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*Design Free Wireframing Kits, UI Design Kits, PDFs and Resources
Submitted by matt 13 days ago (more from smashingmagazine.com)To mock-up the user interface of a website, software or any other product, you’ll need some basic UI elements. And this is where wireframing kits and UI design kits come in handy. A truly impressive list worth checking out.
*Miscellaneous Top 10 Client-Side Performance Problems in Web 2.0
Submitted by matt 15 days ago (more from blog.dynatrace.com)The Top 10 Client-Side performance problems in Web 2.0 applications I’ve seen when working with our dynaTrace AJAX Edition users. Tools such as dynaTrace AJAX Edition or Google Speed Tracer allow analyzing these blank spots that block further network downloads as they analyze JavaScript execution, DOM access and Rendering activity in the browser while loading a page
*HTML/CSS Webtype - Better fonts for better websites.
Submitted by matt 20 days ago (more from webtype.com)Webtype provides high-end fonts for online typography. We offer web designers the resources they need to bring professional branding and style to their websites. With Webtype, consistent typographic fidelity will finally be available with a new palette of professional fonts tailored specifically for the web.
*Miscellaneous Optimizing Page Load Time
Submitted by matt 27 days ago (more from die.net)While working on optimizing page load times for a high-profile AJAX application, I had a chance to investigate how much I could reduce latency due to external objects. Specifically, I looked into how the HTTP client implementation in common browsers and characteristics of common Internet connections affect page load time for pages with many small objects.
*Programming Boomerang - Measures Website Performance From End User's View
Submitted by matt 28 days ago (more from yahoo.github.com)A piece of javascript that you add to your web pages, where it measures the performance of your website from your end user's point of view (perceived performance). It has the ability to send this data back to your server for further analysis. With boomerang, you find out exactly how fast your users think your site is.
*HTML/CSS 18 Handy Alternatives to Lipsum.Com for Dummy Content
Submitted by matt 34 days ago (more from 1stwebdesigner.com)Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet… most designers probably have these few words embedded in their heads from seeing them over and over. Don’t get me wrong, Lipsum is a great resource for getting chunks of the text and learning more, but there are other websites out there that can do an even better job as well.
*Miscellaneous Integrity - website link checker and xml sitemap generator for Mac OSX
Submitted by matt 58 days ago (more from peacockmedia.co.uk)Feed it your home page address (url) and Integrity will follow all of your internal links to find your pages, checking the server response code for all internal and external links found. Can also generate an XML sitemap suitable for submission to Google
*Programming Style Your Site According to the Weather with jQuery
Submitted by matt 58 days ago (more from line25.com)By pulling in feed from the Yahoo API with jQuery, you can style your website according to the Weather! Find out how by following this step by step guide. We’ll start by creating four backgrounds for sun, rain, snow and cloudy, then use a clever jQuery script to pull in the forecast. To finish things off, we’ll even create a cool manual override, allowing users to switch through the themes.
*Miscellaneous diffable
Submitted by matt 62 days ago (more from code.google.com)A method for reducing page load latency by transmitting differential encodings of static files. It works by sending deltas between versions of files that reside in a browser's cache. Files such as Javascript, HTML, and CSS are often updated every week or more, but change very little between versions. This method significantly reduces the bandwidth and transmission time for these files.
*Miscellaneous Data URIs make CSS sprites obsolete
Submitted by matt 65 days ago (more from nczonline.net)The problem is that HTTP requests are a major performance bottleneck for web pages. The more requests you have, the longer it takes your page to load and the slower it is. In short, data URIs allow you to embed images (and other files) directly into HTML and CSS. Since all of the data is represented locally, there is no extra HTTP request required to access the information.