Color contrast checking tool

Recently people from Washington suggested me a very good tool for color contrast. I installed it and play around. I think, it's easy and quite interesting. I hope, for those, who need, will use for the development.

Creative Design Tools for Non-Designers

I'm always feel confused with Adobe Photoshop and try to avoid as much as possible. I feel like I need another tools to be more artistic and creative with my projects. Unexpectable for myself Website magazine published an article about creative tools for non-designers. In spare time I would like to try some of them. For now I'm saving a link for future work here're some of them in case Website magazine delete the article:

• DeviantART
• Fluid UI
• Label59
• Wevideo
• Balsamiq
• Pixlr
• Mind Meister

I found a very good article on LinkedIn . Please check more tools.

Resizing image for Mobile devices.

I had to research a problem of resizing images for mobile. It's quite interesting, because my designer suggested to have to images for landscape and portrait views.  Taking her opinion, I decided to reseach by myself and found one very good idea over the Internet.  It's quick, easy and it works:
Javascript:
After initializing jQuery and jQueryMobile, place the script in a header
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
$width = $('#content').width();
$('#content img').css({
'max-width' : $width , 'height' : 'auto'

});
    });
    </script>
HTML:
 <div id="content"><img src="temp.jpg" /></div>

Mobile Publishing

Today I'm working on some improvements in mobile development. Accidentally, I found a nice article, which has information about a new feature built in DreamWeaver CS5. First of all, I would like to play around with this feature. For a second, I would like to study a PhoneGap. I have to fins a better way to put information to our mobile site. Actually, I have to create something like automatic process for future postings on mobile website. I hope, I will find a way to do this.

How to detect a mobile browser

Today my coworker had a question: How to detect a mobile browser? He asked me and I found an interesting answer. Actually, someone did a great job and place many code on Internet. I was wondering, if any of this code will work on my site. I experimented and found out that it works. Now I can recommend this site for all of you. I hope, you will enjoy.

Javascript-based Charts

Today I'm trying to find out how to convert XML/SWF Charts into Javascript-based charts. First of all, I would like to explain why I'm looking for the information. As many of us know, XML/SWF charts can not be presented in mobile browsers. So, there is a problem.  I went out on Internet hoping to find something suitable for conversion.  Searching and searching, I found out a several possibilities for future mobile optimization.

• http://www.jqplot.com/
• http://www.flotcharts.org/
• http://www.fusioncharts.com/goodies/fusioncharts-free/
• http://www.jqchart.com/jquery/chart/chartdata/xmlfile

The fourth one I like a lot because the data is driven from XML file, which is closed to what I need. I hope, my selection will work for conversion

Cuzillion

As all of us know, we, developers, are fighting for the best use of internet space. We want better, faster pages with more info and functionality on them.

Not many of us knows about how to do it. Recently I discovered a new Web Performance Tool, which might be helpful for all us who works with code. I also found a good tutorial. which you can watch on YouTube and my blog. In a ddition I discovered a couple good books written by Steve Souders and will try to read them. As far as I tried, his tool does not work for IE, but it works for Firefox. He has a very interesting site, which I will go through. I promise to post my feedback about his books and site.