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The curious guide to browsers and the web: now in 15 languages and open-sourced
June 2, 2011
When we published the illustrated HTML5 web book,
20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web
,
late last year
, we were excited by the positive response from teachers, web developers and many of you who shared in the joy of rediscovering how the web works.
Today, we've made this web book available in 15 languages, including Bahasa Indonesia, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Spanish, and Tagalog. If you have family members and friends around the world who speak these languages, you can point them to the translated guidebook at
www.20thingsilearned.com
, where illustrator Christoph Niemann brings to life topics ranging from
什麼是網際網路？
(“what is the Internet?) to
so schützen moderne browser vor malware und phishing
(“how modern browsers protect you from malware and phishing”) and
otevřený zdrojový kód a prohlížeč
(“open source and browsers”).
For those of you who want to tinker with the code and build your own web books, you can now dive into the HTML5, JavaScript and CSS used to build
20 Things I Learned
with the fully
open-sourced code
. In developing this web experience, we took inspiration from the things we love about books and extended them to the world of bits and bytes with the capabilities of modern web technologies. We paid special attention to finding the right balance and weight in the cover and page flips; making the book available offline, easily searchable, as well as bookmarkable by allowing you to pick up where you previously left off; and implementing a "lights-off" mode to simulate reading with a flashlight under the covers.
20 Things I Learned
was celebrated this year as an Official Honoree at the
15th Annual Webby Awards
in the categories of
Education
,
Best Visual Design (Function)
and
Best Practices
. To learn more about the technical details behind some of the most-loved features of the book, see our post on the
Google Code blog
.
We hope you’ll continue to find this curious guide to browsers and the web useful and informative.
20 Things I Learned
is best experienced in
Chrome
or any up-to-date, HTML5-compliant modern browser. For those of you who’ve previously read this web book, don’t forget to hit refresh on your browser to see the new language options.
Posted by Cory Ferreria, Localization Lead, Google Chrome Team
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