The Internet Revolution - Urdu prospective
The Information Technology revolution has
confined the world to a computer screen and heralded the era of Global Village .
At the forefront of Information technology is Internet which has made felt its
importance to every body from a technocrat to a village peasant.
But
information and mode of communication on internet is dominated by English or
some major European languages and this fact can not be denied that a person is
loves to communicate in his mother toung and is comfortable in his own
language only.
Urdu is perhaps world's 3rd Major language which is used by more than
50 million across all continents.
Though its official language of one
country (Pakistan) but India have
four times the number of Urdu Speaking people as compared to Pakistan.
Infect even
today Urdu is the language-franca of sub-continent Indo-Pak,
A large
number of Urdu speaking people lives in all most all European Countries
and in America.
Almost all Major Radio Stations have programs in
Urdu and Number of TV channels with Urdu Programs are increasing day by day.
That Urdu is the life blood of Indian Entertainment industry is acknowledged
fact by any standard.
Unfortunately representation of Urdu on Internet is not adequate.
Despite lack of technology there are thousands of Urdu Pages on www on
varied subjects from poetry to politics but problem with them is that most
of them are scanned pages which is non-scientific way of presenting text
on Internet or uses plugins for downloading the font.
UrduNet portal : A Revolution in Internet World
UrduNet is
the World's first portal in real Urdu Text and first to introduce Urdu
Dynamic Fonts.
It has a Unique position on WWW being the World's first and only portal
which carries news & features, literature, poetry, and a lost of other
information on contemporary issues, its own search engine , research
papers human Rights, education , terrorism, minorities and comparative study
of religions etc.
Urdu Dynamic Fonts: With dynamic
fonts, the surfer is saved from the cumbersome process of downloading the
fonts first before gaining the access to the desired page. This unique
feature makes the surfing faster on the site and makes it more user
friendly.
The portal is promoted by IT professionals based in US and
India. UrduNet has carved a niche for itself on the world wide web and is
effectively reaching out to Urdu Communities across the globe. Urdu Net's
core strength is not only its richness and diversity of content but the
love and acceptance it has received from Urdu Community in general and the
Literates, thinkers Journalists Bearcats in particular.. The beta version
of UrduNet which was hosted on 25 Dec2000 has received more than 20
million hits with around a million unique users till April30,2001.
UrduNet site projecting itself to be the gateway to the world wide web
for Urdu loving people around the globe as well as the gateway to culture
and literature Urdu Has given birth to, to the rest of the world on the
web.
UrduNet – Our Team
The UrduNet team is an ideal mix drawn from various disciplines
including dedicated language professionals and talented web developers
committed to World's No:1 Urdu portal. The team continuously strives for
generating innovative ideas in language IT and making the net a better
experience for the average users.
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