Friday, June 30, 2006

Microsoft Releases IE7 Beta 3

Microsoft Releases IE7 Beta 3

Microsoft has released IE7 Beta 3 to the public. From TechNet Flash: 'As a result of customer feedback, IE7 Beta 3 contains some feature changes in addition to the planned reliability, compatibility, and security improvements. If you've previously installed a beta of IE7, you should uninstall it before installing this release.

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Strategic Site Migration: Planning For Success

Switching hosting providers raises many potential problems for webmasters. This article looks at some of these problems as well as workarounds for these problems.

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HTML, CSS, Javascript - HTMLSource

A great website full with up-to-date information about HTML, CSS and Javascript.

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CSS - Rounded Box Generator

Rounded Box Generator.

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

CSS Tutorials

Some CCS tutorials.

Includes:
  • Lists
  • Floats
  • Selectors

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CSS - The CSS Creator

The CSS Creator site is a place for you to learn about and create CSS, Cascading Style Sheets.

Link
Forum

Javascript - script.aculo.us

script.aculo.us provides you with easy to use Javascript libraries to make your web sites and web applications.

Link
Demo

AJAX, XML, DHTML - Jitsu

Jitsu is a user interface toolkit for building rich web applications.

Main features:
  • Open Source
  • Compiled Xml Presentation Language
  • Client-side Data Binding
Jitsu contains an integrated set of tools to enable developers to build and deploy user interfaces for web applications. These include an Xml markup language, page compiler, data binding engine, JavaScript runtime, control library, runtime inspector, animation engine, cross-platform library, Ajax, and back button support. Jitsu apps use DHTML and run in most modern web browsers.

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

AJAX - AJAX Widgets

A good resource for AJAX wigdets. It includes widgets for:
  • Image Galleries
  • Calendars
  • Contact Forms
  • Keyword Suggest
  • Login Systems
  • Slideshows
  • Surveys
  • Tabbs
Widgets
Tutorials

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C#, Javascript - Script#

Script# brings the C# developer experience to Javascript/Ajax world.

Essentially the Script# compiler is a C# compiler that generates Javascript instead of IL. A key driving goal of the design is to produce readable Javascript that you may have authored yourself.

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Gliffy - Visio-like online application

Gliffy is a Visio-like online application.

Features:
  • Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software
  • Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution
  • Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow
  • Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki
  • Create many types of diagrams:
    • Flowcharts
    • UI wireframes
    • Floor plans
    • Network diagrams
    • Any simple drawing or diagram


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Web Design - How design choices can cripple a Website

An indepth article about the effect of website design.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

CSS - CSS Galleries

A single RSS feed of all of the major CSS showcase and gallery sites (CSS Mania, CSS Drive, Unmatched Style etc.). Indexes all featured sites into one simple feed, with thumbnail.

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Development - How to make IT Staff Less Angry

Insider view of an IT Staffer about management problems and what they are doing wrong.

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DHTML and AJAX - DHTMLgoodies.com

A library of DHTML and Ajax scripts.

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IIS - IIS Tips, Tricks & Resources

A great resource on Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS).

Main site
Forum

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Monday, June 26, 2006

Development - How to set up a virtual development environment

An elegant way to to set up your own agile and complete virtual development environment containing various compilers and IDEs in one virtual machine.

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CSS - CSSPlay.co.uk

Lots and lots of CSS stuff...

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Saturday, June 24, 2006

Web Design - 9 Ways to Misunderstand Web Standards

Some people just misinterpret how the web should be used/designed.

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Design - New version of Inkscape (v 0.44)

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor that uses the SVG file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.




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Friday, June 23, 2006

Web Design - Open Source Templates

Open Source Templates has a large number of tutorials to help non profit organizations and single users to easily download and create a looking site in a matter of hours.

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Mobile Graphics Card Comparison Chart

A great resource for info on mobile graphics.

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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Ultimate Game Programming Guide

This is one of the best resources for game programmers out there.

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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

IT - 3D Desktop with integrated physics

This video shows you a new way to display and organize your desktop. It's 3D, physics-ruled environment looks more like your actual desktop, which may force users to clean and organize it more often.



Videos:
Quicktime
WMV
YouTube

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Web Design - iBox - Flexible Overlays (Images, Divs, AJAX)

Web Design - iBox is a compact and easy to use overlay script. Smaller than other scripts, it supports images, inner divs, and even external pages.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

The COMPLETE command line list for Linux, Windows, Oracle, and MacOS

Complete list of command line tools you would need. Check it out!

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Preparing For a Software Engineering Interview

Written by Google employee, Niniane Wang: "Of the 300+ software engineers I interviewed for Google (and previously Microsoft), some of them really shone, and others seemed ill-prepared.. Below are some tips that I've gathered over time"

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Vista performs as good as XP on same hardware

CNET ran a few performance tests in Vista Beta 2 and XP on the same hardware, and results showed that Vista, even in its beta stage, can perform as well or potentially even better than XP!

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