Thomas Fuchs has announced the alpha release of scripty2, the successor of well known, powerful and flexible javascript library script.aculo.us. scripty2 is designed to help you write your own delicious visual effects & user interfaces. Check out the demo to see the possibilities scripty2 can do, however as it is still in alpha version which means there will be tweaking and rewrite into the library and it is not yet recommended for production use. Read Full Story

80+ social network icons which consists of 40+ 16 pixel x 16 pixel icons and 40+ 32 pixel by 32 pixel icons all in 32-bit PNG format by komodomedia. Download it here Read Full Story

jQuery validation engine, yet another nice form validation plugin for jquery javascript framework, comes with language localization supported and many predefined validation rules: optional: Special: Only validate when the field is not empty required: Field is required length[0,100] : Between x and x characters allowed minCheckbox[7] : Set the maximum checkbox autorized for a group confirm[fieldID] : Match the other field (ie:confirm password) telephone : Match telephone regEx rule. email : M... Read Full Story

Dajax is an easy to use ajax library for django inspired by php xajax library. Dajax allow django developers to integrate ajax functionality directly from their django application. The client side part is rely on prototype js library but intend to have support for other javascipts library in the future . Lincensed under new BSD License. Check out the links: download, installation instructions, available settings. Read Full Story

Simple tutorial to update twitter status via twitter API and Classic ASP (VBScript) and directly shortenize url using TinyURL service, uses COM Object Microsoft XMLHTTP. Read Full Story

Smashing Magazine released a free icon set contains 9 “toys” icons (png, 128×128px) that may come in handy in a variety of settings – e.g. in projects related to children and family. The files are transparent PNGs, and the source file (.eps) is included as well. As always, the set is completely free and may be used for any private or commercial project without any restrictions whatsoever. Check it out Read Full Story

We have tweetdeck, twhirl and few more other out there to bring our favourite social network functionality to the desktop, but do you want to bring any of your favourite website into your desktop like gmail or youtube? if you do, this news is for you. Mozilla has released the version 1.0 of prism firefox extension. It is an extension for firefox which allow you to transform your favourite web application to the desktop ones. Access web apps from system taskbar or dock, Prism apps run directl... Read Full Story

For classic asp developer among you who have been trying to embed flickr photos in your own web page, this is maybe for you, I have written an article about how to get flickr photos via flickr API and classic asp. This script was made while I am redesigning my freelance web work site, since I already put some of portfolio screenshots in my flickr account, then i decided to use it in my portfolio section rather than re-uploaded in my own server. Check out the detail codes, or preview the codes... Read Full Story

For web designers among you who have been using sIFR, facelift or other image replacement techniques, and has facing problems in particular browser then you may need to try Cufon, a fast text replacement with canvas and VML. Cufón aims to become a worthy alternative to sIFR, which despite its merits still remains painfully tricky to set up and use. To achieve this ambitious goal the following requirements were set and have been met: No plug-ins required – it can only use features natively su... Read Full Story

Spreading out news from Dion Almaer of Ajaxian about the preview of new Rico 3.0 (alpha version). If you haven’t heard about Rico (officially called OpenRico), Rico is an open source javaScript framework used to create rich, highly interactive web applications. It includes grids, calendar & tree controls, drag & drop, ajax, and more. While previous versions of Rico were tightly integrated with Prototype, the new version can work with any of 5 base libraries - Prototype, dojo... Read Full Story