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Shrink that code!

Posted in Web Development by Mauro on the June 4th, 2008

ShrinkSafe is a JavaScript compression utility which can practically reduce file size by a third or more. The idea behind this is very simple…faster web page download!

Start shrinking your JavaScript files:
http://shrinksafe.dojotoolkit.org/

Display your images with Lightbox

Posted in Web Design by Mauro on the May 29th, 2008

A photo speaks a thousand words. With Lightbox you can simply make your images stand out! It is basically a JavaScript library used to display large images without having to leave the current web page (this functionality is known as modal). The modal is automatically resized according to the size of the image by using a gliding animation.

One of the main advantages of Lightbox is that if a particular browser simply does not support Lightbox, the image will simply load as a separate file.

Its simplicity makes it even more elegant and encouraging to use it. For step-by-step tutorial how to use it click here.

Note that there many alternatives: