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cssarrowplease
Very cool little tool to create pure CSS arrows for use on tooltips, dropdown menus and the like
css  design  arrow  dropdown  tab  webdesign  webdev  asides 
6 weeks ago by andy206uk
Avoiding common HTML5 mistakes | HTML5 Doctor
In this post, I’ll show you some of the mistakes and poor markup practices I often see and explain how to avoid them.
html5  webdev  webdesign  asides 
november 2011 by andy206uk
A CRAP way to improve usability
There are at least four key principles of visual design that have an important impact on usability. These four principles — contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity — were originally given the engaging acronym CRAP
asides  ux  usability  webdev  webdesign 
october 2011 by andy206uk
HTML5 Element Index
Really useful list of all valid tags in HTML5, including some that you just wouldn't expect to see if you have spent the last few years crafting perfect XHTML.
html5  webdev  asides 
october 2011 by andy206uk
Scripting language comparisons
a useful tool comparing the syntax of four major scripting languages.
php  ruby  scripting  webdev  asides 
august 2011 by andy206uk
Candy — a JavaScript-based multi-user chat client
There are plenty of web-based chat clients out there. Most of them are built to emulate your instant messenger. They offer you tons of settings. They can join multiple networks, let you edit your profile, and even manage your message history.
Candy is different. It's built for your community.
javascript  chat  scripts  webdev  jabber  cool  asides 
august 2011 by andy206uk
XPathBuilder.com – easily build xpath string for google docs
Lets you pull content from a url for analysis in documents
seo  tips  webdev  asides  googledocs 
august 2011 by andy206uk
Final Builds Site - Internet Explorer Collection
Awesome downloadable collection of damn near every version of IE from 1 to 7. Can even run multiple versions at once - great for testing!
debug  internetexplorer  explorer  collection  multiple  ie8  builds  webdesign  webdev  web  design  tools  software  internet  browser  freeware  download  ie  tool  browsers  ie6  ie7  microsoft  standalone  test  windows  asides 
april 2009 by andy206uk
Online Image Optimisation - smush.it!
free online image optimisation tool that shrinks images without affecting quality by removing unnecessary exif data and the like. Also has a bookmarklet and FireFox extension
webdesign  webdev  web  design  tools  web2.0  graphics  photography  photo  development  photos  image  images  resources  png  optimization  tool  online  picture  optimisation  extension  compression  performance  webapp  firefox  pictures  asides 
march 2009 by andy206uk
PHP.JS
Collection of php functions translated into javascript - makes JS a lot easier if you work primarily in PHP
webdesign  webdev  web  javascript  programming  php  code  development  html  library  js  script  del.icio.us  framework  functions  cookie  open-source  phpjs  asides 
march 2009 by andy206uk
New CSS Sticky Footer - 2009
Cool totally cross browser solution for creating footers that stick to the bottom of the window in all browsers.
mac  apple  osx  macosx  macintosh  macmini  mac-mini  html  development  code  css  design  web  webdev  webdesign  asides 
january 2009 by andy206uk
JQuery Selectors
Really handy way to visualise the various ways of selecting content with JQuery,
webdesign  webdev  web  javascript  CSS  programming  tutorial  ajax  tools  reference  code  jquery  examples  resource  testing  documentation  cheatsheet  generator  tool  js  online  tutorials  development  html  howto  asides 
november 2008 by andy206uk
CSS Browser Selector
Tiny (1KB) javascript tool that allows you to easily target specific browsers with CSS by adding a class to the html tag!
webdesign  webdev  web  design  javascript  CSS  ajax  js  useful  script  browser  hacks  browsers  hack  firefox  ie  asides 
october 2008 by andy206uk
CSS Large Backgrounds
Interesting article detailing how to use large backgrounds to create attractive websites.
css  webdevelopment  backgrounds  designer  web  design  html  webdesign  webdev  background  asides 
october 2008 by andy206uk
CSS Browser Hacks For Everything!
great tutorial detailing how to use CSS hacks to target any of the major browsers.
webdesign  webdev  web  design  CSS  conditional  ie7  firefox  Safari  ie6  browsers  html  browser  tutorials  hack  hacks  ie  asides 
october 2008 by andy206uk
Min-Height/Width Fast Hack
Having trouble with CSS Min-height and min-width in older browsers? This CSS hack from Dustin Diaz will fix that right up for ya!
css  min-height  hack  hacks  ie  webdesign  min-width  webdev  code  asides 
july 2008 by andy206uk
Getting Real: The Book by 37signals
Nice book from the people who made basecamp - available free if you don't mind reading on the internets.
development  book  37signals  books  webdesign  programming  business  webdev  work  applications  ui  usability  asides 
july 2008 by andy206uk
Edit Any Web Page In Your Browser!
Scary line of javascript which, when pasted into your address bar, makes the current page editable with WYSIWYG precision! Works in Safari, Firefox and IE7
javascript  hacks  webdesign  browser  web  Tips  content  js  webdev  asides 
july 2008 by andy206uk
imgAreaSelect
Handy JQuery plugin for allowing users to select an area of an image. Ideal for online cropping etc.
jquery  images  crop  image  javascript  ajax  select  webdev  asides 
july 2008 by andy206uk
Generating charts from accessible data tables using the Google Charts API
Handy blog post on how to take an accessible data table and make it look like a chart using nothing more than the free Google Charts API and some JavaScript
javascript  charts  google  accessibility  api  chart  webdesign  graph  script  programming  ajax  xhtml  webdev  asides 
january 2008 by andy206uk
HTML Entity Character Lookup
Cool tool - enter the character form your keyboard, and it shows you the html encoded version for use in web docs! Handy!
HTML  Entity  character  tools  reference  webdesign  webdev  asides 
december 2007 by andy206uk
Fancy Upload Forms
Using a bit of javascript magic and some CSS it's possible to make upload forms that are far more usable than the default types!
javascript  css  upload  webdesign  form  webdev  programming  code  coding  asides 
december 2007 by andy206uk

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