25Aug
in minipost
Top 300,000 Alexa sites by favicons
This poster displaying the favicons of the top 300,000 sites, according to Alexa ranking, by their size, looks like a gorgeous piece of art.
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Posts Tagged ‘web application’
12Aug
in minipost
Using @import in CSS results in low performance
Interesting article about the use of link and @import (which negatively affects download speed) in the HTML page and the CSS file.
28Jun
in Technology
Pocket guide to HTML5 and Video
There’s currently a lot of hype on the web regarding HTML 5 and its relationship with open (or not) standards video. Ogg, Theora, WebM, Vorbis, VP8. All these new terms are part of these new world of possibilities brought by HTML 5 and the inclusion of the video tag. In this guide we will explore how to encode a video in a format suitable for HTML 5 delivery, how to insert this video in our web page and review some slick video players.
15Jun
in Graphic design
10 resources for a better interface design
The most important issues involved in the design of a web site or a web application are how the information is displayed to the user and how the user can interact with this information, whether it is to obtain more information about a particular topic, dismiss irrelevant information or process the information that he currently has. The rest is purely ornamental. In this post we will review a series of resources to achieve a better interface design.
11Jun
in Technology
Create your own Google Search Story
Google released a new Search Story, this time focused on the upcoming Toy Story 3, featuring the voices of the all time favorites Woody, Buzz, Rex, Mr. Potato and the others. Needless to say, it’s gorgeous. Google Search Stories, which debuted with the “Parisian Love” story aired during the 2010 Superbowl, have been a huge success for Google in terms of marketing due to its virality.
4Mar
in Technology
16 solutions for designers to sell digital goods
Many designers keep designing between each freelance work just for the sake of it. Sometimes great stuff comes from the design we create during these gaps and not few of them end up getting their bytes covered with dust. Instead of loosing forever that precious time why don’t we sell them online? We will review a series of sites that allow you to deliver your digital goods on your own site along with hosted solutions that allows you to market the itehostingms on your site while leaving the payment process to a third party.
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23Feb
in Technology
10 alternatives to Basecamp
Basecamp might be the most commonly used platform for project management. However, since its inception, many other solutions have been created offering almost all the features available on Basecamp at a very low price or free at all in both hosted or self-hosted versions. From Gantt charts to iPhone apps to track your projects, these project managers have it all.
1Feb
in minipost
Setup Facebook Connect
Otto wrote a tutorial about how to setup your Facebook Connect application.
25Jan
in WordPress
Plugins to integrate WordPress with Facebook Connect
Even if you are not in Facebook, it’s possible that you might have seen in some sites a blue button that says Connect with Facebook. What this application does, is to provide a system for you to log (or Connect) into that site using your Facebook account. For example, Digg, the popular link submission site, will let you login and submit links using your Facebook credentials and you can even publish each link submission on your wall. Even if it’s one more OpenID or Google Friend Connect (which is not nearly as good in terms of functionality), it’s backed up by millions of user with carefully constructed identity profiles. Now that’s cool. So, how do we integrate Facebook Connect with our WordPress blog? once again, WordPress plugins come to the rescue.
