When Flash first made its debut online, I was really excited about all it could do. Creating more immersive environments online, Flash seemed like it was going to open up a whole new layer of experience and interaction for the web.

Quickly though, like many, I realized that over use of Flash could be a bad thing, and basically tossed it aside. What I didn’t realize at the time is how big of a role Flash was going take online as time progressed.

Now we watch Flash videos all the time, and people are quickly realizing once again how great, properly used Flash can be.

Being a busy designer means that every minute counts. And we all know that firing up a second machine to bug test a project is necessary, right? Wrong! With virtual machines you can run other operating systems on your computer. My new best friend is VMware Fusion, which puts Windows XP a click away, on my Mac OS X workstation.

Can the social web browser, Flock, challenge the established choices like Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, and even Opera? It just might, I’d say, after running it as my default browser for a few days. Check out the review and share your thoughts.

I was recently asked to review a new text link marketplace, called TNX (”Thanks”). They use a point system to allow advertisers to buy link space on sites. Take a look and see what I thought during my quick run through.

There are numerous forum scripts out there, each providing their own different level of functionality. It can be a pain trying to decide what one is right for you. In this article, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the most popular forum scripts (that are, for the most part PHP and MySQL based), along with […]

With multiple slicing services available just about every where you look, it is hard to select a clear leader. Each service offers its own benefits and has its own pricing scheme - some more expensive than others. Today we look at XHTML Slicer, a service I recently used for client work.

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iSalient is a survey and form creation application that allows you to create and deploy surveys to your visitors, but how exactly does it do? I review this paid service and let you know what its main down fall is, and how the rest of the features stack up.

Every designer/developer at one point needs to think of a system to manage their content. Content management systems (CMS) have literally changed the way designers design. With most content management system requiring themes, designers have to design immense flexibility into a layout.

Thousands of free font directories make their home on the web. For this review, we were asked to take a look at Urbanfonts, a new font directory entering a crowded field. Can they stand out at all? Take a look and find out.

Colourlovers is a resource containing user submitted and rated colors and palettes. With color being so important to making a breaking a design, decide what color scheme to use on each design can sometimes be nerve racking. This review and short article describes how CL can be used to find the colors you need for your design.