From mocking up designs online in Pixlr to tracking your website hits and statistcs in Google Analytics there’s always a web application that can be used to make your design process more efficient. Here are some of the Web Applications I use most to provide a better experience for me as a designer, the client and the end user.
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Favicon.CC
“favicon.cc is a tool to create or download favicon.ico icons, that get displayed in the address bar of every browser.”
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Pxtoem.com
“PXtoEM.com is px to em conversion made simple. Choose your body font size in pixels (px)and out comes a complete pixel (px) to em conversion table, making elastic web design with CSS a snap”
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Pixlr Editor
“Pixlr is a free online photo editor. Fix, adjust and filter your images. Manage your images in your browser, no registration jump right in!”
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Type Tester
“The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its primary role is to make web designer’s life easier. As the new fonts are bundled into operating systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated.”
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Vector Magic
“Easily Convert Bitmap Images To Clean Vector Art
Convert bitmap images like JPEGs, GIFs and PNGs to the crisp, clean, scalable vector art of EPS, SVG, and PDF with the world’s best auto-tracing software.“ -
Adobe Browser Lab
“An easier, faster solution for cross-browser testing
Preview and test your webpages on leading browsers and operating systems – on demand. Adobe BrowserLab makes it easier and faster than ever before to see how your designs appear to your customers and audience. Get your results in real time, from virtually any computer connected to the web.” -
Adobe Kuler
“Explore, create and share color themes.
Discover Adobe® Kuler™ — the web-hosted application for generating color themes that can inspire any project. No matter what you’re creating, with Kuler you can experiment quickly with color variations and browse thousands of themes from the Kuler community.” -
Google Analytics
“Google Analytics is the enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. Powerful, flexible and easy-to-use features now let you see and analyze your traffic data in an entirely new way. With Google Analytics, you’re more prepared to write better-targeted ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives and create higher converting websites.“
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CSS Optimizer
“Online CSS Optimizer/Optimiser is a web tool for reducing the file size of cascading style sheets. In order to save more space optimized files would be messy even so you may output it as a file. Non-valid or hacked (for certain browsers) CSS files may result in error.“
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Mesh
“With Live Mesh, you can synchronize files with all of your devices, so you always have the latest versions handy. Access your files from any device or from the web, easily share them with others, and get notified whenever someone changes a file.”
