Part 3 of our web development tools series focusses in on yet another Firefox extension (where would we be without Firefox extensions!).
Colorzilla is an incredibly small yet extremely useful tool that speeds up work processes when trying to identify colours on web pages.
Continue reading "Web Development Tools 3: Colourful Assistance"
Have you ever tried to crop an image to squeeze it into a design? Constrained by website layouts or that little bit of space left on a brochure that needs to be utilised, you end up with an ultra-cropped segment of a photo, some hint of a larger picture.
Now there is a new way to resize photos and Rsizr brings seam carving to the masses.
Continue reading "Graphic and Web Designers Rejoice! Rsizr is here."
Across the board web browsers have improved their support for web standards tenfold. The same can not be said for email clients.
Designing a HTML newsletter presents a minefield of potential errors that could result in some of your end-users seeing very strange and style-less results. It’s time for things to change.
They disappeared for a while and have returned with a promise of more activity covering start-up news in both the UK and Ireland.
Is this direct competition for an audience with Blognation Ireland?
Part 2 of our web development tools series focusses in on another Firefox extension, namely HTML Validator.
This tool provides additional validation feedback which adds to and complements the previously featured Web Developer extension.
If you’ve ever tried to set up a new computer with a Windows operating system you’ll know how much work it can be to install all of the software that you might need on a daily basis. From anti-virus software to productivity tools to system utilities.
Today we’re highlighting a website that does all the searching for you, allowing you to go to one location to download the latest software and find new software, especially open-source and freeware software that will get your fresh new computer all kitted out in no time.
Windows Vista came pre-installed on a new addition to the Pixelapes computer equipment and after 2 months of lacklustre performance the question must be asked:
Why shouldn’t we just take a quick step back and revert to Windows XP? Can you provide some valid arguments to encourage a second chance for the new Windows Vista operating system?
This post began with the intention of spreading the word on Google Map’s new embed feature. It encountered some difficulties along the way and has become a small campaign to provide some answers.
If everything works out right, our web developer hopes to give something back to the Word Press community and make embedding a map a thought-free, hassle-free, standards-loving exercise.
Pixelapes have just signed up to participate in Blog Action Day with is coming up on the 15th of October.
The idea behind Blog Action Day is to get thousands of bloggers posting about a single topic in their own words and to help raise awareness and hopefully some funds for environmental causes.
The Golden Spider awards are fast approaching. These awards put themselves forward as the Oscars of web design in Ireland, and considering their high-profile amongst Irish web-users we decided to take a closer look at what previous years have delivered.
The results don’t paint a pretty picture, especially if you consider web-design based on standards and accessibility to be an important factor. Web design in Ireland is littered with archaic coding practices and we thought that a web awards system would consider it important to reward the forward-thinking companies that have embraced web standards. Unfortunately this is not the case.
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