Wink is tutorial and presentation creation software, that lets you create tutorials on how to use software. With Wink you can:
Your finished tutorial is exported as a Flash movie, which makes it perfect for distribution on the web.
Two great articles at the fiftyfoureleven weblog talk about CSS Management and Optimization.
Results of a recent study show that Half of Gmail Switchers come from Hotmail. The study was presented by Return Path who provide services for those who change email addresses.
USATODAY.com has an article that talks about the history of Picasa and the relationship that Google now has with the sofware’s creator. Picasa is Google’s image editing and management software that it recently purchased and now provides for free.
Locomotive is a one click installation solution for Ruby on Rails in Mac OSX. It includes RoR, Lightttpd, FastCGI, and SQLite. Best of all it comes with a slick GUI for starting and stopping your Rails apps!
Anne van Kesteren has a couple of nice tips on Avoiding 404 Errors. She suggests that when a page is moved or has it’s filename changed, you should configure your web server to return a 301 (page moved) error and redirect them to the new page.
Paul Johnston has created an open source JavaScript library that allows you to Create MD5 Hashes. His script is being used by the likes of Yahoo! for all of its non-SSL logins. I was recently working on an ASP webapp where I needed to create an MD5 hash and through my research found that ASP did not have any native functions to create MD5 hashes. So after doing a Google search, I came across his script. As we develop all our ASP using JavaScript, the library worked very well for us.
The Colour Contrast Check is a very simple web-based tool that allows you to specify a foreground and a background colour and determine if they provide enough of a contrast when viewed by someone having color deficits. A great tool to add to your accessibility toolbox.
The Mirror Project is a growing community of like-minded individuals who have photographed themselves in all manner of reflective surfaces. Some are very creative and clever and others are well – gratuitous.
SlideShow Pro is a totally sweet Photo Gallery Component for Flash MX 2004. It includes many features like:
But the killer feature for me is it’s support for Flickr. You can create a slideshow of any Flickr feed – be it your own, somebody else, or a collection of images based on tag!
