Jay Robinson

Tag: webapps

  • MiniApps

    MiniAppsWebKitBits: MiniApps is the personal project of Alex Gibson. It has a handful of HTML5-based applications for the iPhone, Android, and other modern mobile browsers and is fully MIT licensed.

  • The Instapaper of Video

    I want an app that allows me to bookmark videos to watch later. When I use the app, my videos play in sequence without further intervention. Ideally, it syncs with my iPhone and desktop. Let’s take a look at Extract and mobile-dl. Extract, by Zach Waugh, is a Mac OS X app that allows you…

  • HTML Lint

    HTML LintLike JSLint does for JavaScript, HTML Lint does for your HTML code. That is, looks for errors and tidies up. Input via URL, file or copy and paste.

  • CSSDesk is another beautiful web app by Pixelmatrix Design aka Josh Pyles. Josh says to use this when you want to try out some code but you don’t want to fire up a text editor. Might be handy in a pinch, or for beginners. Read more about CSSDesk on Josh’s weblog.

  • “0to255 is a simple tool that helps web designers find variations of any color.” What more can I say? This is a beautiful app.

  • Okay, so the HTML5 Test takes care of your favorite browser, but what about the rest of the sorry lot? Recent San Francisco addition Paul Irish has you covered with HTML5 Readiness, which helps you visualize what parts of the spec are covered by which browsers. No surprise to see WebKit leading the way with…

  • The HTML5 Test shows you where your favorite browser fits in with the HTML5 spec. Shown with latest WebKit Nightly.

  • Two quick tips regarding “apple-touch-icon”

    atomicstapler: If you’re making a custom home screen icon for a web site or web app, make the icon 129 pixels square. This will make the icon look good on both the iPhone and iPad screen. (Thanks to Dan Rubin for this.) Also, instead of “apple-touch-icon,” you can use “apple-touch-icon-precomposed” and the ugly gloss won’t…

  • Jonathan Stark: PhoneGap vs Titanium Mobile, et al

    Jonathan Stark: PhoneGap vs Titanium Mobile, et al My general advice to developers is that if you can build your app with standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then you probably should. Jonathan Stark nails it.

  • The Mobile Web vs. the Objective-C Web

    The Mobile Web vs. the Objective-C Web The central theme of Mobile Web Design was carefully and thoughtfully built on the assumption that the browser will always provide the most consistent, reliable medium for users of web content, and the most open and sustainable platform for developers of the same—all thanks to HTML, CSS, and…

  • Ext JS Tumblelog: Theresa Neil details several aspects of rich internet application screen design, like structure, layout, and UI controls.

  • WebKitBits: Kevin Decker built a border-image-generating web app for CSS3 Border Images. Read about it then check it out. Border-image currently works in Mozilla and WebKit browsers.

  • Jay Robinson, contributing to WebKitBits: The brilliant Paul Irish built a CSS3 rule generating web app that he calls, “CSS3, Please!” Using automated vendor specific code, you can make box-shadow, gradient, rgba, even rotate, work in IE, Mozilla and WebKit. The great news is that this is merely version 1.0. Read his write-up on PaulIrish.com.