Ο νέος Firefox θα διαχειρίζεται τα plugins ως ξεχωριστές διεργασίες, ώστε σε περίπωση κρασαρίσματος να τερματίζουν μόνο αυτά και όχι ολόκληρος ο browser. Ελεύθερη πρόσβαση στο πλήρες -137 ετών- αρχείο του περιοδικού Popular Science. Υπάρχουν ακόμα και οι διαφημίσεις της εποχής (απευθείας link) Φτιάξτε τα δικά σας αφηρημένα wallpapers με το Flame (απευθείας link) Flame Painter is a unique paint program, it belongs to my 'I am an Artist' experimental project. I think with tools which inspires you, everyone can be an artist. You can try it here, change different brush settings and paint your own flame paintings. When you change the background from black to white, the palette changes from additive to subtractive and the feeling of the painting is very different.
It's not easy to explain all brush parameters, so I leave this for your experimentation. Check out new Rebelle - the real watercolor and acrylic paint program, Amberlight - abstract art tool based on particles, or Fluidance motion effect program. You can try more experiments here. NEW: This is a new Flash version of Flame Painter Free, we removed the old Java version, because it is not anymore supported correctly by most of the browsers.
Tools: FADE - fade in/out [ on | off ] GRADIENT - color gradient [ on | off ] COLOR - brush color SATURATION - brush saturation OPACITY - brush opacity. Ενημέρωση σε πραγματικό χρόνο για τα blogs του WordPress μέσω του PubSubHubbub (από DownloadSquad) PubSubHubbub, the quickly-growing service that pushes out real-time updates to RSS feeds, continued its march toward ubiquity this week when uber-popular blogging platform WordPress started offering PubSub support. PubSub had already hit Tumblr, Posterous, Google's Blogger and more, but I think this is the move that finally takes it mainstream. (Well, as mainstream as anything having to do with RSS feeds can be). There was already a Wordpress.org plugin that could activate PubSub, but WordPress has released a new and official version, called PuSHPress.
There are no plans to make it part of the core codebase for WordPress.org, but a plugin is a good start. The even bigger news is that PubSubHubbub has come to Wordpress.com, too. That's 10.5 MILLION blogs that just became equipped for real-time updates. Το Google Wave προσθέτει ειδοποιήσεις μέσω e-mail (από Lifehacker) To Ubuntu αλλάζει εμφάνιση και εγκαταλείπει το γνωστό καφέ θέμα του (καιρός ήταν) - από Neowin.net. Beginning with the release of Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS), which is expected to hit PCs at the end of April, Ubuntu's UI will no longer look like it came about as a result of a bad accident in the ladies room. Gone are the days of overly suffocating brown-ness. From here onward, Ubuntu will come in a new theme, called "Light. " The official word was posted on Ubuntu's Wiki. The new theme has more of a professional, 21st century feel to it. However, the overall look and layout of the OS hasn't changed much.
"The new style of Ubuntu is driven by the theme 'Light'. The decision of branding Ubuntu as "Light" comes from the idea of "warmth and clarity. " Logos: Boot Screen: Desktop (notice the lack of bottom task bar): Οι λήψεις του Opera τριπλασιάστηκαν από τότε που η Microsoft εισήγαγε το δικαίωμα επιλογής browser στα Windows (από mashable) Opera has revealed that its desktop browser downloads have tripled since the new "browser ballot" rolled out across Europe as part of Microsoft's package to appease the EU over competition issues. The browser ballot sees Microsoft make consumers that have PCs with Internet Explorer set as the default browser aware that it's not the only browser on the market with a new screen that promotes Microsoft's competitors like Opera and Mozilla.
It highlights 12 other options in total, although only five show up on the first screen (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera) the consumer sees — something that has drawn criticism from the smaller browsers hidden away on different pages. "In several major countries, Opera downloads have tripled since the ballot screen appeared," Rolf Assev, the chief strategy officer for Opera told Reuters. The surges in downloads for Opera — which recently released version 10.5 — have been seen most heavily in Belgium, France, Spain, Poland and the UK. [via PC Pro] Ορισμένοι από τους βασικούς κανόνες του CSS3 (από WebDesignerWall) Last week I posted a CSS3 dropdown menu and someone complained that I didn't explain the CSS code in detail. Well, here is a post on the basics of the new properties: text-shadow, box-shadow, and border-radius. These CSS3 properties are commonly used to enhance layout and good to know. The first three values are RGB color values and the last value is the level of the transparency (0 = transparent and 1 = opaque).
RBGA can be applied to any properties associated with color such as font color, border color, background color, shadow color, etc. Text Shadow Text shadow is structured in the following order: x-offset, y-offset, blur, and color; Set a negative value for x-offset to shift the shadow to the left. You can also specify a list of text-shadow (separated by a comma). Text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 -1px 0 #000; Border Radius The shorthand for border radius is similar to the padding and margin property (eg. border-radius: 20px). You can specify each corner with a different value. Box Shadow. Ανακοινώθηκε ο νικητής του διαγωνισμού για την αρχική σελίδα του Firefox 4 (από Neowin.net) Mozilla has announced the winner for its home tab design challenge, where users get a chance to make a concept design of what the new opening tab will look like.
Mozilla asked the community to submit their concept designs, and after more than 3,000 votes, they are ready to announce the winner, and his design. The winner, Yatrik Solanki, describes his concept images as “Identities, a website launcher, browsing sessions, and a task-oriented ultrasmart search box define my concept. And it’s cool!.” The design includes a search bar, so users can search some of the top sites, rather than just Google.
The winning design may not reflect the final UI when Firefox 4 ships, but gives us a good idea what Mozilla is looking for in their new home tab design. Η εταιρεία O&O διαθέτει δωρεάν παλιότερες εκδόσεις εμπορικών της προγραμμάτων (από cybernetnews.com) About two months ago we wrote about how you could grab O&O Defrag Professional 10 for free, but now you can get one step closer to the latest version without dropping a dime. Not only that, but on top of their defragmenting application they have also included versions of Unerase, CleverCache, SafeErase, and DriveLED for the picking. There’s no telling how long these would be available, and I’d therefore recommend signing up for your free license now. Not only that, but if you ever decide to upgrade to the latest version of the apps you can actually use these to get discounts.
Or, we learned with the last O&O “giveaway” that those who are patient will be rewarded. Some users reported getting email offers from O&O to upgrade to the latest Defrag Professional 12 at upwards of 70% off. Not to shabby. Note: Interestingly the version of DriveLED being given away is the latest. [via SlickDeals] Πληρώστε τους φίλους σας μέσω Facebook με το Buxter (από ADSLgr.com) Η Μεταμόρφωση του Κάφκα σε tweets! (άσχετο με το θέμα του blog, αλλά ο,τιδήποτε αφορά τον Τσέχο αξίζει μια εξαίρεση :P)...
To Grooveshark καλύτερη υπηρεσία για streaming μουσικής, σύμφωνα με τους χρήστες του Lifehacker. Νέα έκδοση για τον Opera (10.5 Final), που αυτοαποκαλείται "ο ταχύτερος browser του πλανήτη" (από Lifehacker) Δωρεάν εικονίδια e-commerce για το ηλεκτρονικό σας κατάστημα (από Web Icon Set) Πακέτο με πάνω από 60 Vintage Textures, δωρεάν για κατέβασμα (από Web Design Blog) The most important aspects of a good vintage style design is the use of authentic looking textures, i’ve put together a pack of some of the best vintage textures that I have. Each one of these textures consists of 4-5 different images layered together in Photoshop to get the end result you see here.
I usually used one fabric texture, two paper textures, and a grunge texture along with the pattern to get the effect that I wanted. You may also be interested on business brochure printing . Δωρεάν συλλογή με 30 όμορφα 3D εικονίδια (από MediaLoot Blog) You like icons, right? So do we! The 30 icons included in this set are incredibly detailed and high-quality. They are 128x128px and come in both layered PSDs and transparent PNGs. You have to see them full-size to believe how detailed they are. The first half of this set is available for free. MediaLoot members get the full set (60+ icons) Free License Feel free to download and use this item for both personal and commercial projects with attribution back to MediaLoot.
Attribution is required for free items. More from Icons » Detailed. Το open source ισοδυναμεί με πειρατεία, υποστηρίζει αμερικανικό λόμπι (από guardian.co.uk) It's only Tuesday and already it's been an interesting week for the world of digital rights. Not only did the British government changed the wording around its controversial 'three strikes' proposals, but the secretive anti-counterfeiting treaty, Acta, was back in the headlines. Meanwhile, a US judge is still deliberating over the Google book settlement. As if all that wasn't enough, here's another brick to add to the teetering tower of news, courtesy of Andres Guadamuz, a lecturer in law at the University of Edinburgh. Guadamuz has done some digging and discovered that an influential lobby group is asking the US government to basically consider open source as the equivalent of piracy - or even worse.
What? What's Special 301? Now, even could argue that it's no surprise that the USTR - which is intended to encourage free market capitalism - wouldn't like free software, but really it's not quite so straightforward. Nothing wrong with that, right? From the recommendation: 47 εντυπωσιακά παραδείγματα για το τί μπορείτε να κάνετε με το CSS3 (από WebDesignerWall) Here is a compilation of 47 jaw-dropping CSS3 animation demos. They demonstrate the possibilities of the CSS3 transform and transition property. Some are very useful and can be used as Javascript alternatives. Most of them are simply to look cool. In order to veiw these effects, you need a webkit browser such as Safari and Chrome (sorry to the Internet Explorer users). Enjoy! CSS3 Clock With jQuery Analogue Clock 3D Cube That Rotates Using Arrow Keys Multiple 3D Cubes (Slide In/Out) CSS3 Accordion Auto-Scrolling Parallax Isocube Image Gallery Matrix 7 Javascript-effect Alternatives Using CSS3 Image Hover Effects Turning Coke Can (Control With Scrollbar) 3D Meninas Polaroid Gallery Space Note: this one is graphic intense and takes a while to load, but the result is crazy!
Mac Dock Drop-In Modals Sliding Vinyl Zooming Polaroids Animated Rocket Poster Circle Morphing Cubes Falling Leaves Animated Polaroid Gallery Spotlight Cast Shadow Colorful Clock Lightbox Gallery (Draggable) Elastic Thumbnail Menu Coverflow. 15 πρωτότυποι τρόποι για να αξιοποιήσετε το Dropbox σας (από Maximum PC) When you get right down to it, Dropbox is a pretty simple app. It syncs folders—that’s it.
But what makes Dropbox amazing is the sheer number of different ways you can use that functionality, by itself or in conjunction with other programs, to improve your computing experience. We like Dropbox so much that we’ve written about it several times before, and we still haven’t gotten to every cool thing you can do with the program. That’s why, in this article, we’re going to share with you a whopping 15 things that we think everyone should know about Dropbox, from how to get extra storage for free to how to use Dropbox to control your Bittorrent client.
Run Dropbox as a Windows Service If you use Dropbox on a server, like a Windows Home Server machine, it’s preferable to run Dropbox as a Windows service, so it starts up before a user logs in. First, download both instsrv.exe and srvany.exe from the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit. Finally, type net start Dropbox in the Command Prompt. 1. 30 online εφαρμογές που αξίζει να προσθέσετε στα αγαπημένα σας (από Maximum PC) At Maximum PC, computer hardware is our bread and butter. We review it, preview it, and just generally love to talk about it. Unfortunately, hardware becomes less important with each passing day, as more and more software moves onto the internet. We're not looking forward to the day that our PC's become Chrome OS-style thin client, but we have to admit, some web apps are pretty awesome. So to help you prepare for a future in the cloud, we've put together a list of 30 of our favorite web apps and services. ScreenToaster ScreenToaster is a web app designed to make life a whole lot easier for every family’s “computer expert.”
OpenTable If you like to eat out, you’ve probably heard of OpenTable. Readitlater Have you ever found yourself wanting to read an online article or blog post, but without the time to actually read it? ConvertCenter Did you know that one bushel is equal to 101.9716 hectoliters? Issuu We may be a print magazine, but we all know the future is digital. Codeorgan: πώς θα ακουγόταν το website σας αν ήταν ...μουσική;. SilverStripe: Νέο οpen Source CMS που υπόσχεται ευκολία χρήσης και ευελιξία. Mobile Icon Set: 10 ωραία εικονίδια σε PNG, διαθέσιμα εντελώς δωρεάν (από Web Icon Set) 50 σημεία από όπου μπορείτε να κατεβάσετε δωρεάν vector γραφικά (από hongkiat.com) Unlike raster images, vector images are flexible and scalable enough to not lose quality when stretched out beyond their original size.
This makes it perfect for use for both web and print design. In fact, we have plenty of compilations that feature vector images (you can start with our multipurpose vector icon sets), but in case you want to do your own searches, we have the next best thing. Are you wondering where to download free vectors for your next project? In this post are more than 30 websites you can check out to download the free vector images, icons and logos you want. Note: While most (if not all) of them are free, we still encourage you read and understand their license before downloading and using these free vectors. 40+ Websites to Download Royalty-Free Images 40+ Websites to Download Royalty-Free Images Chances are you're pretty tired of seeing traditional stock photos of people in suits shaking hands.
Pikbest Vecteezy Vecteezy is home to vector icons, art and patterns. Freepik. Ωραίο, "σκοτεινό" template για το WordPress, δωρεάν για κατέβασμα (από το Smashing Magazine) Advertisement In this post we are glad to release DesignPile WordPress Theme, a theme designed by Site 5 and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The theme comes with 3 color styles and a couple of jQuery-based goodies. It can be used for portfolios and blogs as well as corporate webAs usual, the theme is free to use in private and commerical projects. Download the theme for free! The theme is released under GPL.
Features Here are some of the features of the theme: Widget ready (footer and sidebar), Easy to setup, the Theme Options Page has 3 color styles, Custom homepage, Simple Post Thumbnails Plugin,125×125 ads section with enable/disable option, using “WP125″ plugin,JQuery Lightbox,JQuery Forms,AJAX-based based contact form,Live form email validation,Theme Requirements: WordPress 2.9.1+ Sidebar Content, overview “About the author”-section Comments Categories archive section Thank you, Gabi Schiopu and the Site 5 design team! It's done. Leave a Comment Yay! Δωρεάν Wordpress templates για δημιουργία ηλεκτρονικού καταστήματος (από Webby freebies) Comodo Dragon: νέος browser βασισμένος στον Chrome, με έμφαση στην ασφάλεια του χρήστη (από PCW.gr)
Στην ψηφιακή εποχή περνάει η Βιβλιοθήκη της Βουλής των Ελλήνων (από ADSLgr.com) Open Source Open World: Αναδρομή στην ιστορία του Open Source (από το Focus.com) Kilogram - ωραία γραμματοσειρά που διατίθεται δωρεάν. Naymz: Νέα υπηρεσία κοινωνικής δικτύωσης που στοχεύει σε επαγγελματίες, με σύστημα αξιολόγησης των μελών της. Οδηγός χρήσης για τον διαμοιρασμό αρχείων με το Opera Unite (από Lifehacker) Οδηγός δημιουργίας του δικού σας bookmarklet για το website σας (BetterExplained) Μεγάλη συλλογή από 54 tutorials που απευθύνονται σε Web Developers (PelFusion.com) Άλλο ένα αυτόματο image slider με CSS και JQuery για το website σας. Μεγάλη συλλογή δωρεάν εικονιδίων με Social Media. jCarousel - δυναμικό carousel εικόνων με πολλές επιλογές και σε διάφορες παραλλαγές, για το website σας.
Σημαντικές βελτιώσεις στο OpenOffice 3.2. 30 Bookmarklets για να αναλύσετε την απόδοση και επισκεψιμότητα του website σας (SEOmoz) Buzz: Νέα υπηρεσία κοινωνικής δικτύωσης από την Google. Δωρεάν templates που αποτελούνται μόνο από κείμενο και css (από το Smashing Magazine) Ωραία λίστα με 10 πολύ καλά online προγράμματα επεξεργασίας εικόνας. Sketchpad - Online πρόγραμμα ζωγραφικής φτιαγμένο χωρίς flash (HTML5)
Ωραία εικονίδια με hardware και εξαρτήματα υπολογιστών, δωρεάν για κατέβασμα από το SmashingApps. MailDrop automatically saves email attachments to Dropbox. BumpTop : Μετάβαση σε τρισδιάστατο desktop.