Archive for July, 2007
Test Drive Flock 0.9
Friday, July 6th, 2007For the social networking addicts out there, Flock over and and grab your copy of the Flock 0.9 Beta!
I am not sure about the reason for skipping 0.8 (they are calling the 0.9 betas 0.8.xx.x), but the new features sure look promising.
IE NetRenderer: Preview How A Site Looks In IE 5.5, 6, and 7
Thursday, July 5th, 2007IE NetRenderer is a free online service that takes in a URL and generates a rendering in different versions of Internet Explorer. Browsershots.org remains a favorite, but this site can actually render in IE7 and it does so instantly instead of putting it in a queue.
For the hardcore developers out there you may want to check out Browsercam.com. The free trial only lasts 24 hours and is limited to 200 captures after which you will have to pay, but it supports a wide range of browsers including Mobile ones.
53 CSS Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Smashing Magazine has a huge list of 53 CSS Techniques ranging from simple image replacement to PHP style switchers and vertical centering. Essential for those who are just getting started with CSS. CSS gurus should find this to be a handy reference as well.
jQuery 1.1.3 Released
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007jQuery 1.1.3 has just been released! It boasts an 800% speed increase over the last version and remains a lightweight at 20KB. The last time I tried, I found jQuery harder to use compared to script.aculo.us, size and speed issue aside. Maybe it’s time to give it another spin.
Heavily Inspired
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Seems like one blogger at Sun got a bit too inspired by Joyent’s website. The Joyent folks appear to be neither flattered nor overjoyed.
The original:
Versus:
At least he managed to remove the logo and change the banner!
