Nice jQuery lightbox
ColorBox is a lightweight jQuery lightbox with support for photos, photo groups, ajax, inline, and iframed content.
Mar 8, 2009
Filed Under: Resources
Tagged: Ajax, FX, jQuery, lightbox, web app
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10 Great Resources For Making Pixel Pattern Backgrounds
Pixel background patterns are all the rage these days and it’s easy to see why. A well implemented pixel pattern for a background can make a good site look really tight.
The only thing is, if you’ve ever tried to make the damn things from scratch you’ll know that those pesky little tiles with their seamlessly repeating pixels can be pretty tricky to get right.
Well, fear not pixel fans. For here is a roundup of ten of the handiest resources when it comes to creating lovely patterned pixel tiles…
The Kaliber 10k has been around for a while and their library of pixel patterns is probably the best single resource you’re going to find.
Mar 7, 2009
Filed Under: Roundups
Tagged: backgrounds, graphics, pixel patterns, pixels, tiles, top 10
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Beautiful Retro Style Web Design
It’s a theme that’s becoming increasingly trendy in web design and Six Revisions have done an excellent roundup of some absolutely beautiful vintage and retro styled web sites.
Mar 6, 2009
Filed Under: Inspiration
Tagged: classic, CSS, graphics, retro, vintage
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Top 100 Fonts Of All Time
If you’ve ever laid awake at night wondering what the top one hundred fonts of all time might be (and let’s face it- who hasn’t?) you will be glad to hear that someone claims to have figured it out.
Mar 5, 2009
Filed Under: Resources
Tagged: fonts, top 100
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Incredible Online Drawing App
Sumo Paint is an incredible online image editor built with Flex. It loads at lightning speed, looks awesome and fits perfectly into the sweet spot between the bloat feature richness of Photoshop and the simplicity of MS Paint.
Mar 5, 2009
Filed Under: Resources
Tagged: drawing, Flash, graphics, MS Paint, Photoshop, web app
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Cross Browser Screenshots
BrowserShots is a pretty cool online service that lets you see screenshots of your web design across a wide variety of browsers.
Mar 4, 2009
Filed Under: Resources
Tagged: browser, compatibility, CSS, screenshots, tools, web app
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OS X Style Dock In JavaScript
Creating a navigation menu with a fancy fish-eye magnification effect as per the Mac OS X dock is not an easy thing to do and most solutions can be a bit a bit flaky. This one, however, seems to pull it off in a solid fashion.
Mar 4, 2009
Filed Under: Resources
Tagged: FX, Mac, menu, navigation, OS X
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50+ Awesome Logos
Good logo design demands a hefty dose of creativity if you’re going to do it right. That’s why it’s cool that Spoonfed Design has got an excellent roundup of great logos for your inspiration.
Mar 4, 2009
Filed Under: Inspiration
Tagged: branding, logos
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Online Stripe Generator
If you’re bored with the process of creating good looking tiled background images, you might want to check out Stripe Generator 2.0. It’s an online tool that takes some of the tedium out of making striped background tiles. You can also share what you make or load other users’ tiles to play with.
Mar 4, 2009
Filed Under: Resources
Tagged: background, graphics, stripe, tile, tools, web app
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Working CSS Transparency Solution
Here is a pure CSS solution for transparency that allows you to set the background transparency without affecting the transparency of the entire div. Woot!
If for some reason that doesn’t turn you on, you might want to take a quick look at this nice little collection of pre-made semi-transparent background gifs instead.
Mar 3, 2009
Filed Under: Resources
Tagged: CSS, gif, graphics, transparency
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