Archive for January, 2011
Awesome jQuery Techniques To Create Visually Impressive Photo Galleries
Here we have gathered a round about of some amazing jQuery image galleries and sliders that we hope you will like. You must have seen many of these jQuery image galleries and sliders on different portfolio websites because they are easy and helpful in displaying images and photos than any other medium.
The most amazing thing about jQuery is that you don’t have to be a techie to add jQuery to your website, you can easily add it even if you don’t know much about JavaScript and jQuery. So let us take a look at this assortment. Feel free to share your opinion with us.
Full Page Image Gallery with jQuery
Sliding Panel Photo Wall Gallery with jQuery
Create Fantastic Lightbox – Style Galleries and Slideshow
HTML5 Slideshow w/ Canvas & jQuery
Thumbnails Navigation Gallery with jQuery
Create image gallery in 4 lines of jQuery
AD Gallery, gallery plugin for jQuery
Animate Panning Slideshow with jQuery
Auto-Playing Featured Content Slider
Automatic Image Slider w/ CSS & jQuery
Create a Slick and Accessible Slideshow Using jQuery
Create Scrollable Interface with jQuery Image Scroller Plugin
Minimalistic Slideshow Gallery with jQuery
Image Highlighting and Preview with jQuery
Beautiful Photo Stack Gallery with jQuery and CSS3
Multimedia Gallery for Images, Video and Audio
Awesome Mobile Image Gallery Web App
7 Must Try Multiplayer Games For Your Android Device
Playing games on your Android smartphone is fun but one can feel monotonous and bored playing the same game all by himself round the clock. The best solution to the problem is playing multiplayer games with other players around the world and socializing at the same time. It will not only make you cheer up but also test you with other insane players. Finding decent multiplayer games can be difficult in the android market and thus here is our handpicked list of 7 most astonishing multiplayer games that will surely groove you and kill your boredom.
Cestos 2 Party Time
Cestos is one of the most loved multiplayer game in Android and now it just got better with Cestos 2 Party Time. Both Cestos and its sequel are based upon principle of physics and believe me you are sure to love it at the arena. The game can be played online with other players round the globe. In the game a player is given set of marbles and he need to control it by determining their direction and velocity. Once all the player have setup their marbles its time for a launch. The player whose marble make it till the end of the game without falling into the pit and blown by hidden mines is the winner. Cestos 2 is not just about playing game and winning it also provides a bit of social activities such as Avatars and chartrooms to interact to other players. The game runs on a very light engine and will work flawlessly on basic 3G connection.
Project INF Beta
Project INF Beta is a shooting genre multiplayer game and believe me it’s the best in its class. The game is launched by ChickenBrickStudios and is free to play. The game is slow-paced and provide great control. Players can comepete with one another in deathmatch, team deathmatch, and capture the flag events. There are different ranking available for you such as Scout, Marine, or Brute with each having its own set of skills. Well only shooting is not important in the game you also need to collect money to upgrade your inventory. One tip if you are planning to play the game, keep your alias a little more appealing and brood.
Parallel Kingdom Age of Thrones
No its nothing like Lord of The Rings where you need to kill the king and all it’s horses. The game is set in current time and the map is you real-time position through GPS on Google maps. All what you need to do is fight with other players online near you All you have to do is fight with other players, place flags, plant trees, gather resources, collect items and fight with a variety of creatures or visit other players inside the game, place flags, plant trees, gather resources and collect items. The game is very addictive and will surely take you back with its concept and game playing.
Sketch online
Seriously how good are you in drawing, because this game will test your drawing skills and at the same time your imagination skills too. The game is free alternative of the game “What The Doodle” and is in no way a compromise against money. The objective of the game is simple; a player has to draw a given word while other players have to guess it. If a player correctly guess what you are drawing he and you both gets one point, if no one was able to guess then the game punishes you with a negative point.
2 Player Reactor
This game is a single device multiplayer game that means you cannot play the game online but rather you can play with your friends on a single device. The concept of the game is the first one to react to whatever’s queried on the screen correctly gains a point. It measure your reflexes against your friends word matches color, 5 different shapes, Mouse in maze, Countdown hits zero, Sad Smiley and many more. If you are running out of your bandwidth or don’t have an internet connection at your camping this game will surely groove you. The game is all about checking the response time of the players based upon some stimulus. The game supports 2-4 players and is lot more fun to play.
HomeRun Battle 3D Free
The game is dedicated to all the baseball fans. The game has most promising graphics among the above mentioned games. It’s the winner of Best Sports Game of 2009 from Best App Ever, IGN.com and Touch Arcade. The game is all about playing Basebass and scoring as many homeruns as you can competing with several other player around the world.
Pocket Legends (3D MMO)
Pocket Legends” is a ground-breaking and unique Mobile MMORPG, or ‘massively-multiplayer online role-playing game’ where you can join thousands of players from around the world. Play with your friends and make new friends online. Cooperate to undertake wild adventures in endless dungeon campaigns! Become a part of this unique fantasy epic! Assume the role of a powerful bear-like Ursan Warrior, mystical Elf Enchantress, or Avian Archer. In one word it’s the World of Warcraft in your pockets.
10 Extremely Eye-Catching Minimalist Icon Sets
In the past, we had posted good collection of icon sets which were highly praised by our visitors and on their request, we have compiled yet another exciting post on minimalist icon sets.
Icon set if used properly help users with nice metaphors, and for this reason designers and artists all around the world put lots of attention on the selection of icon set, feel free to suggest and share more icon sets in the comments section below.
Firecracker – Freebie Icon Pack
iconSweets2
Iconic
IC Minimal Icon Set
Sanscons
Retina Display Icon Set
Free Icons Pack
Glyphish Free
Default Icon
iconSweets
Mono Icons: Huge Set of Minimal Icons
21 Insanely Cool Add-ons To Rock Your Firefox
You might have been using Firefox from a long time but there is a good chance you are not taking its full advantage. Firefox’s maximum potential lies in the power of its add-ons. Here, We have gathered 21 Insanely Cool Add-ons To Rock Your Firefox. You will not find these add-ons in similar lists on other websites; I hope you find them to be useful to your computer usage.
Give the list a thorough reading, try out any or all add-ons you are interested in, and let me know in the comments how they worked out for you. You are welcome if you want to share more useful firefox add-ons which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter.
Textarea Cache
This extension will save automatically the content in textarea or WYSIWYG editor when user is typing. User can recover the saved texts in the cache window, even the tab or the window is closed unexpectedly.
QuickDrag
Extends the function of the drag-and-drop mouse gesture so that it can be used to load URLs, do a web search of selected text on a page, or save an image on a page. The successor to Super DragAndGo.
LinkExtend
LinkExtend provides meta-site-ratings for computer safety, child safety, company ethics, and popularity. Safety results come from eight online services giving you a safer browsing experience. Site links, titles, files and reviews are also included.
VideoSurf Videos at a Glance
Get visual video summaries and related videos on Twitter, Google, YouTube, Yahoo! and more. See the contents of a video link before you click to watch the video.
ScrapBook
ScrapBook is a Firefox extension, which helps you to save web pages and easily manage collections. It’s key features are lightness, speed, accuracy and multi-language support.
FoxTab
FoxTab is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that enhances the browser with an attractive 3D tabbed-browsing functionality. Foxtab displays thumbnails previews of your favorite sites, opened tabs, and recently closed tabs.
Stylish
Stylish lets you easily install themes and skins for Google, Facebook, YouTube, Orkut, and many, many other sites. You can even customize Firefox and other programs themselves.
AutoPager
AutoPager automatically loads next pages when you reach the end of a page. It works on a ton of sites,Google,Yahoo.. It works well with most other add-ons adblock plus, WOT and most of the greasemonkey scripts. You can also try AutoPagerLite.
AutoCopy
You can select text on any web page and it will be automatically copied to the clipboard.
PageZipper
Ever read one of those top ten lists or photo galleries where every item is on a different page? Clicking “Next” and waiting takes longer than actually reading the page. PageZipper automatically merges all the “Next” pages into one, so you can skip directly to the stuff you want.
Taboo
If you keep tons of tabs open because you want to continue reading them later, Taboo is for you. Taboo lets you save a page for later (taking a screenshot, and using the Session Saver code to remember scroll location and form fields).
ImTranslator
ImTranslator is one of the most popular and highly demanded add-on for Firefox received the highest rating from numerous users. It does translation in 2652 language combinations, spell checking and much more.
Kid Mode – Firefox for Kids
When your kids want to play online, put Firefox into Kid Mode which protects your computer and delight your kid with a safe environment that’s filled with fun and learning. Zoodles Kid Mode makes it easy for kids 8 and under to independently play online.
Sxipper
Sxipper makes interacting with the web simpler by keeping track of an unlimited number of usernames, passwords and personal information such as name, address, phone numbers, etc. Presented as you need it, Sxipper securely stores this personal data on your computer.
NoSquint
NoSquint allows you to adjust the text-only and full-page (both text and images) zoom levels as well as color settings both globally (for all sites) and per site.
WiseStamp Email Signature
WiseStamp empowers your webmail signatures in Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo!, Hotmail, and AOL. This is a signature creator that includes many exciting and improved webmail signature features.
Tab Scope
Tab Scope is a Firefox extension which enables to preview and navigate tab contents through popup.
SearchGBY
This will allow searching multiple search engines at the same time. This will be embedded directly into browser.
Amplify
You can use Amplify to clip, share & spark conversation about excerpts from articles, blog posts, tweets or anything else you read on the web. Amplify supports autoposting to Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, Posterous, Tumblr &
more.
SimilarWeb
The easiest way to find the best websites on the Internet. As you browse the internet, find the most interesting related sites on the web by similarity and category and get the latest articles and buzz on every website you visit.
Screengrab
Screengrab saves webpages as images. It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame, basically it saves webpages as images – either to a file, or to the clipboard. It captures
Flash too.
50 Beautiful Sets Of High-Quality Adobe Illustrator Brushes
For a designer, the very important or key tool of designing is his brushes, correct brushes make the designer’s work easier. In this post, we have collected 50 sets of high quality Adobe Illustrator Brushes which you can hardly find anywhere else. So if you are searching for some good and high quality Adobe Illustrator Brushes, then look no further. You’ve come to the right place. Feel free to share your opinion with us and do not forget to share this post with your friends and pals.
You are welcome if you want to share more adobe illustrator brushes that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com, just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and follow us on Digg as well to get updated.
Victorian vector brush pack
romantic borders
Ink/Watercolor
Swirly Curls – Sick Brush Kit
per forma Royalz Ai
mycanthus brush pack 1
Illustrator Grunge Brushes
Spanners
Circles and Drips – Brushes
conetix
The Flower Tree
Floral n Veins Brushes
smoke – illustrator brush pack
Fresh Brushes
Pearl Pattern Brush
Diamond Necklace Pattern Brush
Hearts Brushess
Rope Brush
Illustrator Thick Brushes
Mis primeros PNG
Kirby Krackles brush set
Crazy Faces Brush Set
Midsummer Stars – Ai Brush
Willow Brush
Quaternion Brush Pack 02
Chalk Illustrator brushes
Illustrat Paint Brushes
construx
WOODCUTS: AI flourish pack
DRW Brushes
Abstract Brushes
Illustrator Brush Pack
illustrator Ornate borders
vector marker brushes
Inky Pen 1
Artistic Brshs AI CS3
Scatter Brushes
Illustrator pattern brushes
illustrator brush set 1
illustrator brush set 3
technix brush pack
Celtic Border brush v2
Confetti
“Kairy” Brushes
Scatter Brushes
Flowers and Circular Designs
Illustrator Brushes
Swirl rocks brushes
The Hairbrush Kit
Abstract Brushes
7 Totally Awesome Tools For Cd/Dvds Tasks On Windows
CD, DVD and Blur-ray discs are the most used method to store our data and media files and use them on the go. However Managing huge collection of hard copies can be a bit painful some times. Now you can ease your task using the below mentioned freeware utilities that will help you to create, burn, rip and backup your favorite disc.
You are welcome if you want to share more tools for Cd/Dvds tasks that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com, just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and follow us on Digg as well to get updated.
ImgBurn
ImgBurn is a nifty windows application to read, create and burn CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray discs on your system. It also integrates a verification module so that users can verify and compare the image created and burn against the original source. The application support wide range or image formats and optical drives. It works flawlessly on all the flavors of windows and can be made to work on Linux OS through Wine. If you are looking for easy and simple image burning application it’s a must download. Download ImageBurn
CDBurnerXP
With CDBurnerXP, you can create and burn ISO images of CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray discs and works on all the variants of Windows including Windows 64bit systems. It supports multi-language interface and has an inbuilt converter module to convert BIN and NRG to standard ISO format prior to burning. Download CDBurnXP
Virtual CloneDrive
Virtual CloneDrive solves the problem of creating and writing an image file but what if you don’t want to use the data in your ISO files without burning on a media. Now with Virtual CloneDrive you can mount your created image files on the virtual CD-DVD drive and work on the data. The program works is lightweight and free to use but does not support Windows 7. Dwonload Virtual CloneDrive
bitRipper
Do you want to rip your favorite movie from DVD to AVI to store it forever but the price tag on most of the DVD rippers limiting you? Well now you can easily rip a DVD movie to your hard drive with bitRipper for free. All you need to do is insert the disc you want to rip and the application will take care of it thereafter. It will automatically scan the DVD and list them on the main program interface for you to select and rip. You can even customize the settings like changing video resolution, audio/video codecs, aspect ratio, and much more. Please note that the application will seize to work if the disc you are trying to rip is protected. Download bitRipper
CDex
If you are a music lover and want to save all your favorite tracks for ever after, CDex is the perfect solution for you. Using this application user can rip their music collection and store them on their hard discs in raw wave format or in many other encoded formats. Officially the product version does not support Windows 7 but for me it worked perfectly fine. Download CDex
DVD Shrink
If you want to preserve your DVD movies for a life time by saving them on your hard drive, DVD Shrink is the best available option for you. This application simply helps the user to create backup copies of your DVD movies including protected discs. Users also have an option to either save the full movie or selected parts depending on their mood. Download DVD Shrink
The Evolution Of The Computer (Cartoon)
Evolution in computers is been one of the fastest known evolution on earth. In a short period of time a room sized computer is converted into a portable small sized one. This cartoon illustrates the same effect in a hilarious and honest way.
This cartoon was designed by Harold’s Planet. We would love to know what you are thinking while viewing this illustration. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter.
Truly Adorable Beauty Of Flowers Captured With Vibrant Colors
Today, we are showing you Truly Adorablte Beauty Of Flowers Captured With Vibrant Colors. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.
You are welcome if you want to share more vibrant flower photography that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com, just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and follow us on Digg as well to get updated.
Hypnotic seeds by Jörg Hubrich
Sweet Dreams by Billie Jo Moscherosch
Poppy by Margaret Barry
Explosion by Sarah Donoghue
Blue Poppy by Tracy Martin
Pointed by Margaret Barry
Celestial Gardening by Scott Richter
The daisy experiment by Ursula I Abresch
Yellow on Blue by Pedro Lastra
Floral Lights by Anna Ridley
Rose by Olivier Maurin
Dahlia by Daniel
