9 Best WordPress Plugins
Now that WordPress is more mature and it has a solid core, some of the plugins from WordPress.org are obsolete. I say this because with this last version, WordPress has many features that were previously found only in plugins. But not all of the plugins are useless now, many are quite important for the community and indispensable for bloggers. Let’s see which plugin made it for Graphic Rating’s 9 Best…
First Look on Windows 7 – Features
When it comes to the IT world, I have a bad habit and test the latest appearances in the industry. Mainly my testing leans towards the software category. Since I’ve tested most of the operating systems out there Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS, I think it is the perfect time to test and share with you my perspective on Windows 7. Let’s not waste any time and see what Microsoft…
Creative and funny video from Adobe Switzerland
As you know, once in a while I post movies here. And I want to believe that you like them as much as I do. This one comes from the almighty Adobe. During one of their conferences regarding sales, they work in groups on different assignments. The last assignment was to make a movie having the tag-line: Own The Edge. Take 2 minutes to look at the winner of the…
Typechart, the Css Typography Utility
Several weeks ago I wanted to write an article on how to stylize articles’ titles. It isn’t one of the hardest things on Earth, but I’ve noticed that on many sites this topic is badly implemented. I will write about this but in a different manner. Instead of creating and explaining I will present you one handy website regarding titles typography – Typechart.
My WordPress Cheat Sheet
I know that there are many resources regarding this topic but there are never enough. This post is dedicated to small snippets from WordPress that will make your life easier. Or maybe my life easier and in this case I want to have them in one single post. In a way I’m trying to help you and in another I’m trying to organize this stuff for myself.
Grooveshark: A Great User Interface and User Experience
When it comes to music, the Internet is full of websites that can provide good music listening services. That is a good thing because diversity is important and competition drives innovation. I know that most of you have already a favorite service like Last.fm or Imeem, but check this service too. I’m talking about Gooveshark, a great music service.
Web Developer Toolbar and its Features
One of the most important tools in my daily design, development and analysis activities is Web Developer extension for Firefox. Developed by Chis Pederick, this extension is very popular among web developers due to its numerous capabilities. Throughout this post I want to show my appreciation for Chris Pederick and it Web Developer Tool and showcase the most important features.
Image Performance Optimization for Top 10 Websites
As you know, optimization is very important even for top web destinations like Google, Yahoo or Live. In this article we will try to see how with simple tools, the most visited sites on the web can improve their response time and also they can optimize their traffic amount of data. These are some simple tests that can be made with tools that are available for everyone to try.For this…
6 Sites for Web Designer Wannabes
This article is the result of a phone call that I received from a friend. She said: “I’ve just realized that I want to learn web design. What should I do?”. Based on this request I started to think about some of the best tutorials for web design. It is obvious that W3Schools was the first thing that popped in my mind. I believe it to be one of the…
Web Browsers War – Image Rendering
In the first part of this benchmark, the topic was text rendering. As you may remember, the winner was the new version of Internet Explorer – 8 beta 2, followed by Firefox, Opera and Chrome. Safari was the looser regarding text rendering due to its weight of letters (normal text looks like bold on Safari), and also due to its too blurry text. In this second part of the benchmark,…
Keep JPG Magazine Alive!
On the 1st of January this year, one of the most important photography community, JPG Magazine, announced that it will discontinue its activity because of its financial situation. With almost 200,000 creative photographers, JPG Magazine is one respected publication with many fans. The news shocked the people from the photographic world and many of them wanted to help JPG Magazine in one way or another. It seems that they did…