research resources

Web Editing

Uncluttered web editors:

Full featured web editors:

Wireframe Tools

  1. Gliffy
  2. Chandra
  3. Tall Tree

HTML/CSS Resources

  1. html dog
  2. WDG offers a number of CSS tutorials.
  3. BigNoseBird.com has lots of useful tools for creating web documents and websites
  4. Web Builder Zone offers links to resources for Web page developers of all skill levels.
  5. iWeb Webmaster
  6. W3Schools.com tutorials on literally anything you want to learn how to do with website coding, including an interesting FAQ on XHTML.
  7. HTML Dog offers a full set of online tutorials.
  8. XHTML Reference site.
  9. LearnNet has tutorials on a variety of topics from simply learning more about navigating on the internet, to site design and HTML.
  10. DevX: Project Cool
  11. The HTML Writer's Guild provides this great CSS FAQ.
  12. MaxDesign provides a number of CSS tutorials.
  13. Bare Bones Guide to HTML is one of the first guides published online. It is now available for download.
  14. Sizzling HTML is a great reference and you can download a copy for yourself.
  15. ASCII and HTML tables and CSS tables.
  16. BrainJar css tutorial

CSS Resources/Web Design

  1. Color Scheme Designer
  2. MyerWeb
  3. A List Apart
  4. W3Schools.com
  5. CSS3.info
  6. Position is Everything
  7. Holy CSS Zeldman
  8. CSS Tricks
  9. Zen Garden
  10. CSS Mania
  11. CSS Remix
  12. CSS Website
  13. Open Source Templates
  14. Intensivstation css templates
  15. W3C.org
  16. JQuery
  17. WestCiv
  18. YUI Grids, YUI Reset, YUI Base, YUI Fonts
  19. I Love Typography
  20. CSS Beauty
  21. CSS Style Gala
  22. CSS Creator
  23. 20 CSS Tips and Tricks
  24. Dynamic Drive CSS Library
  25. Listamatic
  26. FAQ for the Web Standards Project
  27. The CSS Gallery List

Images

  1. Icon Archive
  2. png Icons
  3. ImageAfter
  4. Texture King

Web 2.0

  1. WriteBoard a free whiteboard for collaboration.
  2. Google has multiple free applications and Web 2.0 colloboration tools including Blogger..
  3. Ning a web 2.0 networking site.
  4. Nicenet Internet Classroom Assistant is an online classroom.
  5. TappedIn is a MOO site for educators.
  6. Blogsome
  7. WordPress
  8. Juice: free download to listen to podcasts any time.
  9. gPodder media aggregator.
  10. The Podcast Network is a place to publish podcasts and download podcasts on lots of topics.

Script Sources

  1. Java Script Source
  2. Java Boutique
  3. Adeveloper
  4. CodeBrain.com
  5. HotScripts
  6. Java Script Kit
  7. DynamicDrive.com
  8. AMGY.com's JavaScript 2
  9. CodeLifter.com
  10. Brainjar.com

USB Software

  1. Kurio: a calendar/contact organizer for a usb drive.
  2. Tiny word processor fits on a USB drive: Jarte.

Free Utilities

  1. Converts files including different versions of Word files.
  2. Stickies and Sticky Notes are electronic post-it notes for your computer
  3. Screen Print Utilities:
  4. WINK produces flash tutorials.
  5. Free online Camtasia-clone
  6. Free video/image editor, Ifranview
  7. Zamzar converts between file formats.

Computer Protection

  1. AVG Anti-virus and avast 4 homeoffer a free version of their software for single users with home computers.
  2. ZoneAlarm offers a free firewall for single users with home computers.
  3. Spybot and Super Anti Spyware search your computer, find, and destorys spyware and adware.
  4. BitDefender and Trend Micro Housecall offer free services to check your computer for virus infections.
  5. Eraser covers over old files on a computer with a pattern that makes them unreadable for those passsing on a computer.
  6. Darik's Boot And Nuke
  7. VirusTotal

Miscellaneous Free Resources

What is my IP

OpenOffice includes all the tools that Microsoft's office suite has, including a WYSIWYG web editor with built in templates.

ThinkFree provides an entire office suite online for access any time you have access to the internet.

Serif Software provides a number of free programs including desktop publishing, web editing, image editing, and more.

Zhocreator, an online database

PBworks a good free wiki

VoiceThread

TalkShoe

Pencil is used to create wireframes, mockups of websites. It works with Firefox.

SourceForge for open source software.

Download.com, sponsored by CNet, has more software for download.

Jumbo! is, of course, a jumbo site of software.

Shareware.com, also sponsored by CNet, is one of the first and biggest search sites for locating shareware software.

TUCOWS bills itself as the: "The World's Best Collection of Internet Software."

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