#web (3,832 links)
I hate myself for marking this. "ASP.NET AJAX is built-into ASP.NET 3.5. It is also available as a separate download for ASP.NET 2.0."
- mezzoblue § Sprite Optimization mezzoblue.com
interesting variation of CSS Sprites has been getting a lot of play on large web sites that serve millions of users.
- Best Buy seeks to expand its reach online - Finance and Commerce finance-commerce.com
Convinced that customers’ online-shopping behavior is now deeply colored by social-media experiences, the Richfield retailer has opened up proprietary product catalog data collected through its online store.
- IE NetRenderer - Browser Compatibility Check - ipinfo.info
IE NetRenderer allows you to check how a website is rendered by Internet Explorer 7, 6 or 5.5, as seen from a high speed datacenter located in Germany.
Validator S.A.C. (Stand Alone Complex) is a stand-alone, easy to install, version of the W3C's HTML / XHTML Markup Validator for Mac OS X.
- Laconica laconi.ca
A Free and Open Source microblogging platform. It helps people in a community, company or group to exchange short (140 character) messages over the Web.
- CSS Browser Selector rafael.adm.br
Wrong but potentially useful as last resort. "CSS Browser Selector is a very small javascript with just one line which empower CSS selectors. It gives you the ability to write specific CSS code for each operating system and each browser."
For throwing at certain designers. Surprising how poor some cta's are.
- AJAX APIs Playground code.google.com
This site details all standards & guidelines for developing and delivering products and services for BBC online (bbc.co.uk).
- STD e-cards let you break the news anonymously arstechnica.com
As both the Internet and casual sex continue to rise in popularity, e-cards have also seen a rise in use. But the e-cards that connect all of those things aren't your typical "Happy Birthday" with a picture of a cat popping out of a cake; they're aimed at notifying partners that they've been exposed to a sexually-transmitted disease or infection.
- whitehouse.gov Website Code dotnetperls.com
You want to read about the code structure of the new whitehouse.gov website on this historic Inauguration Day of the 44th president of the USA. The site is built on ASP.NET
- The country's new robots.txt file kottke.org
[this is good]
- Open Source Flash MP3 Player webresourcesdepot.com
"An open source flash MP3 player which can be customized and integrated into websites easily. It has 5 different versions that lets you only use a "play button" or a player which lets users to choose tracks from multiple files."
- Made By Many madebymany.co.uk
- The $300 Million Button uie.com
We were wrong about the first-time shoppers. They did mind registering. They resented having to register when they encountered the page. As one shopper told us, 'I'm not here to enter into a relationship. I just want to buy something.'
- 12 resources for getting a jump on HTML 5 ~ Authentic Boredom cameronmoll.com
- userfly userfly.com
Run instant usability studies for your website using your real users. You can get it up & running in seconds with one line of javascript, and immediately watch movies of your users’ browsing sessions to analyze their behavior.
- Imageless Fuzzy shadows with CSS + HTML hedgerwow.com
- Report: Apple Dominates the Mobile Web - ReadWriteWeb readwriteweb.com
The latest data from AdMob, the world's largest mobile advertising marketplace, shows that Apple now dominates the mobile web in the U.S. with a 48% market share. This growth, interestingly enough, does not just come from the iPhone, but the iPod touch also saw a meteoric rise in usage during the last month.
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"Axure RP is the leading tool for rapidly creating wireframes, prototypes and specifications for applications and web sites." Expensive.
- Adactio: Journal—The Rise of HTML5 adactio.com
"We used this as an opportunity to really push what Dan has been calling "progressive enrichment": sprinkling in some modern CSS declarations even if not every browser gets all of them [...] So if you view the UX London site in IE6 it looks fine. Nothing special though. But if you view the site in a browser like Safari, a lot of little details shine through. The design is pretty much a test-case for the box-shadow property using RGBa."
#css #standards #html #html5 #css3 #clearleft #web #design #inspiration#progressiveenrichment #progressiveenhancement - Contemplating the Consumerist sale and the adpocalypse arstechnica.com
What advertisers buy when they purchase a magazine or TV ad is slice of the attention of some subset of that media object's audience [...] A web page, in contrast, is typically festooned with hyperlinked visual objects that fall all over themselves in competing to take you elsewhere immediately once you're done consuming whatever it is that you came to that page for.
"Some tips on how to configure your development environment for screen reader testing." Although getting a dev to play with a screenreader can lead to a false sense of security; no substitute for proper testing.
"Why we advise against using justified text, with some links to useful background information on this issue." Amazing how many account/pm/client types ask for justified text.
- scottberkun.com » PM Clinic: A forum on project management scottberkun.com
A friendly discussion forum on the art and science of managing teams and leading projects.
- Hublog: Getting a visitor's location (city) hublog.hubmed.org
Who knew that "Javascript, IP address-based lookup" had got so simple?
- HTML-Ipsum html-ipsum.com
Lipsum snippets for copying, with TextMate bundles.
- What do you mean by web-presence? | New Music Strategies newmusicstrategies.com
Ultimately, the days of sticking the online equivalent of a brochure up on the internet and calling it your web strategy are over. It’s about presence - and presence requires ongoing activity. Just like going to work, being at a party, or any other kind of social milieu - just physically being there is not enough. You have to be doing something.
- Building Custom WordPress Theme webdesignerwall.com
- freckle: time tracking rethought letsfreckle.com
Possible replacement for Harvest (which works reasonably well but is a little clunky). Harvest costs half as much per month for individuals, though.
Hurrah, 24 ways is back.
AWESOME! Maybe. Haven't read it yet.
- An ABC of R2 | Help | guardian.co.uk guardian.co.uk
"A series looking at different aspects of guardian.co.uk's rebuild and redesign project, which ran from October 2005 to September 2008." Must read.
- Should I use tables for layout? shouldiusetablesforlayout.com
Handy.
- Role Manager - Wordpress im-web-gefunden.de
WordPress Version 2.0 introduces the concept of Roles. Each Role is allowed to perform a set of tasks called Capabilities. This Plugin allows you to define and manage multiple subscriber profiles - called Roles and their Capabilities.