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TinyPNG — Compress PNG images while preserving transparency
TinyPNG uses smart lossy compression techniques to reduce the file size of your PNG files. By selectively decreasing the number of colours in the image, fewer bytes are required to store the data. The effect is nearly invisible but it makes a very large difference in file size! Works so well (shaves more than 50% …
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Retina.js
Yeoman
Yeoman is a robust and opinionated set of tools, libraries, and a workflow that can help developers quickly build beautiful, compelling web apps. I’ve been meaning to link to this tool for quite a while now. At DotJS (which ended about 7 hours ago), Addy’s talk sparked the interest in it again. With Yeoman you …
The Spirit of The Web
Design principles worth noting
Web App Mistakes: Condemned to repeat
CSS Filterlab
While we have to wait for CSS Custom Filters to hit mainstream browsers, you can use CSS Filter Lab to play with built-in CSS filters already available in most WebKit browsers today, including Chrome, Safari, and even Mobile Safari on iOS6. With CSS Filters you can create stunning effects. filter: sepia(0.8) saturate(3) brightness(0.25) contrast(2); for …
Science Fiction: A Supercut
Web Animations Preview
A brief introduction to some of the concepts in the Web Animations specification — an attempt to overcome some of the limitations with both CSS and SVG animations and unify them at the same time — currently being defined by Mozilla, Google, and Adobe under the W3C Web Animations 1.0 (Editor’s Draft) →