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Drawter

Friday, November 28th, 2008

I think this is going to be the last “new tool of the day” – Drawter for planning page layouts and then generating the HTML/CSS to support them. It’s not an end point – for example, the max width would seem to be c. 640 px – and not possible to use % for layout. However, it can generate the starting point for CSS etc, which can then be edited.
There are quite a few hidden options – some hand coding will probably still be required, but it’s a good learning opportunity.

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Creating Comics Online

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Susan Sedro has listed a set of sites that allow the creation of comic strips. I’d not even known such tools existed. At the moment, I’m not quite sure what I could use them for, though I’m sure I’ll think of something.
Encouraging students to visit the Tutor Centre/ ASK / The Library perhaps.

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Information Design for the New Web

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

InfoTangle :: Information Design for the New Web a long post, but useful points made re. information (and in particular visual design) of the “New Web” (web 2.0, social web etc).

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The Gif Format is Finally Patent-Free

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Slashdot has a discussion about the fact that all of the patents that covered gif have now expired. I suspect that it won’t have much impact on the graphics world – especially as .png is finally becoming more used. It’s going to take a long time for people to stop using .gif in favour of .png (and, I suspect a long time for some people to start using .gif rather than .jpg when the former is more appropriate for the particular setting!)

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Screen Sharing

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Robin Good reviews Citrix’s GoToMeeting. It seems to be a pretty impressive tool, though not Free, so perhaps not ideal for students to experiment with. He also links to a post he made a few days ago, which has an overview of what he feels are the differences between “Screen sharing” and “application sharing” – and all the associated features. Some are totally free, some definitely low cost (e.g. $0.10/participant/meeting), others are $30+ a month.

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