Texture design

minishowcasePHP, MySQL, Flash, ImageJuly 2nd, 2007

minishowcase is a small and simple php/javascript online photo gallery, powered by AJAX/JSON that lets you put easily your images in an online gallery, without having to configure databases or changing and customising code (though you may do it if you feel so) allowing to have an up-and-running gallery in a few minutes.

Features

New interface: easier at-a-glance thumbnail navigation and a clean layout.Simple galleries: just upload a folder full of images to your /galleries/ folder and voil?? you have a new gallery!Lightbox view: Images can be viewed in a lightbox way, easier and more precise, with a convenient integrated thumbnail menu.Languages: set your gallery in French, Italian or Spanish. Set it to select the user’s local language (if available). Translate it to your own language!Permanent URLs: now you can share your galleries and images with friends and acquaintances. Just copy the permalink for a gallery or an image, and email it to them!Automatic thumbnails: you don’t have to worry anymore about creating your images’ thumbnails. Let minishowcase take care of itAdded viewing features: Configurable timed slideshow (for now, more to come)

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Ext JSCSS, Web 2.0, Ajax, JavascriptJune 27th, 2007

Ext is a client-side, JavaScript framework for building web applications. In early 2006, Jack Slocum began working on a set of extension utilities for the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) library. These extensions were quickly organized into an independent library of code and distributed under the name “yui-ext.” In the fall of 2006, Jack released version .33 of yui-ext, which turned out to be the final version of the code under that name (and under the open source BSD license). By the end of the year, the library had gained so much in popularity that the name was changed simply to Ext, a reflection of its maturity and independence as a framework. A company was formed in early 2007, and Ext is now dual-licensed under the LGPL and a commercial license. The library officially hit version 1.0 on April 1, 2007.

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FancyuploadJavascript, FlashJune 23rd, 2007

Swf meets Ajax for beautiful uploads. The release of the long awaited MooTools upload widget thats allows queued multiple-file upload including progress bars.

Compatibility

Fully compatible with all A-Grade Browsers and Flash 8+ (Internet Explorer 6+, Opera 9, Firefox 1.5+ and Safari 2+)

Features

Select and upload multiple filesFilter files by type in the select dialogOptional Events to add your own behaviourShow and filter useful file information before the upload startsLimit uploads by file count and/or file sizePlatform and server independent, just needs Flash 8+ (> Read the rest of this entry »

Aptana IDECSS, XHTML, Free Script, Javascript, Tool, Windows, Mac OSX, LinuxJune 18th, 2007

The Aptana IDE is a free, open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript-focused development environment for building Ajax applications. It features code assist on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS languages, FTP/SFTP support and a JavaScript debugger to troubleshoot your code.

The Web IDE

Aptana is a robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications.
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ModalBoxCSS, Ajax, EffectJune 15th, 2007

What is ModalBox?

ModalBox is a JavaScript technique for creating modern (Web 2.0-style) modal dialogs or even wizards (sequences of dialogs) without using conventional popups and page reloads. It’s inspired by Mac OS X modal dialogs. And yes, it may also be useful for showing bigger versions of images.

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OAT (OpenLink AJAX Toolkit) is a JavaScript-based toolkit for browser-independent Rich Internet Application development.

OATIt includes a rich collection of UI Widgets/Controls, Event Management System, and a truly platform independent Data Access Layer called AJAX Database Connectivity. OAT comes with sample applications for interactive SQL query composition and database design. These applications work against any Microsoft XML for Analysis (XML/A) servers, such as OpenLink Virtuoso and others. OAT is released under a GNU General Public License and you can find a collection of great demos available on the framework’s website
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