Saturday, July 31, 2010

Easily test, build and share Regular Expressions with RegExr

Ever felt the need to use complex regular expressions but couldn’t give it a try either due to paucity of time or because sheer lack of patience. Not any more. gSkinner.com has a real time regular expression builder called RegExr that you can use to try, build & share expressions online.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Awesome Infographic: Facebook Facts & Figures (history & statistics)

Facebook history, milestones, user activity statistics, top 10 countries, top 10 Facebook pages at Facebook Facts & Figures (history & statistics) by Website Monitoring.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Apple did it again, introduced Magic TrackPad

Not a long time back, Apple had introduced Magic Mouse which not only looks awesome but is very efficient too. Recently, Apple announced another product called Magic TrackPad which works quite like your laptop's trackpad however it's primarily targeted at the desktop users.

To read more, please read this article at Gizmodo.

How to restore keyboard shortcuts in MS Word 2007?

The biggest feature which each one of us loves is the option to undo the changes be it documents or drawing applications or even file management. And using CTRL+Z keyboard shortcut is what we enjoy more than typing, right? Sounds right, until it does what it is expected to do.


Tuesday, July 27, 2010

65 Beautiful Free Fonts for Web and Graphic Designers

Just came across an article, at Artatm, that lists some fabulous yet free downloadable fonts. Do take a look at each of the fonts before downloading though. Enjoy the fontastic treat :)

Thanks Artatm for putting up such a collection!!

Web browsers that support HTML5 video

ToThePC has shared a short and nice article about the web browsers that support HTML5 video. Though some of these are still in their beta version, you can still give it a try. Hit this link below to read more.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

How to display related posts in your Blogger blog?

Showing related posts is a must have feature in your blog today as readers are always interested in seeing more without having to manually search for content. I also wanted my readers to be able to find related content easily and hence started the search for a service or a widget that could automatically display related posts in a neat presentable format.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Wanna 'Rock Your Firefox'?


One reason I switched from IE to Firefox was its tabbed interface and later fell in love with it due to the loads of add-ons available free. These add-ons, though they make Firefox a bit sluggish, have proved to be the biggest boon not only for the users but also for Firefox.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Now access Facebook from MS Outlook

Recently, Microsoft announced an enhancement to its Outlook Social Connector (OSC) thereby giving Outlook users integrated access to Facebook and other social & professional networks right from your favorite mail client. The updates from your networks are presented in a neatly docked panel which regularly refreshes the subscribed feeds (connections).

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Enjoy the ride with ‘Lal Dabba’

This time around, I will be taking you through an altogether different ride called ‘Lal Dabba’ which is a very cute blog maintained by a few of my ex-colleagues and their friends. Lal Dabba, in my words, is a tribute to the Maharashtra’s state-wide bus service which we all know as ST (short for State Transport) run by MSRTC. The fellow bloggers have captured the ST buses of all shapes, sizes, colors & conditions in their naked glory very nicely.

Timeline of Web Browsers

Just came across an excellent inforgraphic at Wikipedia which showcases the evolution of various web browsers in a neat timeline illustration. The multiple timeline display each browser's journey (read version change) over a period of last two decades.

It's absolutely interesting to see some of the late entrants like Google Chrome, which has made a bigger impact on the browser share, along with some veterans like Opera which has a decent user base but is not in the top slot yet. Though Opera Mobile is a fantastic browser which has a wide presence and a huge fan following I would say. But it's sad that Lunascape isn't there in the list.

It would have been even more interesting to see other related information like browser-wise market share, platform support, HTML/CSS/JS version support, etc.

Lunascape: Combination of Safari, Chrome, IE, Firefox, Opera

As the name itself suggests, Lunascape is definitely a futuristic browser that is not just unique but is absolutely feature rich too. The reason I am calling it futuristic is that it provides you with all the three popular browser engines (namely Gecko, Webkit, and Trident) in a single browser interface. Well, these engines are the cores that power our popular browsers like IE, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

Dive Into HTML 5 with Mark Pilgrim

Mark Pilgrim takes you through a HTML 5 deep diving experience with his elaborately documented tutorial at Dive Into HTML 5. Here he has explained the new features & APIs in great detail along with a brief explanation for related concepts. I strongly recommend this tutorial to everyone who is interested in learning more about HTML5.

Mark, thanks for such a wonderful book and wish you a great success!!

Friday, July 16, 2010

HTML5 in a nutshell

Those who have not yet dived deep into HTML5 but have been hearing a lot of buzz about it can take a quick look at an amazing infographic released by Focus by hitting the link below.

This neatly designed graphic (see the link below) will introduce you to —
  • new features of HTML5
  • readiness of the top internet browsers
  • comparison vis-a-vis Adobe Flash
WTF is HTML5 (Infographic)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

10 Excellent Tools for Creating Web Design Wireframes

10 Excellent Tools for Creating Web Design Wireframes | Tools

Useful Tools for Testing Cross Browser Compatibility

Useful Tools for Testing Cross Browser Compatibility | Tools

Tips & Tricks: How to clean Word generated HTML?

While trying to create tabulated content for one of my articles, I realized that the blogger doesn't have an option to create tables. Then I thought of hand-coding the HTML markup for the table and style it using CSS styles but I knew that would be an expensive effort. So I opted for the obvious solution - our very own MS Word which does a fantastic job when it comes to creating & formatting content for any kind of documentation one can think of.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

LMS vs CMS vs LCMS

A lot many times you would have noticed learning professionals using terms like LMS, CMS & LCMS interchangeably; referring to LMS when they actually talk about CMS and vice-versa. Sure, there is a bit of a confusion still around and most of us will continue to be puzzled as these jargon not just rhyme well but also have a lot of similarities in terms of their offerings and domain they belong to.

Friday, July 9, 2010

HTML5: A Quick Introduction

HTML5? Why should one be interested in knowing the HTML's version anyways? You must be wondering as to why should you or anyone be concerned about HTML when we are usually focused on .Net, JAVA, Flash, Flex, etc. Continue reading to find the answer and you will realize what HTML5 has in store for us and why we should be looking forward to it. Don't worry if you are not a developer as this article primarily focuses on HTML5's offerings and not on the syntax or the markup, etc.

Is your content readable?

Ever wondered what we write is easy to understand or is too complex for our target audience. Lot of people have a flair for writing and some are professionally involved in creating content either for a blog, news article, training material, etc. Whatever the need maybe, we do keep the target audience in mind and create our content accordingly by following some guidelines & checklists. However there are certain readability standards which can really help you as well as your readers connect even better by helping you write content that they will easily comprehend.