Virb. A really well done site design. (Via SimpleBits.)
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Quick CSS Mockups with Photoshop. Good tutorial that covers more lesser known features in ImageReady than Photoshop. (Via A List Apart.)
Firebug 1.0 Beta. An incredibly useful Firefox extension that surpasses the Web Dev extension in many ways. (Via UX Magazine.)
Macworld reports that CSSEdit 2 has been released. I started working with the earlier version of this application back in May. I really like it but found it a little buggy. Lately, I’ve just been using TextMate for all my web design needs but CSSEdit 2 looks pretty promising. I may have to switch back to it.
Check out the release notes for more. (Via MacCentral.)
Sphere: Related ContentA Gradient Tutorial. A great tutorial of how to create subtle gradients that appear more realistic in the 2D realm. (Via 9rules Network.)
Adobe has released a free preview version of their new programming framework, Spry. Spry enables you to incorporate XML data into your HTML using what you may already be familiar with: HTML, CSS, and a minimal amount of Javascript, without requiring the entire page to refresh. Yes, that’s AJAX for any of you keeping score at home.
Continue reading ‘Adobe Releases Spry to Help with AJAX Programming’
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Dreamweaver 8 offers a slew of new features directly targeted at helping you design your Web sites with CSS. The unified CSS panel allows you to select an element and see exactly what style rules are being applied to it — even from other styles. However, helpful CSS features are lurking about in the Code view as well.
When editing your code, be it HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc., you can select a block of code and then have Dreamweaver quickly wrap it in comments via the (right-click) contextual menu. This feature has been around for a couple of versions in Dreamweaver. However, Dreamweaver 8 includes some nice additions to this menu: CSS comments and comment hacks. This is really handy when troubleshooting your CSS or applying filters for certain browsers.
Continue reading ‘Apply CSS Comment Hacks to Selections in Dreamweaver’
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Adobe.com Reboots, Sorta
As some of you may know, May 1st is considered a Reboot day amongst Web designers. It’s an opportunity to apply a makeover to your site and have others comment on it. This marks the sixth annual May 1st Reboot. You can find the original campaign at May1Reboot and a more standards-compliant focused cousin at CSSReboot.
Well, I don’t know if Adobe intentionally decided to join in on all the fun today or it’s just a happy coincidence, but over the weekend Adobe launched a somewhat new site design at Adobe.com. I say, “somewhat new” because at first blush the site seems to be what was Macromedia.com’s existing page template design with a revised navigation and Adobe’s visual design lightly applied through out. (Incidentally, Macromedia.com now does a complete redirect to Adobe.com.) So it’s obvious this is Adobe’s first noble attempt to bring the two companies’ product offerings together online.
Adobe’s new site design was code named “Day Next”. Craig Goodman’s article, “Day Next” comes to the Developer Center, details some of the changes to the site and where to find everything after the move.
It’s interesting to see just what Adobe chose to offer as direct links on the home page’s Products area. However, it’s also rather disheartening to wade through the barrage of products that now pour out from the main products page when you click “See all products”.
What do you think? Do you think the fusion of these two creative software companies is really going to be a good thing for us, the designers?
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