Simple Bits has some fun ascii art in the their css

tweet: vector and raster pack

One Adobe Illustrator file

Two PNG transparent background raster files (315×309 and 590×573)

In this corner coming in at version 0.25 Shink O’Matic! And in the far corner coming in at version 0.5.3.1 ImageSizer!

Shrink O’Matic comes out strong with drag and drop image resizing, with a fresh and clean design.

Oww! ImageSizer strikes a blow with whole folder import, screen snap detection and drag and drop image import options.

Shrink O’Matic hits back with four output formats, auto file renaming. Follows up with a round house blow; intuitive navigation.

ImageSizer comes back strong with individual file renaming, cropping and image rotation. ImageSizer finishes with output to a new folder, a zip file, Flikr and Twitter upload options.

ImageSizer! The winner!

For a client with little understanding of images who has a 50 megapixel camera, because he likes big numbers, and only wants to upload a few pictures at a time Shrink O’Matic is most likely the best fit for him. For a professional photographer who wants to upload whole galleries to his NextGen gallery ImageSizer may be the right fit, import a folder output to a zip and upload it to an album/gallery. The down side to ImageSizers is the single file format output and complexity of options. Shrink O’Matic is easy, maybe too easy, but has multiple file formats to choose from.

What do you think?

Ingredients:

• 4 cups apples
• lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup oats
• 2/3 cup butter (softened)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions:

1. preheat oven to 350°
2. pour a little lemon juice over apples stir
3. lay apples in 13×9 pan (I use a glass one)
4. mix brown sugar, flour, oats and cinnamon
5. add butter (I found it quickest to use my hands)
6. spread mixture over apples
7. bake for 30 min or until golden brown

Detail article regarding this at the-art-of-web.com

screen shot of space 15o’s code.

1. Merge the two images as one.
   
   
   you will notice the image is 60 pixels in height I have placed the guide at 30 pixels and place the rollover text on the guide.
2. The markup is simple:

   <a class="rollover" href="link/" title="Rollover Link">Rollover</a>

   Break down of the code:

   <a » the a tag
   class="rollover" » CSS identifier
   href="link/" » file location
   title="Rollover Link" » title tag this good for SEO
   >Rollover » Link text
   </a> » Closing tag

3. The CSS is simple as well:

   a.rollover {
   background:url(rollover.gif) no-repeat;
   background-position:top left;
   display:block;
   height:30px;
   width:160px;
   text-indent:-999px;
   overflow:hidden;
   }
   a:hover.rollover {
   background-position:bottom left;
   }

   Break down of the code:

   a.rollover {
   background:url(rollover.gif) no-repeat;   /* places the image in the background of the link */
   background-position:top left;   /* background position */
   display:block;  /* this changes the default render style from inline to block creating a "box" */
   height:30px;  /* sets the height of box */
   width:160px;  /* set the width of box */
   text-indent:-999px;  /* pushes the text out of the box */
   overflow:hidden;  /* this hides the text and lower part of the image that is outside the defined box */
   }
   a:hover.rollover {
   background-position:bottom left;  /* slides the image up creating the rollover effect. */
   }

4. In action: Rollover

I never felt I have had much to say. I still don’t, I now just have the need to record my findings and some of my thoughts. My hope is this blog will be an open dialog about web design and web development. From time to time I will share some of my interest outside of web design.