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CSS Viewer 23.06.09
I’ve just been shown CSS Viewer (for Firefox) – and it’s blown FireBug clean out of the water! Shows a concise breakdown of any element that you hover in an attractive window - it even converts those pesky em’s! Download it here -
Package Illustrator 23.06.09
I’ve recently started playing around with Scripts in Photoshop an Illustrator – and although pretty useless on the most part, I’ve found one that’s been extremely useful. It’s a script that will group together all of the links within an Illustrator document, and save it ‘Packaged’ much in the same way as InDesign. Fast, clean and extremely useful. Download the script here (via Interactive Llama) -
Check ‘em! 19.06.09
If, like me, you’re constantly plagued by contrast issues (I mean c’mon… even w3.org doesn’t pass!) – then this site may be of use. It’s the best of it’s kind (that I’ve seen) and will check your webpage for any issues. Granted, the page you’re testing actually has to be fully developed – so this may all just be too little, too late…
Getting Real 19.06.09
Yet again, I feel I may be a little late on this one – but I just saw that 37Signals have a book called ‘Getting Real‘ – sharing their wisdom about designing/building smarter, faster, easier and more successful web applications. I have to have this… maybe someone will buy it as a present
What is a Browser? 18.06.09
…a website that you can search on, I think
Obviously it’s not, I know that and you know that – but sometimes I think we (designers, developers and information architects) forget that most people genuinely don’t know the difference between a browser and a search engine (watch this video). It’s not down to stupidity either… but, as rightly pointed out by Daniel – it’s probably why IE will never die.
Glug – 25/06/09 18.06.09
I’ll be popping down to Glug next Thursday – looks interesting.
Wink at your Browser 18.06.09
I still can’t work out whether this is a joke or not, but I read today about Opera releasing ‘face-commands’ for their browser. But would you risk making stupid faces like this guy in the office, over moving your hand slightly in order to scroll? Nah, didn’t think so.
Be nice 16.06.09
I don’t care how good you are at programming, finding bugs, whatever. If you’re rude, or if you speak poorly to people who don’t understand your… quirks…. you will wind up being shunted to the side. No one wants to work with someone who makes them feel beat down all the time, or someone who they simply can’t understand, or someone whose reaction to every issue is to start wailing about the end of the world — Catherine Powell
Wise words, via 37Signals
Also applies to those who seem to think that they’re amazing at everything. If you lord around thinking you’re the best, you’re just going to annoy everyone – me especially due to this Volvic challenge thing!
Pete is… 13.06.09
Writing an article about status messages – and how they relate to the future evolution of the web. And I know status messages are an obscure place to start, but just humor me for now, this is going somewhere!
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My Milk Toof 12.06.09
I couldn’t help myself, this is too cute! My Milk Toof
Postit Deadline 12.06.09
Via Rose & Charlie
Graze 12.06.09
The Graze website (nice, but hover-free) has just been launched along with their new product (via Pod1) – hey Slong, didn’t you have this idea 3 years back? Nice idea and great execution though!
