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High Quality Patterns For Free Download
Henry Jones presents 400 High Quality Patterns — a collection of patterns of all shapes, sizes, and color. Some are images, and some are pattern files for Photoshop and Illustrator. More... Be the first to comment!
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Facebook and YouTube Icons For Free Download
Facebook and YouTube Icons is a free set of fresh Leopard-optimized Facebook and YouTube icons (512×512px). Formats: .icns, iContainer. More... Be the first to comment!
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For want of a hat tip: How many blogs give link credit?
How many blogs give link credit? Phrases like “via Boing Boing” and “via Instapundit” are ubiquitous in the blogosphere. But this is far from universal. More... Be the first to comment!
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WordPress Template Tags Reference Guide
WordPress Function List is a quick cheat sheet and a reference guide to expedite WordPress theme development. More... Be the first to comment!
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Opera Web Standards Curriculum
Learning Web Standards just got easier. Opera's new Web Standards Curriculum is a complete course to teach you standards-based web development, including HTML, CSS, design principles and JavaScript... More... Be the first to comment!
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Eye Movement Patterns on Single and Dual-Column Web Pages
Eye Movement Patterns Study presents results of a recent research on single and dual-column web pages, encouraging 2-column presentation for articles published online. [via] More... Be the first to comment!
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5 Pixel Popping Techniques
David Leggett shares 5 Pixel Popping Techniques for Adobe Photoshop. Among them the 2 pixel divide effect, the pixel shadow and the shadow highlight. More... Be the first to comment!
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Firefox 3 Memory Benchmarks and Comparison
The most memory efficient browser is Firefox 3.0. Not only trumps its older version, but every other popular offering on Windows. Sam Allen’s findings. More... Be the first to comment!
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Patterns And Icons For Free Download
Everyday Icons offers over 30 sets of beautiful patterns and icons for free download. Some of them are just sexy. More... Be the first to comment!
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Add comments to your designs online
Finetuna is a free service that allows you to upload an image, comment on it and share it with clients and co-workers. Firefox-extension is available as well. Useful. More... Be the first to comment!
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Designer Packing Tape Review
Designers can design everything. For instance, packing tapes. Examples of pretty and clever packing tapes designs. More... Be the first to comment!
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Euro 2008 Country Flags Icons
Euro 2008 Icons is a collection of transparent .png-icons of each country up to resolution 600×600px. Germany plays in a semi-final. More... Be the first to comment!
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Tiles, Patterns and Stripes Online Generator
Tiles Generator generates tiles, patterns and stripes on the fly. More... Be the first to comment!
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Envelope Icon Set For Free Download
Envelope icon set features a variety of different envelopes and folders of different sizes. Available only as .eps. More... Be the first to comment!
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A gallery of rainbow photos.
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The “seekAttention” plugin gracefully gets your users attention by fading out a definable area but leaving the target element.
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This kit contains basic UI design templates (grids, placeholders, tabs, navigation, pagination etc.) and is available for OmniGraffle, Visio (XML), Illustrator (PDF and SVG), and Photoshop (PNG). Useful for wireframing.
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Converts bitmap images to vector images online. The results are delivered right away in EPS, SVG, PDF, and PNG formats
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