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Cool Tools Update for Library Web Sites
Computers in Libraries
Darlene Fichter [email protected]
University of Saskatchewan
March 10, 2004
Color blindness and color on screens
Shows the display at millions of colors At 256 colors 3 types of color blindness
http://www.htmlcompendium.org/detail-notes/6cblind-1.htm
SWiSH
Inexpensive, and has a free trialA single user license is only $49.95
USD Equips anybody with 10 minutes to
spare with the ability to make simple (and not so simple) flash animations for their sitehttp://www.swishzone.com
Beware of illegal video cassettes
Warning: Addiction zone!
http://www.swishzone.com/movies.php?do=page&action=detailed&link_id=520
FavIcon
Create icon to display Online FavIcon generator
http://www.html-kit.com/e/favicon.cgi Tips and a downloadable icon editor
http://www.chami.com/tips/internet/110599I.html
PDF Explorer
Fast and effective placement in a database file of Filename,
Title, Subject Author and Keywords fields of all the PDF files present in a certain folder or disk.
Google toolbar
Search Search histories See page ranks Stop pop up ads
http://toolbar.google.com/ Internet Explorer
Merriam-Webster Toolbar or Lookup Button
Adds a search box to your browser for quick and easy lookups
No need to type—just highlight a word on a Web page and click
Results display in a new browser window so you don't lose your page
Internet Explorer
Shop-a-holics?
E-Bay toolbar Alerts just before auction ends Search
http://pages.ebay.com/ebay_toolbar/
Internet Explorer
Netscape 4.xx
Web developers toolbar
Adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser Features
Off/on for java, JavaScript Controls for forms, styles, outlines, validation
Download it from: http://chrispederick.myacen.com/work/
firebird/webdeveloper/
Mozilla
Mozilla Firebird
fValidate - JavaScript form validation Validate many different data types (zip, cazip) Disable Submit and/or Reset button(s) upon
successful validation Prompt user with optional confirm message before
sending Twenty-Nine predefined error notification modes Meaningful error messages to the user, per field Custom error message on a field-by-field basis
sHTMLc
Save HTML code Show the HTML code on your web
page Cut and paste the code. Press a button
and voila! Perfect for adding code snippets in a Web
Style guide Tell people how to link to your site
Hiveware Enkoder form
Online web form for protecting your email from spam email-harvesting robots
Encrypt your email address and convert the result to a self evaluating JavaScript
http://hiveware.com/enkoder_form.php
Layout-o-Matic from inknoise
CSS layouts cross-browser compatible
One, two or three column layouts View and pick up your multi-column
CSS layout starter kit http://www.inknoise.com/experimental/
layoutomatic.php 4.x browsers
List-o-Matic
Create CSS menus Type in labels Choose a list style Create it, save it, add it to your CSS
style sheet, change colorshttp://www.accessify.com/tools-and-
wizards/list-o-matic/list-o-matic.asp
Browser.cam
Paste URLs into our Capture Wizard Select the browsers and operating
systems you want to check Hourly $10.00 - Up to 10 URL's in unlimited
browsers Monthly $ 39.95 Unlimited use
Payment
Firdamatic™
Design tool for uninspired webloggers Online tableless layout generator 2 or 3 column layout
ieSpell
ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage
Adds to same dictionary as other office programs
FURL
Click and save what you’re viewing Create your own topics to store items
under Annotate or “clip” part