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A new year always signifies (or ought to?!) efficiency, resolutions, motto’s and in general… a big change. We’re a bit different – we like consistency. Toolwatch is one of those consistencies. For those of you that’s a bit clueless as to what Toolwatch is all about: it’s our weekly review of jaw-dropping tools available on the web that’s (1) useful, and (2) free. Yeah, we know how you go all weak-kneed when we use the word “free”.
PicMarkr.com – As the tagline hints, this website allows you to watermark all those images you want protected – ideal for photographers, illustrators, and of course paranoid people.
Pixlr.com – Think Photoshop. Think online. Think Free. Simple and straightforward to use, ideal for when you’re on the road or when Adobe busts your chops for that cracked version you’ve been running. Not as powerful as the software, but VERY nifty and does everything you need in a rough and tumble sort of way.
Browserlab.adobe.com – Developing a website and you need to test it in a few browsers… like IE6… Blegh! Obviously (or perhaps not so obviously for some), you can’t have ALL the version of IE on your pc (Or Mac for that matter) which is why you’d want to bookmark this website – it allows you to run your website online and see how they’d look in other browsers. It’s a good alternative to VMWare and it’s pretty decent!
Typetester.org – Stuck in deepest darkest Africa (Or London this time of year) where the locals think JavaScript is akin to a Coffee menu? Well, that rules out using fancy fonts through SIFR framework… you’ll have to use old school safe list fonts (Blegh!). With Typetester you can compare the various fonts against one another. This includes the ability to change things like bold, italic, font size, colour, backgroug colour, and even word spacing… Pretty cool!
Fontsquirrel.com – Are you tired of wading through fonts that… in all honesty… suck? Font squirrel does all the hard work for you by trolling the web in search of free fonts with HIGH quality. High-five anyone?
infosthetics.com – The name sounds all la-di-da but it’s quite a fascinating site. In short, they explore the link between graphic design and presenting information visually. Think of charts… but really, really cool charts!
Colourlovers.com This website monitors the use of colour trends in websites. Not only this, you get to see cutting edge colour palettes and even amazing patterns. Of course you get to download these palettes and see the websites they’re used on.
This concludes this week’s review of free stuff – in the very likely event that you’ve stumbled upon some free stuff that you think should be in these Toolwatch Thingamabobs, please get in touch now. Not as soon as possible, now! Just kidding of course.
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