13 tools for Web designers
Wednesday October 8, 2008
While I don't agree with all the links on this list, there are a lot of great tools out there for Web designers at all levels. Some of the sites I do agree are worth your time include:
- PSDTuts
A great site for learning Photoshop. I would go here when you can't find what you're looking for on Graphics Software @ About.com. - Firefox
My favorite browser. I also use Safari and Opera. You can find other great browsers at Web Browsers @ About.com. - StockXchange
I've used them for a long time for free stock photography. You can also find great images at Web Clipart @ About.com. - Adobe Kuler
This is one of my favorite color mixing tools. There are so many ideas for colors here it gets overwhelming. If you want a simpler color palettes library you can check out my Color Palettes Gallery that is still in development.
Comments
Interesting you say you dont agree with all on the list. I think an interesting point of view would be to say why you dont agree with the ones you dont agree with… if that makes sense?
If you visit this site regularly, it would be no secret which site Jennifer doesn’t agree with.
I had to laugh when I read Dean’s comment. He could probably tell you that the one I don’t agree with is W3Schools.
This site is fairly well-done, but they play off the ignorance of many of their readers by using a name similar to the standards body: the World Wide Web Consortium or W3C. Because of this confusion, many people think they are the W3C or at the very least the tutorials arm of the W3C, and neither of these things are correct.
I have also found errors in their documentation that they don’t fix when it’s reported to them (at least not quickly). And it scares me that a group that seems fairly insulated from their customers (it’s hard to contact them) has such a strong, if misplaced, authority.
You can get nearly all the information they provide here or, even better, at the W3C directly. And I’d rather people relied on the standards body than on a group that subtly pretends to be that same body.
Thanks for asking!
Very interesting point of view.
The inclusion of W3Schools was based on the fact that their approach in providing information is very easy. And there you can learn basic stuff in various W3C standards.
I can’t say that those samples there are always perfect, and I don’t know about their openness to criticism, but I can say that they offer easy accessible information.
Your right about the name, but I understand them. And your right also about W3C, but sometimes, the W3C pages are not the most easy to read.
Cheers!
Another tool good for webmasters is BossFTP, a web based FTP client. It’s help webmasters connect and manage their FTP server faster and easier.