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Show Document: A Fast and Fully Synchronized Web Meeting Platform

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

Show Document is a fast and fully synchronized Net Meeting platform that lets individuals have a free online meeting and share documents (including PDF, Word, PowerPoint) with other people at the same time. It works as an alternative to various commercial desktop sharing applications. This application is very simple to operate, intuitive, requires no sign-up, no download and no installation.

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The web meeting platform offers the following services:

  • Share documents online
  • Shared Text Editor
  • Share Google Map
  • Share document from URL
  • Shared Web View
  • Share To Mobile
  • Interactive Whiteboard
  • Share You Tube

One can easily upload any file and during the session mark it up with a pen or a highlighter tool in addition to a text box tool and eraser. There is also a chat box to discuss ideas and changes. Everyone’s cursor is tracked with their name as it moves around the screen. Show Document is a very effective collaboration tool.

Improve the Default Look of Your Form Elements

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

jqTransform is a JQuery Styling Plugin released by DFC Engineering, that allows you to skin form elements. The plugin is released under the GPL license and it is compatible with IE 6+, Safari 2+, and Firefox 2+. You can easily customize the form via CSS.

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NiceForms is a non-intrusive JavaScript method that allows you to completely customize your web forms.

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Features include:

  • Fully scalable form fields and buttons
  • Customize the look of the forms by creating your own theme
  • Buttons are automatically expanded to accommodate the amount of text present
  • Supports Keyboard-only navigation

Starting with the basic XHTML code for a web form, Niceforms parses the DOM tree, gets all the input fields, hides them, and positions their new graphical appearance in place. All this is done while preserving the date transfer and selection features of the regular form. Everything is done via javascript.

Easily Create IPhone-styled Websites with JQTouch jQuery Plugin

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

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JQTouch is a JQuery Plugin created by David Kaneda, for mobile web development on the iPhone, Android, Palm Pre, and other forward-thinking devices. The plugin has native animations, automatic navigation, and themes for mobile WebKit browsers like iPhone, G1, and Pre. For more information about JQTouch contact David on Twitter: @davidkaneda.

Features include:

  • Easy One-line setup with options for selectors, viewport settings, icon path and glossiness, and status bar style
  • Pages can be built in a single HTML file, or loaded dynamically via GET or POST
  • Page history management and CSS3 page transitions, including 3d flip
  • Native WebKit Animations (including slide in/out, slide up/down, and 3D flip)
  • Image Preloading
  • Callback functions
  • Theme support

Convert Your HandWriting into a Font with FontCapture

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

Do you need a way to create a font from your very own handwriting? At fontcapture.com you can do that. There’s no software to download and install. All you need is a printer and a scanner. You just need to follow some simple steps to get the desired font: fill in the font template, scan and upload it to the website, and download your completed font. The generated font can be used on both Windows and Mac computers.

To install the font file in Windows browse to the “Fonts” folder (usually located in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\), and just drag-and-drop / copy the file in this folder. If you are using Mac, just double click on it and click “Install font” in the window that appears.

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Easily view and organize your installed fonts with ‘my Fontbook’

Last updated on by Gabriel Livan

my Fontbook is a free and easy to use browser-based font viewer that allows you to easily review and catalog all of your installed fonts. It is an independent platform that can be used in any web browser. This application can help designers to save time since it provides a quick and easy way to view their font collection.

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Features include:

  • Font Viewer (Browse all installed fonts, rendered and sorted for your convenience)
  • Proof Sheet (Print selected font with several style samples)
  • Tags & Favorites (Tag and Rate fonts that you consider important)
  • Glyphs (Preview for typeface characters that are listed with each ASCII code to make adding to web pages easy)
  • Metrics (Get a better view of letter spacing and line heights)
  • List & Swatch Views
  • Sample and Body text
  • Fast Font Rendering

MyFontbook tries to fill the gap between the limited font tools provided by your operating system and the expensive font management applications aimed at power users.