Everyday, we are seeing more websites which are built with HTML5 as it offers features that web designers waited for a long time.
If you have already started building websites with HTML5, W3C announced the official logo of HTML5 where you can insert into these websites.
Besides the HTML5 itself, there are also logos for the features and principles HTML5 is built around like semantics, offline and storage, CSS3 and more.
Other than the logos in multiple formats (including vector), there is an online badge builder provided where you can customize the icons to be used, select its orientation and get an embed code to start using instantly.
Website: http://www.w3.org/html/logo/
The-M-Project is an exciting HTML5 JavaScript framework for building cross-browser mobile web applications (iOS, Android, Palm webOS, BlackBerry).
It makes use of jQuery on the JavaScript part and contains all ui + core files with features like offline support, internationalization and more.
The-M-Project is not alone, it requires nodeJS and comes with a build tool called: Espresso! which makes it easy to structure your code, build and run it on a built-in server.
Although the framework is in alpha stage, it is already well-documented and comes with multiple downloadable examples.
Requirements: Git & nodeJS
Compatibility: All Major Mobile Browsers
Website: http://the-m-project.net/
Demo: http://the-m-project.net/showcase.html
nude.js is a JavaScript library that uses HTML canvas for detecting if an image contains nudity or not.
As the algorithm runs on the client-side, it is optionally possible to display the image with user interaction.
The library can be very useful for web applications where users can share images, it can be activated for users under a specific age, etc.
nude.js is still under development for making the algorithm better, however it is already very promising.
Requirements: No Requirements
Compatibility: All Modern Browsers
Website: http://www.patrick-wied.at/static/nudejs/
Demo: http://www.patrick-wied.at/static/nudejs/demo/
Download: https://github.com/pa7/nude.js
WPZOOM, a website providing premium Wordpress themes, is sharing a set of 154 beautiful and free icons named WPZOOM Developer Icon Set.
The icons are flat, black & white colored by default and come in vector formats (.AI & .PSD – so, color is not an issue) besides .PNG (48*48px size).
The set contains many different items from documents to social networks, devices to actions.
Simply, it is built with developers in mind and a very suitable set for web apps.
Website: http://www.wpzoom.com/wpzoom/new-freebie-wpzoom-deve…
jQuery Bubble Popup is a plugin for the popular JS framework that helps creating chic tooltips which can be controlled easily.
The tooltips are shown/hidden with fading animations and any HTML content can be displayed inside them.
Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
Website: http://www.vegabit.com/jquery_bubble_popup_v2/
Demo: http://www.vegabit.com/Examples/different-elements.html
Download: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jqBubblePopup
They can be attached to any side of an element and it is possible to get the status of a tooltip (on/off, creation, last-modified or last-display date & time) to act accordingly.
A tooltip’s design can easily be customized with the help of a template system and the plugin is very well-documented.
Accessible Audio Player (AAP) is a cross-browser audio player with playlist support that is created for people with disabilities in mind.
It uses the HTML5 <audio> element for browsers that support it, and the Yahoo! Media Player for those that don’t.
If a browser can’t use any of the options above, the player displays a list of links to the mp3 files.
The player can switch to the next track automatically or with the help of prev-next buttons and its voice can be controlled.
There is also a WordPress plugin for AAP for easier integration with the CMS application.
Requirements: No Requirements
Compatibility: All Modern Browsers
Website: http://www.terrillthompson.com/music/2010/11/accessi…
rotate3Di is a jQuery plugin that makes it possible to perform an isometric 3D flip or 3D rotation of any HTML content.
The plugin uses CSS3 transforms and also helps creating any custom 3D effects.
There are various options offered like the position of the element in degrees, duration/direction of the animation and callbacks on every level.
Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Modern Browsers
Website: http://www.zachstronaut.com/projects/rotate3di/
Download: https://github.com/zachstronaut/rotate3Di
Entri is a free collaborative tool for writing and sharing documents. Say you are writing an article for your blog and you want to share with your readers before you publish it to get feedback and allow changes.
They are building the API, they will have a feature that will let you flip between past Entris that you made, plus a new text editor with better formatting features. You will be able to integrate blogging engines such as Wordpress and Expression Engine as well.
Source: http://entri.co/
Close Pixelate is inspired by American portrait painter Chuck Close, this script converts an image into a pixelated version using an HTML5 canvas element. It’s basically a simple demo for canvas’ imageData functionality.
The function accepts an array of objects. Each object holds a set of options (resolution, shape, size, offset and alpha).
Requirements: -
Demo: http://desandro.com/resources/close-pixelate/
License: License Free
Years later forms are still the primary way our users can interact with us, more than just clicking on links or triggering JavaScript events. Indeed, it’s likely the first thing you do when you start up your favourite browser is type a search query into a form.
With a combination of server-side scripting and AJAX we now have feature-rich forms, but all at the expense of programming complexity. Funny thing is, we’re now so used to this sort of code that what is about to happen almost seems too simple.
Inevitably, as is the case with much of the HTML5 spec, HTML has now caught up with the needs of web designers and developers by providing a remarkably simple way of creating usable and even extensible forms.
Source: http://thinkvitamin.com/code/fun-with-html5-forms/
