15 Essential FireFox Add-ons For CSS Developers

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Yogesh Mankani

One of the most compelling reasons why Mozilla Firefox is popular among the web developers because it’s has a large number of add-ons that are free to use, easily be installed in the browser and can work right inside the browser. Firefox add-ons not only make your browser more efficient but also helps you to make your designing and developing tasks much easier.

Firefox browser is also very popular among the CSS developers. There are lots of add-ons that are available on the internet which makes CSS developer life much easier. CSS is always the best companion for web designers to create beautiful websites. And these add-ons will offer you to view, change or edit your CSS code right in your Firefox browser.

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25 Informative And Beautiful Infographics

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Vikas

If we want to share the information or data with any graph and images, we generally use Infographics (Information with Graphics ). This is the best way to represent your graphic Visual Representation of data or knowledge.

With these graph given below are made with the help of multiple signs, words, maps and pictures to provide the best and creative Infographic. Infographics is easy to read and understand the data, information and knowledge.

In this article , you can get different type of information represented in infographics designs such as social media , internet boom, ecommerce related you can get all knowledge from here.

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Best Open Source Web Content Management Systems (CMS) For .NET

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Jaspal

CMS systems or web content management systems are used to organize and facilitate collaborative content creation. Best Open Source CMS is only appropriate according the needs of a web project. Some not so popular CMS can have tons of features but if it dosen’t attract web developers then, its a waste.

Choosing the right Open Source CMS in .NET is not very hard as you don’t have that tons of options, like in php. The most important aspects according to me is user interaction and security, which needs to be checked thoroughly before going ahead with your project. Read More »

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The Best Web Development Frameworks

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Jaspal

Web Development Framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of a Websites, Web applications and Web services. Many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and they often promote code reuse.

Web development can be little tough if there had been no frameworks to make our life easier. Any Web Framework is a boon to a web developer as it provides so many options, flexibility and its a big time saver. Read More »

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Best Web Design Tools For Creating a Complete Website

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Jaspal

Web Design Tools are always handy to a web designer and coder, with tons of features, fantastic UI, these tools provide best results if used wisely. Every tool has its pros and cons, you have to choose which suits your needs, investment planning and the OS you are using.

Some of these are not cross platform and some are free, yes totally free design tools. But this list is not completed and can never be completed, without your input. With emerging trends of online apps some of the software are not needed to be installed on your computer. Read More »

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Best HTML5 And CSS3 Frameworks

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Jaspal

HTML5 And CSS3 Frameworks is what can make your job easier with structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. Features like video playback and drag-and-drop that have been previously dependent on third-party browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Google Gears are being incorporated in HTML5.

Although the full recommendation of HTML5 is very far away (2022), but browsers are being making there moves already. As a designer myself I really am watching closely on developments, articles on HTML5 and CSS3, and today I would like to present the frameworks for HTML5 and CSS3. Read More »

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HOW TO : Make Your Web Typography Better

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Jaspal

Typography is the heart of design. It makes your website look tremendously better, be it graphic typography or type typography all can make the looks better.

Visitors don’t care about the colors, images and sounds, there main focus is always on text. How does it look, and does it solve there purpose by reading what they are looking for? Read More »

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Valuable Cheat Sheets for Web Designers and Developers

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Jaspal

Cheat Sheets always play a valuable and handy resource for any designer or web developer, as they can be used as reference card and sheets to help in remember things quickly.

In this post, you can find cheat sheets of Browsers, Color, CSS, Dreamweaver, HTML, Illustrator, Javascripts ( jQuery and mootools ), Photoshop, SEO, Typography, WordPress. Read More »

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Making User Interface More Accessible by Hover Controls

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Jaspal

For making a good website design there are many different ways to make it more accessible and beautiful with different User interface techniques. These techniques are usually applied in a period of time and its a long process to be in full effect.

Hover controls is one the most easiest way, we can make an web application or website to look simply elegant. Roles of hover controls can be many but the basic ways its being used now-a-days is very intuitive. Read More »

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Gmail Chat Box is Looking Cool with its New Design

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Jaspal

Moments ago, I noticed the changed design of the Chat Box inside Gmail. Its looking Fab. I love the way the icons are being implemented and the cool blue color is pretty awesome.

The Video & more drop down before was too dull and it needed to be changed. The smiley icon is placed at the same spot before which I feels also needs to be on top. But overall its giving a nice clean look. Read More »

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