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Tag Archives: web
Preloaders.net
http://preloaders.net/
Preloaders are small animations that are shown to a user when they must wait for something to happen. Using a preloader provides secondary feedback, letting the user know that, yes, the system is doing something and they should be patient. Another little way to make projects more professional.
SurveyMonkey.com
http://www.surveymonkey.com/
SurveyMonkey is a free, easy-to-use, online survey tool. Teachers can use this to get feedback from students and parents. Students can use this to obtain raw data for projects. Use this lesson plan to incorporate SurveyMonkey (or any similar too) into a lesson on the collection, analysis and presentation of data.
Browsershots
http://browsershots.org/
In an ideal world, all web browsers would be 100% standards compliant, and the user’s choice of operating system would be immaterial. Unfortunately, web developers working in the real world know this is not the case. Most developers thus build in one browser, and test in as many as they can: this can often be time consuming, and requires multiple real or virtual machines. Browsershots makes testing across a range of browsers and OSs simple: simply choose the systems and versions you wish to test, enter the address of your site and press Submit.
Golden Ratio Calculator
http://goldenratiocalculator.com/
The Golden Ratio (approximately 1.618) is a mathematically derived number that equates to rectangles of pleasing appearance. This simple website makes it easy for web designers to apply the golden ratio to their layouts, helping them produce more attractive websites.
Tartan Maker
http://www.tartanmaker.com/
Generate unique and colourful tartan patterns for use in web and graphic design.
Pixastic
Pixtastic is an online image editor (as well as being a JavaScript library). As such, it provides a quick, free and easy way to edit images online (meaning you do not need to install any desktop software). This makes it really useful if you only have a small number of tasks to perform, or you find yourself on a computer where you cannot install any software.
HTML-Ipsum
http://html-ipsum.com/
Lorem Ipsum is a form of text that is often used by typesetters and web designers to fill out or test a template. It helps to make templates more realistic in appearance, as it saves them from looking too blank. This site provides chunks of Lorem Ipsum dressed up with various different HTML tags, making it easy to simply copy and past in what you need. For instance, if you need an ordered list, this site saves you having to write one in HTML and then copy in your Lorem Ipsum.
drop.io
http://drop.io/
Dropio allows you to create an online space (with up to 100MB free) which can be shared by a group of people. There are a variety of ways to drop items into the space (web, phone, email, etc), and once items are there they can be worked on collaboratively. This is a useful tool to allow remote teams to work together.
Are My Sites Up?
http://aremysitesup.com/
For those running a large number of sites, this tool brings piece of mind: simply register your sites, and if any of them go down the system will alert you to the problem.