Thanks for sharing, Alex. I saw the Pixel Proliferation stuff on Smashing Mag and am an abuser of Support Details. I haven't had to help a client navigate the thicket of "what browser/version and OS/version are you using?" in quite a while. Great stuff!
Cheers, Art Thompson, Jr Logical Things, Inc design + technology + strategy 512-777-1158 [email protected] www.logicalthings.com - Founded 2000. We design, build and host Microsites, Landing Pages, Eblasts and whatever comes Next. - Need to send large files? dropbox.yousendit.com/logicalthings - Wanna connect? facebook.com/logicalthings linkedin.com/in/logicalthings twitter.com/logicalthings - On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Alex Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone. here are a few resources that I've found recently, and given > that others on Twitter found appreciated my posting them, I thought the list > would find them useful as well. > > *Cheap Magic <http://betterelevation.com/2011/04/23/cheap-magic/>* > http://betterelevation.com/2011/04/23/cheap-magic/ > A critique on design critiques > > *A Toolset For Managing Screen Resolutions > <http://punchcut.com/perspectives/expanding-universe-toolset-managing-screen-resolutions> > * > > http://punchcut.com/perspectives/expanding-universe-toolset-managing-screen-resolutions > A great starting point for designers and developers who need to work with > multiple-resolutions and devices, which these days, is pretty much all of > us. > > *FFFFALLBACK <http://ffffallback.com/>* > http://ffffallback.com/ > "makes it easy to find the perfect fallback fonts, so that your designs > degrade gracefully" > > *Support Details <http://www.supportdetails.com/>* > http://www.supportdetails.com/ > Is one of your clients running into issues with a site you built for them? > Instead od asking them a bunch of questions, point them to this site and > have them e-mail you quickly e-mail you key browser/platform information. I > wish this existed when I was doing client work. > > *24-bit PNG to 8-bit PNG with alpha * <http://www.8bitalpha.com/> > http://www.8bitalpha.com/ > An awesome tool to deal with a frustrating cross-browser support hurdle. > "Upload a 24-bit PNG with alpha transparency and get back an 8-bit PNG also > with alpha transparency." > > *Showoff* <https://showoff.io/>* * > https://showoff.io/ > This is slick, and falls into the "I can't believe it didn't already exist" > category. "Showoff is a service that allows a locally run server on any port > to be accesible on the public Internet. It creates a public URL for a server > on localhost that you can share with anyone. All requests to that url are > tunneled to your workstation." > > Cheers, > > Alex Jones > www.SilverSpider.com > www.twitter.com/BaldMan > www.RefreshAustin.org > > > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
