edit before printing

Print Edit Firefox extension (not available for Mac OS X)

Allows editing of the web page content while in Print Preview mode. Editing the web page prior to printing can compact the layout and remove unwanted content such as adverts, sidebars and blank pages.

Posted by jenett on 09/03/10

'fully customizable'

Create Synchronicity: an easy, fast, and lightweight backup and synchronization application

Note: This is not an endorsement.

Posted by jenett on 08/29/10

a new take on 'readability'

QuickRead (bookmarklet)
Posted by jenett on 08/27/10

cool online mapping tool

Tripline
Posted by jenett on 08/08/10

browser-based ePub reader

EPUBReader Firefox extension (more info]
Posted by jenett on 08/03/10

create data visualizations

JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (demos)
[We Belong Here]
Posted by jenett on 07/08/10

generates color variations

Color reminder
Posted by jenett on 07/02/10

ascii art text toy

asciimo
Posted by jenett on 06/20/10

'aims to be an alternative'

chive - MySQL database management tool

Note: This is not an endorsement.

Posted by jenett on 06/08/10

'privacy scanner'

ReclaimPrivacy.org
Posted by jenett on 05/17/10

javascript widget

Like it? Tweet it!
[reminded by The Letter]
Posted by jenett on 05/16/10

works nicely

Matchbook Firefox extension

This extension will read in the selected text, and parse out contact information (name, email, phone, etc.). A dialog will popup so you can edit the information, then it can save to a .VCF (VCard) file.

Posted by jenett on 05/11/10

easy toggler

JSOff Firefox extension – "Disable and enable javascript using a simple status bar button."
Posted by jenett on 05/07/10

tile tabs in browser window

Tile Tabs Firefox extension

Note: May affect functionality of other extensions.

Posted by jenett on 04/28/10

prevent anticipated spam

tempalias - Temporary Email Aliases
[The Letter]

Note: This is not an endorsement.

Posted by jenett on 04/26/10

seamless collaboration

PiratePad
Posted by jenett on 04/24/10

unique anti-spam tool

PopMan

Note: This is not an endorsement.

Posted by jenett on 04/20/10

a shady helper

0to255 – "a simple tool that helps web designers find variations of any color"
Posted by jenett on 04/13/10

stylesheet sorting tool

Online CSS Sorter - sorts your CSS rules alphabetically! (ad-supported)
Posted by jenett on 04/12/10

discovery assistant

Twiference Sidebar
Posted by jenett on 04/10/10

'free form data organization'

TreeSheets

The ultimate replacement for spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases.

[Trivium]

Note: This is not an endorsement.

Posted by jenett on 04/02/10

handy 'userscript'

TinyURL Decoder for Greasemonkey (requires Greasemonkey extension for using with Firefox)
Posted by jenett on 03/27/10

reading vs. sharing

Why I'm quitting Google Reader

For serious RSS users like me, Google Reader is flawed both from a design point of view, and also from a software stability point of view. Google Reader is seriously broken.

Posted by jenett on 03/25/10

'sticky notes online'

Listhings (beta) (blog)
Posted by jenett on 03/24/10

clarifies bookmarklets

Online javascript beautifier
Posted by jenett on 03/18/10

stylin' toy (2)

CSS3 Generator
Posted by jenett on 03/14/10

'dead easy'

Neat Chat
Posted by jenett on 02/17/10

in-browser vector graphics editor

SVG-edit
[Simon Willison's Blogmarks]
Posted by jenett on 02/07/10

unique notebook app

wikidPad
Posted by jenett on 02/06/10

capture and edit images

Pixlr Grabber Firefox extension

Related post: free online image editor

Posted by jenett on 01/22/10

practice your typing

Klavarog γ
Posted by jenett on 01/11/10

start fresh

PrimerCSS – "undercoats your CSS by pulling out all of your classes and id's and placing them into a starter stylesheet"
Posted by jenett on 01/01/10

just your type...

flipping typical – "A way to explore the popular typefaces you have on your computer."
Posted by jenett on 12/27/09

another drawing toy

Sketchpad
Posted by jenett on 12/15/09

paste text without formatting

PureText (for Windows)
Posted by jenett on 12/13/09

charting library

Highcharts - Interactive JavaScript charts for your webpage
(free for non-commercial use)
Posted by jenett on 12/02/09

organize/optimize CSS

Styleneat - CSS Organizer
Posted by jenett on 11/24/09

extensions gallery & community

jetpack – "a Mozilla Labs project that enables anyone who knows HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create powerful Firefox add-ons"
Posted by jenett on 11/12/09

interesting writing tool

Twine: a tool for creating interactive stories

Note: This is not an endorsement.

Posted by jenett on 11/02/09

'layout editor'

Construct Your CSS
Posted by jenett on 10/27/09

simply useful

Copy Title Firefox extension

Adds a "Copy Title" menu item to the pop-up menu. This puts the current page title on the clipboard.

Posted by jenett on 10/21/09

'notice board maker'

Wallwisher
Posted by jenett on 10/19/09

bookmarklet - printing tool

The Printliminator
Posted by jenett on 10/08/09

'getting software easy'

Volery Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer

Note: This is not an endorsement. (updated 10/23/09)

Posted by jenett on 10/07/09

file and archive manager

PeaZip Portable (also at PortableApps.com)
Posted by jenett on 10/06/09

electronic music toy

Hobnox - Audiotool (Flash)
Posted by jenett on 10/03/09

very cool, imho

History Tree Firefox extension
Posted by jenett on 10/02/09

fun with text

Big Text
Posted by jenett on 09/26/09

'paste your code'

codepad – "an online compiler/interpreter, and a simple collaboration tool"
Posted by jenett on 08/20/09

web form tool

Clippings Firefox extension – "save frequently-entered text for pasting later" (see Quick Start Guide)
Posted by jenett on 08/18/09

link checking visual aid

Grab Them All Firefox extension – "takes screenshot of sites specifed in external file and writes them as JPG or PNG file to selected directory"
Posted by jenett on 08/05/09

'stylesheet color inspector'

CSS Prism – "Enter the URL of any CSS file to view and modify its color spectrum"
Posted by jenett on 07/27/09

tool for linkers

Link Gopher Firefox extension

Extracts all links from web page, sorts them, removes duplicates, and displays them in a new tab for inspection or copy and paste into other systems.

Posted by jenett on 07/18/09

'broad universe of tools'

Open Web Tools Directory
Posted by jenett on 07/07/09

'a really fast dictionary'

Ninjawords
Posted by jenett on 06/29/09

color tool/swatch creator

ColourGrab
Posted by jenett on 06/23/09

'painting tool'

Psykopaint (Flash)
Posted by jenett on 06/13/09

'new way to manage' add-ons

Add-on Collector Firefox extension (more info)
Posted by jenett on 06/11/09

'Debug your Internet.'

ICSI Netalyzr
Posted by jenett on 06/10/09

'source for bookmarklets'

Bookmarklet Directory - bmlet.com
Posted by jenett on 05/29/09

color palette creator

ColoRotate (Flash)
Posted by jenett on 05/14/09

another 'readability' helper

TidyRead bookmarklet. Though a Firefox extension is also available, the bookmarklet version seems more simple and reliable (in my opinion). Similar bookmarklets are also available elsewhere.
Posted by jenett on 05/11/09

useful (though limited) beta

Currency Converter & Exchange Rates
Posted by jenett on 04/26/09

layout creation tool

Boks - A Visual Grid Editor (requires Adobe AIR)
Posted by jenett on 04/14/09

'more enjoyable' reading bookmarklets

Posted by jenett on 04/03/09

'know where shortened links *really* go'

LongURL Mobile Expander Firefox extension
Posted by jenett on 04/02/09

comprehensive tool

Color Scheme Designer 3
Posted by jenett on 04/01/09

selector 'discovery' bookmarklet

SelectorGadget: point and click CSS selectors
Posted by jenett on 02/27/09

tag-assisted search

Search Cloudlet for Google and Yahoo Firefox extension
Posted by jenett on 02/19/09

'CSS Authoring Tool'

Sky CSS Tool
Posted by jenett on 02/09/09

'pixel wall'

Colorpx
Posted by jenett on 01/28/09

style scrubber

CSS SuperScrub

This tool can significantly reduce the size and complexity of your CSS by programmatically stripping unneeded content, stripping redundant calls, and intelligently grouping the remaining element names.

Note: This is not an endorsement.

Posted by jenett on 01/06/09

impressive online calculator

web2.0calc.com
Posted by jenett on 01/04/09

'a series of stretches'

One Two Fiver – "a tool to help you sit down and write"
Posted by jenett on 01/01/09

edit textareas with external editor

It's All Text! Firefox extension
Posted by jenett on 12/26/08

another online image editor

SUMO Paint
Posted by jenett on 12/17/08

search text in all open tabs

Find In Tabs Firefox extension
Posted by jenett on 12/10/08

find unused CSS selectors (2)

Dust-Me Selectors Firefox extension (requires that you accept an End-User License Agreement before installation can proceed)
Posted by jenett on 11/30/08

'project framework ' generator

deploy*
Posted by jenett on 11/28/08

'browse the twittosphere'

Tweetag
Posted by jenett on 11/19/08

find unused CSS selectors

CSS Redundancy Checker – "Use this tool to find CSS selectors that aren't used by any of your HTML files and may be redundant."
Posted by jenett on 11/11/08

validator, formatter, compressor

Free CSS Toolbox

Note: This is not an endorsement.

Posted by jenett on 11/02/08

drawing app

bomomo
Posted by jenett on 10/26/08

'a happy ending'

Domainr – "helps you explore the entire domain name space beyond the ubiquitous..." [happy notes*]
Posted by jenett on 10/20/08

low fat web alternative

Finch "makes slow Internet bearable, by stripping away the fat of web pages, leaving just the content." (example: dailywebthing)
Posted by jenett on 10/14/08

'following conversations'

Tweetersation
Posted by jenett on 10/08/08

screen capture video + sound

Capture Fox Firefox extension (Windows only)
Posted by jenett on 10/02/08

'quick and dirty solution'

Where is Your Username registered
Posted by jenett on 09/23/08

editing/printing tool

PrintWhatYouLike.com {beta} – "a webpage editor that lets you control how webpages look when printed"

Note that similar results are possible with the Edit Page Firefox extension.

Posted by jenett on 09/19/08

experimental prototype

Introducing Ubiquity – "An experiment into connecting the Web with language."
Posted by jenett on 08/28/08

free online image editor

Pixlr
Posted by jenett on 08/18/08

'digital whiteboard'

Dabbleboard
Posted by jenett on 07/21/08

easy character codes

UnicodetoHTML Firefox extension – "Converts selected unicode text to HTML character codes with right-click."
Posted by jenett on 07/02/08

'disposable paper rulers'

Some printable paper rulers
[anarchaia]
Posted by jenett on 06/29/08

'Beautiful Word Clouds'

Wordle
Posted by jenett on 06/22/08

may be useful to you

Instapaper
Posted by jenett on 06/02/08

'create awesome comics'

Bitstrips
Posted by jenett on 03/10/08

ad-free (for now, anyway)

Online Stopwatch
Posted by jenett on 02/23/08

'interactive type tool'

CSS Type Set – "a hands-on typography tool allowing designers and developers to interactively test and learn how to style their web content" [SimplePixels]
Posted by jenett on 02/22/08

'dummy text' alternatives

Blind Text Generator
[Basement.org]
Posted by jenett on 02/08/08

maps and mapping tools

Mini Map Sidebar Firefox extension
Posted by jenett on 02/05/08

List: Form Validation Tools

Javascript form validators
Posted by jenett on 01/23/08

'textorize a picture'

Textorizer – "vectorise a picture using text strings"
Posted by jenett on 01/06/08

'assistive tools'

'Design' bookmarklet
Posted by jenett on 12/18/07

'wrap content to any shape'

CSS Text Wrapper
Posted by jenett on 12/06/07

text to speech tool

vozMe (ads)
Posted by jenett on 11/23/07

color wheel tool

Name that Color
Posted by jenett on 09/05/07

research tool

Zotero Firefox extension
Posted by jenett on 08/24/07

'many different webservices'

test everything — 100+ tools in one!
[Basement.org]
Posted by jenett on 06/26/07

List: Productivity Tools

GTDTools
[Bitter Pill]
Posted by jenett on 06/18/07

'essential web tools'

Protolize.org
Posted by jenett on 05/09/07

symmetrical drawing tool

Qbesq (Flash)
[Ireneo's Memory]
Posted by jenett on 03/22/07

yet another color tool...

ColorJack: Sphere
[pixelsurgeon]
Posted by jenett on 02/27/07

'interactive color wheel'

Color Wheel Color Calculator (Flash)
Posted by jenett on 02/12/07

tool 'for pixel perfectionists'

CSSTYPE v2 (Beta)
[Designaside]
Posted by jenett on 01/01/07

'thePeoplesToolbox'

Web Design Tools
Posted by jenett on 12/19/06

listed by 'task' and OS

Just use it! "Recommended tools, sites and resources." [DarkEye]
Posted by jenett on 08/16/06

List: Design Tools

CSS & Design Tools
Posted by jenett on 07/03/06

online image editor

Snipshot
Posted by jenett on 06/28/06

online tool...

.htaccess file generator
Posted by jenett on 05/26/06

explore color schemes...

Color Tool 2.0.1 Alpha
Posted by jenett on 04/07/06

useful tools

Web Development Bookmarklets
[0xDECAFBAD]
Posted by jenett on 07/15/05

color tool

ColorMixers
Posted by jenett on 05/29/05

font management...

Free Font Tools
Posted by jenett on 04/14/05

browser 'workspace'

Webnote - an online tool for taking notes
{via Spurl.net]
Posted by jenett on 10/14/04

online color tool

hexadecimal colour calculation
calculates tints and their respective complementaries
[paranoidfish.org/links]
Posted by jenett on 07/12/04

another color tool...

Technicolor  [webgraphics]
Posted by jenett on 03/04/04

List: Color Tools

Posted by jenett on 12/14/03

List of Color Resources

Clagnut: Colour Tools  [markpask.org]
Posted by jenett on 11/25/03
random ageless
organized chaos

daily pointers
In association with
AORTAL - the anti-portal,
here's today's daily pointers:

09/03/10
Özant Kamaci
Berlin guide
Sorry I Haven't Posted

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[daily pointers archive]
other projects
special thanks


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