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Google Chrome is a wonderful web browser of choice for web designers and web developers. With Google Chrome extensions, you can add more features to the browser to help you with designing, debugging, and working on websites. We share with you the top ten Chrome extensions for designers and developers. 1. Firebug Lite (for Google Chrome)Firebug Lite (for Google Chrome) is an extension that sets up Firebug Lite in the browser. Although the built-in Developer Tools in Chrome gives you relatively the same features of Firebug (and more), long-time Firebug fans will appreciate this extension [...]
Save time and hassle: future proof your website
When it comes to futureproofing your site, the obvious starting point is to write, clean, semantic, standards-compliant code. “Proper separation of content, presentation and interaction means your site’s content will always be available on new devices,” says Opera web evangelist Bruce Lawson. “And if you have to tweak things, such as adding media queries to support mobile devices, it’s easier to find the right place.”RESOLUTION FREE: Bruce Lawson’s media queries demo shows how styles can be optimised based on a browser’s window width But while [...]
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Facebook’s Rate the Debate draws just 2,000 users
Facebook’s ‘rate the debate dial’ experiment drew just 2,000 people for the second leaders’ debate, although a poll as the television event closed got 20,000 votes from users of the social networking site. Although the much-hyped dial only managed what would seem to be a minimal audience through the debate, it did throw up some interesting data. Again it was Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg that came out on top, not only picking up 48 per cent of the final vote, but also picking up the most positive feedback through his opening statement. Brown highs Bu it was [...]
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YouTube rental store hits the US
YouTube’s movie rental store has opened in the US following a trial in January – but with pricing still high, it may be some time before it becomes a mainstream rival to the likes of iTunes and Amazon. Despite a trial of rentable Sundance film festival titles bringing in an estimated $11,000, the rental store is now available in the States, offering films like Reservoir Dogs and Bass Ackwards for rental. However, with rental prices starting at a dollar and moving up to $4 for newer films, the service is already coming under fire. Watching window Rental periods are from 24 hours [...]
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a space shuttle in April 1990. It is named after the American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Although not the first space telescope, Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well-known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy. The HST is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, and is one of NASA’s Great Observatories, along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope.[4] Space telescopes [...]
40+ Free One-Column Website HTML Templates
Finding good website templates is tough. Finding good website templates that are standards compliant (or at least trying to be) is even tougher. Here are more than 40 that are CSS based and standards compliant (or at least with a good head-start on being so). The best part is that they’re all free!Nautica06 – template with a zen-like feel that would be excellent for a photographer, graphic designer, or ad agency.Twilight – simple light on dark theme.Red Hot Chili – a simple red & white design with chili peppers (the produce, not the band).Good Morning Budapest – [...]
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YouTube’s First Video, Five Years Later
Today is the fifth anniversary of YouTube’s first video upload. On April 23rd, 2005 at 8:27pm (a Saturday night—nerd!) this video of YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim sparked an internet revolution. Fittingly for the site, he’s at a zoo.
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Facebook & Microsoft Team Up on Docs.com
Today at f8 Facebook developer conference, Mark Zuckerburg has announced that Facebook is collaborating with Microsoft for the launch of Docs.com service which is the webified version of MS Office 2010 tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and One Note. So, now the Facebook users will be able to create and share Office documents with other Facebook users via Docs.com which is in its beta phase. This online Office apps service will be available for different users as business customers who have Microsoft server based setups can buy the package with a subscription fee whereas the free [...]
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Facebook Shut Down Facebook Lite
About 7 months ago Facebook has launched Facebook Lite and now the recent announcement of Facebook said that they are shut down Facebook Lite which will not be available anymore. According to Facebook: “Thanks to everyone who tried out Facebook Lite. We’re no longer supporting it, but learned a lot from the test of a slimmed-down site. If you used Lite, you’ll now be taken to the main Facebook.com site.” Facebook Lite is a slimmed version of the main Facebook site which was launched for the users with the spotty internet connections but it seems as all the users who are Facebook [...]
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Folders: A Free Icon Set
In this free icon set, you will find 9 folder icons in 2 sizes (256px and 512px) and in PNG format. Also, you will find an editable Photoshop PSD file for making your own icons. This is my first icon set that I have publicly released. I tried to create universal and versatile folder icons for use on the web, on desktops to replace default OS icons, and in design projects. The icons are the classic folder shape with a paper texture and letterpress-impressed style text. PreviewLicense This icon set is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 and so they are free for personal and [...]
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