TideSDK | Create multi-platform desktop apps with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript zepto.js — the aerogel-weight javascript framework jQuery Mobile | jQuery Mobile Easily Identify That Cool Text Font with WhatFontIs So you have seen a graphic online that is using an awesome font? Maybe you want to find out what that font is ““ or at least a free alternative to that font so you can use it yourself. For Whatfontis, all you need is an image of the font or the image’s URL to identify the font. There are lots of uses for this tool and it is a great tool to have handy. We will walk you through using the web application but first we will navigate to the website using this URL. When you arrive at their homepage you will see a screen like the one below: We can either browse for a local file to use (the file size is 1.8MB maximum.) using the browse button. You can see how the file name appears after browsing to it below: But as a test I decided to go after the web logo of MakeUseOf.com. We will need to tell Whatfontis some of the letters that it sees. They will want you to type in what letter is in each box. For example the last letter in the list is a m so you can type a m in the box to its right.
Engine Goes Open Source Turbulenz Engine Goes Open Source We’re excited to announce that we have released the Turbulenz HTML5 game engine as open source under the standard MIT license. The open source project is available on GitHub at You may have seen Turbulenz mentioned somewhere and wondered what it was. Polycraft by Wonderstruck We started developing the Turbulenz Engine a little over 4 years ago in early 2009, when HTML5 was still in its infancy and before WebGL even existed. We initially proved this to ourselves by creating the service and engine capable of streaming and rendering the majority of Quake 4. Today, the Turbulenz Engine powers the highest quality 2D and 3D HTML5 games online. The 2D arcade game Save the Day by Denki - watch the trailer - play the game nowThe 3D arcade strategy game Polycraft by Wonderstruck - play the development version nowThe real-time 4 way multiplayer shoot ’em up Score Rush by Xona - watch the trailer - play the game now
HTML5 Mobile App Development Framework. Download Sencha Touch Free. | Sencha Touch Sencha Touch is the leading MVC-based JavaScript framework for building cross-platform mobile web applications. Sencha Touch leverages hardware acceleration techniques to provide high-performance UI components for mobile devices. With over 50 built-in UI components and native looking themes for all major mobile platforms, Sencha Touch provides everything you need to create impressive apps that work on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and more. A novel and adaptive layout engine, fluid animations, and smooth scrolling features allow developers to build applications that respond to user actions nearly instantaneously, much like native technologies. The framework includes a robust data package that can consume data from any backend data source. Sencha Touch is available as a free download. High-Performance, Native-Looking UI Widgets Adaptive Layouts, Animations, and Smooth Scrolling Backend Agnostic Data Package Advanced Mobile Charting Package Device Features and Native Packaging
Top 4 Mindmapping Software to Brainstorm your Ideas by Guest Author This is a guest post by Harsh Agrawal. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Mindmapping is the best way to brain storm lots of ideas at one go. 1. Mindomo is one of the best tool for mind mapping. 2. Free Mind map is my favorite mind map tool. 3. Bubblus is a web based mindmap tool. 4. Xmind is another desktop based mind-mapping tile. The number of such tools are endless and you can find n number of free mind map tools using Google. Do you take help of mind-mapping technique to brain storm your ideas? About the Author: Harsh Agrawal writes at Shoutmeloud, and recently he created a blogspot to WordPress migration service. Wanna make money with your own website?
gury - an html5 canvas utility library Twitter Places: More Context For Your Tweets If you’re like everyone at the Twitter office, you’re going crazy about the World Cup. When turning to Twitter to keep up with the current game, it helps to know where a Tweet is coming from—is that person watching the game on TV or is he actually in the stadium? To help answer that question, we’re excited to announce Twitter Places on twitter.com and mobile.twitter.com. Starting today, you can tag Tweets with specific places, including all World Cup stadiums in South Africa, and create new Twitter Places. Foursquare and Gowalla integration: Many Foursquare and Gowalla users publish check-ins to Twitter. Over the next week, we will roll this out to users in 65 countries around the world, so keep an eye out for the “Add your location” link below the Tweet box.