A Milestone for Internet: World IPv6 Launch Today (6th June 2012)

World IPv6 Launch Solidifies Global Support for New Internet Protocol

Top websites, Internet service providers, and home networking equipment manufacturers commit to largest transition in the Internet’s history.


Committed ISPs are:

• AT&T
• Comcast
• Free Telecom
• Internode
• KDDI
• Time Warner Cable
• XS4ALL

Committed equipment manufacturers are:

• Cisco
• D-Link

Web companies participating in World IPv6 Launch will enable IPv6 on their main websites permanently beginning 6 June 2012. Inaugural participants are:

• Facebook (www.facebook.com)
• Google (www.google.com)
• Microsoft Bing (www.bing.com)
• Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)

Content delivery network providers Akamai and Limelight will be enabling their customers to join this list of participating websites by enabling IPv6 throughout their infrastructure.

As IPv4 addresses become increasingly scarce, every segment of the industry must act quickly to accelerate full IPv6 adoption or risk increased costs and limited functionality online for Internet users everywhere. World IPv6 Launch participants are leading the way in this effort.

For more information about World IPv6 Launch, products, and services covered, as well as links to useful information for users and information about how other companies may participate, visit:

http://www.worldipv6launch.org

Open a new browser window using javascript window.open() method

This article is to explain opening a new browser window using JavaScript. The window.open() function of JavaScript has been explained in detail with example code. For further help don't hesitate to contact me or our friends on the network. Just post your queries on the comment section.


Syntax:

winRef = window.open( URL, name [ , features [, replace ] ] )

Example:

mySearchWin = window.open('http://www.google.com','mysearchwindow',
'left=30,top=30,width=600,height=400,toolbar=0,resizable=0')

Returns:
Reference to the newly opened window.

The return value, stored in the variable winRef, is the reference to your new window. You can use this reference later, for example, to close this window (winRef.close()), give focus to the window (winRef.focus()) or perform other window manipulations.

The parameters URL, name, features, replace have the following meaning:

URL	String specifying the location of the Web page to be displayed in the new window. If you do not want to specify the location, pass an empty string as the URL (this may be the case when you are going to write some script-generated content to your new window).
name	String specifying the name of the new window. This name can be used in the same constructions as the frame name provided in the frame tag within a frameset name ...>. For example, you can use hyperlinks of the form name href="page.htm">, and the hyperlink destination page will be displayed in your new window. If a window with this name already exists, then window.open() will display the new content in that existing window, rather than creating a new one.
features	An optional string parameter specifying the features of the new window. The features string may contain one or more feature=value pairs separated by commas.
replace	An optional boolean parameter. If true, the new location will replace the current page in the browser's navigation history. Note that some browsers will simply ignore this parameter.

The following features are available in most browsers:

toolbar=0|1	Specifies whether to display the toolbar in the new window.
location=0|1	Specifies whether to display the address line in the new window.
directories=0|1	Specifies whether to display the Netscape directory buttons.
status=0|1	Specifies whether to display the browser status bar.
menubar=0|1	Specifies whether to display the browser menu bar.
scrollbars=0|1	Specifies whether the new window should have scrollbars.
resizable=0|1	Specifies whether the new window is resizable.
width=pixels	Specifies the width of the new window.
height=pixels	Specifies the height of the new window.
top=pixels	Specifies the Y coordinate of the top left corner of the new window. (Not supported in version 3 browsers.)
left=pixels	Specifies the X coordinate of the top left corner of the new window. (Not supported in version 3 browsers.)