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Tiny Chat

solwyvern — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:54:02 +0000

Tiny Chat is a web service that offers ready to use chatrooms for quick and easy conversation. There are times when you need to discuss or chat with someone online, but it turns out you don’t have compatible messengers, or you can’t meet on IRC, for some other reason.

With TinyChat you can create your own chatroom and invite people through one simple link. Simple and easy to use and set up in just a few seconds. The best part of all, it’s disposable.

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Ajaxload – Loading Icon Generator

solwyvern — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:35:47 +0000

Most web 2.0 sites nowadays have loading icons to load some of their content. Animated loading bars and icons are becoming more and more frequent in web 2.0 design, and you may want to incorporate them in your own website.

Of course, making a loading icon requires more work, and maybe creativity, on your part, so for those who don’t have the time and effort( or patience) to make a loading icon, Ajaxload offers automatic generation of animated loading bars and icons in .gif format. It offers several different commonly used preloaders images, and allows color customization for your visual preference.

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Gravatar – Universal Avatar

solwyvern — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:20:58 +0000

Though it’s not something new, there are still alot of people out there who don’t know about Gravatars. So I’ve decided to write a quick post about it and what it is.

Gravatars are all around avatars, it stands for Globally Recognized Avatars. You may notice, on some blogs and websites, comments by guests or users are often accompanied by personalized avatars. And when you write your own comment, you receive a generic avatar. Now, you may be wondering,.. how do I get a personalized one?

The answer? Sign up with Gravatar. This will allow you to upload and host your avatar which will now be visible across any website or blog that supports Gravatars. All you need to do is include your associated gravatar e-mail address on the commentary section. Go ahead and try it out, set up an account and leave a comment here after you’ve finished.

Additionally, Wordpress already has support for Gravatars(as of version 2.5), but if you want to implement gravatars on your non-wordpress blog, several plugins are readily available. You can check out the Gravatar implementor’s guide for more info.^^

You can also see the Wikipedia article for more information.

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Typechart , Web Typography CSS Reference

solwyvern — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:19:41 +0000

Typechart is an excellent way to check and browse web typography. It uses some of the more common web-browser fonts that are included in PC’s and Macs, and provides the css code for it. Not to mention a very fitting and elegant site design and scheme. If you ever find yourself puzzled on how to style your html text, Typechart is the way to go!

“TYPECHART lets you flip through, preview and compare web typography while retrieving the CSS.”

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