualitatively the style of the text. This is partly a subjective dimension, but
can also be more objectively described with diligent analysis of the original
text. It is also a relative dimension, since it can only be measured against
other texts. original text can be characterized as being:
1.
repetitive
2.
idiomatic
3.
terminology-rich
4.
terminology-poor
Repetitiveness means that the text
contains more repetitions of individual terms or words, phrases, sentences, and
even full paragraphs than usual.
Idiomatic is in many respects the
opposite of repetitive. Basically idiomaticity means the use of the expressive
possibilities of the language to the fullest in the text. It may imply a large
variance of words or the use of rare words and colorful idioms.
Terminology-rich means that the
text contains more specific terminology than usual. Specific terminology is
understood here as words and phrases being used only within a specific field or
having meanings deviant from general vocabulary.
Terminology-poor is not exactly
the opposite of terminology-rich. It can be understood to mean that the text
simply uses only general vocabulary and thus should be understood by anyone
with good general knowledge of the language.
2. Describe what characteristics a typeface might
have.
Because
traditional typefaces were difficult to read on computer monitors, special
typefaces such as Microsoft’s Verdana were designed specifically for the
computer. The new font was stripped of all features that were redundant in
other typefaces when viewed on the Web.
The
balance between straight, curve and diagonal has been meticulously tuned to
ensure that the pixel patterns at small sizes are pleasing, clear and legible.
The
reason why some viewers are unable to see fonts the way website creators Intended
is due to the fact that file formats don’t actually save fonts in the file
itself. If a font is to be displayed properly it must be installed to the
user’s system font directory. If the font isn’t installed, the browser will
select a default typeface to display the text. Times and Courier are
pre-installed with just about every browser. The Mac and Windows computers
however ship with a different set of fonts.
The
ASCII code set on which HTML was created includes only the 26 letters of the Roman
alphabet and the most basic of punctuation.
In
the early days of the Web, when typefaces other than Times and Courier were
uncommon, web designers had to find a way to overcome the problem so they could
incorporate their elaborately styled fonts on to their web pages. Therefore,
they found that if they created the font using an image-editing package such as
Adobe Photoshop and saved their type as a graphic they could display the
desired font using HTML
3. Discuss
the problems encountered using text across computer platforms and in different
languages
cross-platform and
cross-application delivery has not been achieved for all of the characters that
these texts include. An ideal solution to the problems in character
representation would be cross-platform, flexible, and durable. Many in the
computing, publishing, and library worlds have suggested that the Unicode
standard is the wave of the future.
4. Discuss the differences among multimedia,
interactive multimedia, hypertext, and hypermedia.
Multimedia
is the combination of text, sound, animation, video that delivered to people by
computer or others electronic or digitally manipulated means. Therefore, when
we put together element of multimedia that are pictures and animation, engaging
sounds, compelling video and some textual information, it can help you to read
the thought and mind of people. In addition, multimedia is easy to use and
integrated and interactive but of course it is expensive and requires special
hardware.
Interactive multimedia is related to the concepts interaction design, new media, interactivity, human computer interaction, and includes specific cases such as interactive advertising, social media, virtual reality, and so on.
Hypertext is text which is not constrained to be linear and contains links to other text. Therefore, you can move from one subject to another even thought they might have different forms. Hypertext usually related to web pages.
Hypermedia is a term derived from hypertext, extends the notion of the hypertext link to include links among any set of multimedia objects such as sound, motion video and virtual reality. It also can connote a higher level of user interactivity than the interactivity already implicit in hypertext.
Interactive multimedia is related to the concepts interaction design, new media, interactivity, human computer interaction, and includes specific cases such as interactive advertising, social media, virtual reality, and so on.
Hypertext is text which is not constrained to be linear and contains links to other text. Therefore, you can move from one subject to another even thought they might have different forms. Hypertext usually related to web pages.
Hypermedia is a term derived from hypertext, extends the notion of the hypertext link to include links among any set of multimedia objects such as sound, motion video and virtual reality. It also can connote a higher level of user interactivity than the interactivity already implicit in hypertext.
5. Your boss wants you to create a hypermedia
system for Web visitors to find technical support information about your
company. What are some of the implications in creating this system? Should you
hand-build the links or use an automatic indexing system? Why?
Hypermedia
is the use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended
hypertext system in which all elements are linked, where the content is
accessible via hyperlinks. This could help the user to understand more about
the company because it allows to gather information in non-linear way which
means that the users would have a choice as to what path the users want to
takes in order to gather information.
