Links from 2006

A quick Photoshop style Layout Grid Bookmarklet

A robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications.

Watch movies of how users interact with your website. Gain valuable insights to maximize usability

Free, simple hosted Trac and Subversion source control.

Nestoria is a property-finding tool which couples a nice simplistic search engine for your desired postcode plus a little Google Mappery for instant visualisation

"Accessible Web Search for the Visually Challenged." Hurrah!

We make furniture for both indoors & outdoors using natural materials, such as reclaimed wood that ages gracefully with use.

Existing Orange customers were surprised to discover that itemised billing is now going to cost them £1.50 a month.

Why a re-introduction? Because JavaScript has a reasonable claim to being the world's most misunderstood programming language. While often derided as a toy, beneath its deceptive simplicity lie some powerful language features.

A new community site, dedicated to the S5 Presentation software, originally developed by Eric Meyer.

A simple, but effective way to give an extreme visual example to show the editors that something has gone horribly wrong

"Web-based collaboration tool for business teams to manage projects, share information and communicate with others." Basecamp alternative?

...thinking more and more about the most efficient way to build out markup and CSS

Mailing Preference Service

Allows JavaScript to check if accessibility features exist on the user’s computer by using a hidden (1 pixel x 1 pixel) Flash application.

Some way to make use of Flash to detect a screen reader and pass on that information to JavaScript.

an archive for the jQuery mailing list

"An easy to use, web based, open source collaboration and project management tool" similar to 37signal's Basecamp.

Suitable for adding search functionality to small or medium sites (up to around 20,000 pages).

Missed this first time round: "The web needs more front-end architects before poor implementations of front-end technology hobble the potential benefits of recent advances."

Scientific evidence on how to get in shape for parenthood.

Guidelines on designing printed information that is accessible to people with sight problems.

The new roster - worth an estimated £9 million - combines Digital Media's previous Design and Development roster with the Interactive/Online Media Creative roster.

A subversion hosting company run by and for developers.

Fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and shopping.

Javascript file for doing detection and embedding QuickTime movies.

Cody's jQuery examples

an open source replacement firmware for mp3 players

Showcase

A re-creation of the window.XMLHttpRequest object, designed for low-specification and legacy browsers.

"A collection of plugins for jQuery java script library

"A growing set of Query powered script examples in "pagemod" format."

Cygwin is a Windows command line on steroids which runs tons of well-known, age-old, useful Linux commands. But Cygwin, like much open source software, seems scary, inexplicable and nearly unusable until...

"Allows you to take a photo and directly upload to your flickr account". If you have an MS Smartphone, mind.

Recent research finds that a snap decision to quit smoking cigarettes is actually two to three times more effective than planning ahead for the big day.

This is great. "Free team building, communication, trac, and subversion."