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- Oatmeal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Very cool, I was particular impressed with heatmap - it took about two minutes to install and appears to be working beautifully
Here's a few more:
Sifr - Flash based typography
http://www.mikeindustries.com/sifr/
Lightbox JS: simple, unobtrusive JS lightboxes (great for a gallery)
http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/
Regular Expression Validator: Not a downloadable snippet, but still incredibly useful
http://tools.netshiftmedia.com/regexlibrary/ - Aeaus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9This site is incredible as a resource, I don't think there's been any one of these 25 Killer Code lists that haven't made page one.
- kris33, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7This is part 5. The previous was part 4. This is a completely new article.
- DigiSkin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I usually seem to avoid the "list" posts on Digg...
REALLY glad i clicked this one... this has some of the best (most useful) links on it that I think Ive seen in any of the "top list" type posts on digg...
I really wish I could DIGG it multiple times! - kris33, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Useful stuff, but how many of these "code snippets" are really code snippets? Most of them are generators or lists.
- oblongmouth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3@djlosch: Programmers like you are holier than thou *****. Web site design (or any design) skills are as valid as any programmer. You're comparing apples and oranges.
- keepclear, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Yeah the heatmap is great - could it put crazyegg.com out of business ?
- resplence, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@Moby22:
I agree with you, but my whole point was expressed in my last sentence: "when they are forced to learn programming out of necessity".
It has come to a point where it's hard for a designer to find internships or jobs where only designing skills are required; unless it's only for print design. Even people with no programming ability (hey, most of us are bad with math, algorithms and stuff - like most programmers are with graphics. There's a reason we've chosen a more artistic path) need to do a half-assed job in programming or they won't get the job at all.
And even for a freelance designer, when clients need a website that they can update by themselves, they don't really like the idea of being presented with a free CMS, or when we have to outsource the development of a custom CMS - and charge accordingly.
When you design a poster for print, you deliver the file and that's it. Nobody expects you to operate printing machines and print out the thousands of copies by yourself - and still deliver a competitive price. However, if you can only design a layout, but not the whole site, you're worthless. People say "That's nothing. It doesn't exist yet. You've got to make it real". Arrogant programmers even think they're superior because of that. The whole thing is really unfavorable for web designers who are just that - designers.
So if someone is good or enjoys doing both, more power to them, and it's very well deserved that they get the jobs the rest is not as well prepared to. But good, capable designers miss opportunities for less qualified people who are more of a jack-of-all-trades than accomplished professionals, and is really a shame that this has become the norm. In the end, everyone loses. - moresheth, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@djlosch
I was about to make a bunch of rash assumptions about programmers that think they can design. Fortunately, I viewed your website and every one of my generalizations were validated.
There are many reasons to hire a web designer as opposed to a web developer. The main one is because the designers can always be taught how to code properly, but programmers can never be taught how to design properly. Your site is a great example of that. - resplence, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@sjlosch:
"if you're not good enough for software engineering or plain development and coding"
You're confusing 'designer' with "developer". Designers don't (or shouldn't, anway) have to deal with "software engineering or plain development and coding", the same way programmers shouldn't have to design. The reason employers and 'IT people' might 'laugh at us' is because they only really want people who can do both, because it's cheaper than hiring two individual professionals. And it has come to a point where, in order to get hired, designers MUST know both print and web design AND programming.
It's insane, but desperate designers help reinforce this everyday, when they are forced to learn programming out of necessity. - fLUx1337, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Not bad....some nice work to get ideas from...
But I am begining to get highly annoyed with this kinda thing on Digg....
#1 because it all seems the same
#2 because 99% of it is telling you how to make plasic "Web 2.0" stuff, which isnt good to show to new web developers, because they think thats what they should do! Outcome? Loads of "Web 2.0" sites which look crap now.....
Look at Digg.....web2.0, but not plasic crap! flickr....same again! Youtube.....yep you guessed it!
Basicaly - learn all you want, but if your learning to design websites, be original, and design your own site, instead of using ideas from some kid who likes plasic crap!
EDIT: btw, this site is the best example site for real web 2.0 on digg.....what I just said was for overall posts simular to this... - slythfox, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I can't get heatmap to work or find an example... :/
I do the "CSS solid block menu" all the time. It's very cool because it actually works in IE (6), as it uses the supported hover effect of anchor tags. - mattyxo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Well if the other one was popular, do the people who like it not have the mental capacity to look on the website themselves for Part 5? Seems slightly redundant but I guess the reminder is nice
- sasha211, on 05/02/2008, -0/+0absolutely amazing...good work..thanks
- inkubux, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1One of the rare "css/web2.0" thing that has been usefull on digg :)
- Moby22, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0@resplence,
> Designers don't (or shouldn't, anway) have to deal with "software engineering or plain development and coding", the same way programmers shouldn't have to design.
Maybe you meant "can't" when you said "shouldn't." In an ideal world, and especially on medium-to-large teams, everyone has a specific role, be it design or coding. But to say "should" or "shouldn't" is to ignore two things:
1) As you pointed out, the cross-over happens quite often, and that is reality. Granted, managers sometimes have unrealistic expectations of what a designer or coder can do, but if someone can do both jobs, they should. The unfortunate-to-the-rest-of-the-world truth is that they present real value over a "single purpose" professional. In the unfair hierarchy of the world, these people will rise to the top of their field.
2) Having skills as a designer and a coder makes you more effective at both. Understanding one field while working in the other is made more important when the two fields are as closely related as these.
Perhaps your real point is that the other reality is that very few coders can design, and very few designers can code. This is a realistic limitation, but there is a fine line between knowing your limits and copping out because its "just not your thing." - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Again and again and again!!!
- BigFloppy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1A++++++++!! Would read again!!
- tfb1ftb1, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0+ 1
- tfb1ftb1, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0Now they are just copying....
screen shots from http://www.miniajax.com
& links from http://www.smashingmagazine.com
It is normal? - floodyberry, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Why did keepclear submit this (for the third time) when the last time it hit the front page was 13 days ago? Did not enough designers see it the first two times?
http://digg.com/design/25_Killer_Code_Snippets_every_Good_Designer_Should_See_2 - darkfire, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Now they are just copying....
Heatmap, and Ajax Poll Script. Their are screen shots ripped of of www.miniajax.com I do not see any attribution. - krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -7/+2this is the exact reason why many people don't treat "web designers" with any respect [at all]. hell, i would kick my own ass if i called myself a web designer. if you're not good enough for software engineering or plain development and coding, you should save yourself the embarassment (bc all the SEs and even the guys in IT will make fun of you). web design is not hard. you can be an expert at 16 yrs old. it's like 4 steps up from riding a bike.
and any dumbass who cannot explain the advantages of css over tables and tables over css (yes, there are many) should never get hired to do web design.
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