Monthly Archiv: November, 2011

Pixel-By-Pixel Image Comparison With IM.js

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IM.js is a JavaScript library that can find the differences between images very quickly.

It scans the given images pixel-by-pixel using HTML5 canvas and outputs their similarity ratios.

IM.js

The developer has created IM.js for auto-testing the similarity of URL snapshots taken from different browsers which is a great idea for quickly finding out any rendering differences or problems. It can also be used for many other cases like detecting duplicate images.

And, besides the ratio, it can create a canvas where the two different images are joined for easily seeing the differences at one sight.

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Kraken – Fast & Online Image Optimizer

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Minimizing the size of images is an important part of the process for creating faster loading web pages.

We usually play with various variables while saving images to make sure they are optimized like the colors used, file type or quality but there can still be some bytes hidden.

Kraken, a free to use web application, finds those bytes and optimizes the images with a user-friendly interface.

Kraken.io

It has support for adding multiple images (up to 20, max 1mb each) via drag 'n' drops, selecting from disk or getting from a URL and quickly uploads + optimizes them.

P.S. The application accepts .JPEG and .PNG files

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Phone Spell

This class can find words that can be used to spell a phone number. It takes a given phone number and tries to find existing words with letters equivalent to the phone number digits. The class uses the pspell extension to lookup for the existing words but it can also use a custom dictionary to find the equivalent words.

Die Cut Business Cards Giveaway By UPrinting (250pcs * 5 Readers)

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If you are out of business cards or just about to start your business, here is a giveaway that may reach your help.

UPrinting.com, the popular online printing company, is giving away die cut business cards to 5 WRD readers (250 pieces/each).

What is UPrinting?

It is a very easy-to-use service for getting anything printed; brochures, calendars, catalogs, envelopes, stickers, flyers, magnets, business cards, etc.

You can upload your own designs, use their web-based design app or make use of the templates offered.

UPrinting Business Cards

There are many options for the papers to be used, sizes, corners and more so you can get exactly the print needed.

They offer a quick turnaround for every online printing job and have a 24 hour customer support that makes sure any questions you may have are answered.

Details of the business cards given away?

5 readers get the chance of winning 250 pieces of business cards each. Here are the details of the business cards:

  • Sizes to choose from:
    • 2 x 3.5" Rounded Corners, 2×2" Rounded Corners, 1.75×3.5" Rounded Corners, 2×3.5" Leaf, 2×3.5
    • Rounded one corner, 2×3.5" Half Circle Side, 2×3.5" Oval, 2.5" Circle
  • Paper to choose from:
    • 14pt Cardstock Gloss / Matte / High Gloss (UV), or 13pt Cardstock Uncoated

They come with 6 business days free shipping (including international winners).

How to join the giveaway?

In order to join the giveaway, commenting to this post is enough. But, for increasing the chances of winning, you can also:

  • Facebook "Like" UPrinting using the button below
  • +1 UPrinting using the button below
  • and mention in your comment if you Facebook "Liked" and/or Google +1ed.
 

Winners will be selected from the pool of commenters, Facebook likers, Google +1ers and announced 1 week later (22 Nov 2011) as an update to this post.

Good luck to everyone.

The winners (announced on 22 Nov 2011)

  • James Baldwin (comment #434798)
  • Miumiusan (comment #434849)
  • Tony Woods (comment #434347)
  • Pablo Lara H (comment #434257)
  • Yan (comment #436106)

Congratulations and thanks to everyone for joining.
 

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A Detailed Comparison Of Mobile Frameworks

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It is always good to know the cons and pros of tools we are using before starting a new project with them in order not to be disappointed later on.

A frequently-updated chart by Markus Falk does this for the mobile frameworks as there is a detailed comparison of their capabilities.

The chart displays the rendering engines supported, target platform, hardware, development languages, UI features and license for each framework.

Also, if you already have strict requirements for the project, a wizard helps filtering the frameworks and fastens the process of choosing the right one.

Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart

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ownCloud – Open Source Web App For Managing Files, Contacts, Calendar & More..

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There is a "getting stronger" opinion and movement on web users having their own self-controlled, free and open source clouds where data belongs to the users, can be transferred easily and privacy is not an issue.

ownCloud is supporting this movement with a cool app which works as a:

  • file manager/explorer with share option, WebDAV support, the ability to play music files
  • calendar
  • contacts manager
  • and has planned features like image gallery, online text editor, online task manager, encryption, bookmarks, desktop sync client, Android&webOS apps and server-server sync.

It is built with PHP-MySQL (or SQLite) and is definitely a good option for users willing to move their data to the web + manage easily.

ownCloud

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jQuery Transit – CSS3 Transitions & Transforms With jQuery

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CSS transitions and transforms provide a wide range possibilities for animating and morphing HTML elements.

If you would like to use them inside jQuery, jQuery Transit reaches to the rescue.

It is a plugin for implementing CSS transitions and transforms, has the same syntax as .animate, supports most of the methods and has the jQuery juice like callbacks, chaining, auto-browser-prefixes and more.

jQuery Transit

The plugin uses jQuery’s effect queue by default, so, transitions will never run in parallel.

It doesn't offer compatibility with older browser versions as real CSS3 rules are applied (rather than .animate) but degrades nicely and/or you easily force it to siwtch to the frame-based animation.

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