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Swiffy: convert SWF files to HTML5

Swiffy: convert SWF files to HTML5: " By Marcel Gordon, Product Manager, Swiffy Some Google projects really do start from one person hacking around. Last summer, an engineering intern named Pieter Senster joined the mobile advertising team to explore how we could display Flash animations on devices that don’t support Adobe Flash player. Pieter made such great progress that Google hired him full time and formed a team to work on the project. Swiffy was born! Today we’re making the first version...
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Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web

Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web: " Update: For our international readers, this post is also available in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. - Ed. Among the most basic of human needs is the need to connect with others. With a smile, a laugh, a whisper or a cheer, we connect with others every single day. Today, the connections between people increasingly happen online. Yet the subtlety and substance of real-world interactions...
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Ten Things Every Beginning Developer Should Know

Ten Things Every Beginning Developer Should Know: " In the world of web development, there’s so much to look at and do, it can be confusing to decide where to start as a beginner. If you’re wanting to be a back-end developer, what languages do you learn? Do you learn HTML and CSS if you just want to work in PHP and Ruby? Should you learn basic design principles as well? Or, should you learn a little about everything? A lot of people are afraid to jump into web development because of this...
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15 Powerful jQuery Tips and Tricks for Developers

15 Powerful jQuery Tips and Tricks for Developers: " In this article we will take a look at 15 jQuery techniques which will be useful for your effective use of the library. We will start with a few tips about performance and continue with short introductions to some of the library’s more obscure features. 1) Use the Latest Version of jQuery With all the innovation taking place in the jQuery project, one of the easiest ways to improve the performance of your web site is to simply use the latest...
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Dissecting Google+

Dissecting Google+: " Google has made more missteps with social networking than perhaps any other company online. MySpace’s slow death marks the death of one product. In the same time frame, Google has bought out, launched, and killed or neglected a score of social products. Wikipedia lists nearly a dozen social networking related acquisitions, depending on which you count, and Google’s own Orkut, Buzz, and Wave have either withered on the vine or been outright killed. With this many failures,...
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[Freebie] "Educons" Icon Set (PSD included)

[Freebie] "Educons" Icon Set (PSD included): " To continue our grateful thanks to our readers and community in general, we are glad to release yet another freebie: Educons, an icon set with 15 quality educational related icons. These icons come in PNG format in 2 different sizes 128×128 and 64×64 pixels along with layered Photoshop PSD file of each icon. These icons are designed by GraphicsFuel.com exclusively for Hongkiat readers, and are delivered in both Photoshop and PNG formats. All...
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Twenty Time Saving Tips

Twenty Time Saving Tips: " Are you pressed for time? It’s not at all unusual for a freelancer to run out of day before their work is done. If you’re using an application to track how you use your time, that’s a great start to making better use of your time. There are other shortcuts and tricks you can apply to maximize your available time. In this post, I’ll share twenty tips to help you make the best use of your time. My Best Time Saving Tips Here are my very best time saving tips for work...
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Brainstorming Tips and Techniques for Freelancers

Brainstorming Tips and Techniques for Freelancers: " Brainstorming is the secret weapon of every freelancer and entrepreneur. It helps us recall everything we know about the subject and any related ideas to it. Whether we realize it or not, brainstorming is at the root of every venture we undertake, be it a product, project or something as simple as a blog post. (Image source: Shutterstock) There’s a reason freelancers swear by the powers of brainstorming. A single brainstorming session can create...
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Useful Ideas And Guidelines For Good Web Form Design

Useful Ideas And Guidelines For Good Web Form Design: " The input form is an essential element of almost any website or application these days. Input is a core method of interaction, and in many cases it represents the hard conversion point between success and failure. With the amount time and effort we put into bringing users to our sign-up and contact forms, it’s surprising that we tend not to spend a proportional amount of time on the forms themselves. A number of techniques and elements can...
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