25+ Must-have Chrome extensions for web designers and developers
For many web designers and developers, Firefox is unsurpassable. For others, Firefox eats Chrome’s dust. For the past two years, since Google Chrome’s release, there’s been a raging debate on which browser is superior. Don’t feel sorry for Google Chrome, however. Although Firefox is more robust (primarily due to its popularity), Chrome is lightning fast and, with new extensions added daily, an exciting option for the serious web designer. And here you are to find tools that make Chrome useful to you as a designer or a developer. 1. After you finish downloading all the extensions in this list, you’ll definitely need an organizer. 2. Awesome Screenshot lives up to its name. 3. After waxing poetic about Awesome Screenshot above, you may wonder why two screen capture extensions are added on this list. 4. Chrome Sniffer allows you to check the framework of any website. 5. There’s a huge shift from operating locally to working in the cloud. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.
Designer’s Toolkit: The Most Popular Design
As a designer, I know all too well how important it is to work with the right tools when you create your project. Not only will it save you gray hairs, but using the right tools can mean making the deadline as opposed to ultimate failure. If you have worked with a software or service that constantly gives you a headache, you know how frustrating it can be and how little you can actually do about it until you find another solution to the problem. A good approach is to use the most popular services and software to increase your creativity and the speed it takes for you to do what you love. The way Best Vendor put this together is to ask 180 designers and creative professionals what they use and what they think about it. Via: [Cool Infographics]
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Aspect Ratio Calculator (ARC)
Use the form below to calculate the missing value for a particular aspect ratio. This is useful, for example, when resizing photos or video. <p><strong style="color: #c00;">You must have JavaScript enabled to use this page. Instructions Enter the values for the original width (W1) & original height (H1) on the left. Formula Say you have a photo that is 1600 x 1200 pixels, but your blog only has space for a photo 400 pixels wide. (original height / original width) x new width = new height (1200 / 1600) x 400 = 300 Note: this is the new, improved version. andrew.hedges.name / experiments / Aspect Ratio Calculator
Designing (and converting) for multiple mobile densities
With Apple leading the movement, phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop displays are rapidly increasing in resolution. This is wonderful for everyday mobile users, as the quality of their device screens become sharper and allow them to better experience the finer details of an application. But this creates an interesting challenge — designing for multiple mobile densities. Understanding densities The sharpness of your phone or tablet’s display is referred to as density. iOS devices measure density in PPI (pixels per inch) and Android in DPI (dots per inch). As mobile hardware evolves, so does the quality of screens. View full size As illustrated above, there are five widely used densities across iOS and Android devices, which fall into four progressively larger groups: - non-retina (iOS) and mdpi (Android)- hdpi (Android)- retina (iOS)- xhdpi (Android) The lower densities will grow old over the next few years, eventually removing themselves from mobile design and build requirements.
Simulate Internet Connection & Bandwidth Speeds with Network Link Conditioner
A new addition to Mac OS X Lion and Xcode 4.1 is a utility called Network Link Conditioner, a highly customizable tool that lets you simulate a variety of common internet connectivity speeds. The utility is aimed at Mac and iOS developers so they can test their apps response times on a variety of network conditions, but it’s also extremely useful for IT admins, network administrators, and web developers. Download and install Xcode 4.1 (App Store link) – free download for OS X 10.7 usersAfter Xcode is installed, head on over to: /Applications/Utilities/Network Link Conditioner/ Double-click on “Network Link Conditioner.prefPane” to load the utility into System Preferences You can start using the bandwidth simulator right away. 3G – Average Case, Good Connectivity, or Lossy NetworkCable ModemDSLEdge – Average Case, Good Connectivity, or Lossy NetworkWifi – Average Case, Good Connectivity, or Lossy Network
Massive Collection Of Free UI PSD Files That You Could Use
GUI PSDs can be quite useful for designers. For most of the people to get inspired and see how other have created certain buttons or User Interface elements and for some people to actually use in projects, if a commercial license is available, of course. In any case, a comprehensive list that would compile the best GUI PSD files is a useful thing and so this article came to life. At first there were over 100 PSD files but in the end only about 70 remained. It’s still a large number but I’ve kept only the ones that can be used. Blaubarry Ui Kit Moonify UI Cloudy UI kit Free Dark Web UI Set Apple Styled UI Elements Black UI Kit Calligraphy GUI Elements Blue and white GUI kit PSD Sepia GUI Elements Pretty Little Search Fields Web GUI Kit Web elements Shopping Cart Minimalist horizontal navigation Blue Elegant Ui Small UI set Sleek dropdown menu Green Contact Form iPhone UIKits light remake Simple UI Elements Login form Light UI Orange Interactive Elements GUIFX Elements Pack Victor Fancy slider + toggles
