Techie Buzz » Design http://techie-buzz.com Know your technology head on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:50:11 +0000 en hourly 1 SwatchSpot: Choose Colors For Your Next Design http://techie-buzz.com/design/swatchspot-choose-colors-for-your-next-design.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/swatchspot-choose-colors-for-your-next-design.html#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:20 +0000 Tehseen http://techie-buzz.com/?p=9715 You might also like: ]]> If you have ever designed graphics you know that sometimes it becomes hard to get the right colors. You want to create something unique and new but you are not sure what colors you should use or may be your mind isn’t even going to some of the colors. If you are ever stuck in a case like this, SwatchSpot can be your savior.

SwatchSpot is a simple web app that provides you with random colors swatches for your design inspiration. SImply head over to SwatchSpot and you’ll see a palette of 6 different colors with their color codes. If you like any of them, you can simply copy the code or you can download the whole palette as a png file.

If you don’t like the colors in the palette, simply click on reload palette to see a new set of colors.

Techie-Buzz Verdict:

SwatchSpot is one of the simplest web apps built around a powerful concept. If you are running out of color ideas and can’t thing of more colors, visit SwatchSpot to get your inspiration. The application works perfectly but I think it would provide even more value if a user to could combine different colors using the app and create their customized palette.



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/design/swatchspot-choose-colors-for-your-next-design.html/feed 0 AvatarsDB: 38,000+ Free Avatars To Download http://techie-buzz.com/design/avatarsdb-38000-free-avatars-to-download.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/avatarsdb-38000-free-avatars-to-download.html#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:04:16 +0000 Tehseen http://techie-buzz.com/?p=6453 You might also like: ]]> Ever found your avatar to be too simple? Think it doesn’t really represent what you are? Head over to AvatarsDB to find an avatar that suits you. With over 38,000 avatars in over 500 categories, you are sure to find something that you’ll like.

Avatars are spread over a variety of categories including animals, anime, movies, sports, music, people and art. AvatarsDB also contains over 400 animated avatars that you can use. Simply browse through the database or search for an avatar. Once you like something, you can download it to your local drive or get an HTML code to embed it on a web page or social network.

Each avatar is rated by users. If you are not sure how an avatar would look against a specific background, you can test it by selecting a background color. You also have an option to re-size most of the avatars to your desired size. You can also contribute by uploading free avatars to the database.



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/design/avatarsdb-38000-free-avatars-to-download.html/feed 0 Twitter Redesigns Homepage http://techie-buzz.com/design/twitter-redesigns-homepage.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/twitter-redesigns-homepage.html#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:59:26 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/design/twitter-redesigns-homepage.html You might also like: ]]> has rolled out a new design for the homepage and it looks pretty good we must say, the new design makes use of bolder colors and rearranges the trending topics.

However you will have to logout first before you can see the new design.

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Nothing much has changed in the inside pages though, not new but they have also added a new section in the settings page for user widgets.

What do you think of the new homepage design?

[via a tweet]



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/design/twitter-redesigns-homepage.html/feed 4 15000+ Hand-Selected Fonts For Free Download http://techie-buzz.com/design/15000-hand-selected-fonts-for-free-download.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/15000-hand-selected-fonts-for-free-download.html#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:00:06 +0000 Tehseen http://techie-buzz.com/?p=5311 You might also like: ]]> PimpYourFont is an online collection of over 15,000 free truetype fonts available for download. All listed fonts are manually selected from hundreds of thousands of fonts available on the web.  The site lets you browse  fonts alphabetically or simply  search by keyword. You can preview each font by typing some text and also see how it would appear in different sizes. PimpYourFont also provides information about the Font Style and Font Family of each font.

Fonts are nicely classified in various categories like Arabic, Old School, Western, Retro, Monospaced, Pixelated, Digital e.t.c. Additionally you can check out top-100 fonts, skim through the recently uploaded fonts, rate fonts and see how they have been rated by other users.



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/design/15000-hand-selected-fonts-for-free-download.html/feed 1 Yahoo Homepage Redesign http://techie-buzz.com/design/yahoo-homepage-redesign.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/yahoo-homepage-redesign.html#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:07:44 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/design/yahoo-homepage-redesign.html You might also like: ]]> is working on making the famous homepage much more better, by redesigning their homepage to make it more interactive and include information from several other sites like or your favorite blogs on the homepage.

The new Yahoo homepage has a redesigned header, a user content area, top news sections, top searches section and other news section.

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The new Yahoo homepage allows users to add their own content, including RSS feeds, however you will need to sign into Yahoo before you can start adding content, this is so that the content you add will be remembered when you sign-in again.

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Once you have added the new website, you can easily access them by hovering over the name in the sidebar.

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To access the new page, users will have to visit the http://www.yahoo.com/trynew which will then redirect them to the homepage with a new design.

Current there are quite a few widgets available that can be added to your homepage, including Facebook, AOL mail, and more, however is still missing from the list.

What do you think of the new Yahoo homepage design? Do you like it?

[via]



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/design/yahoo-homepage-redesign.html/feed 0 Toons Buttons For Google Chrome http://techie-buzz.com/design/toons-buttons-for-google-chrome.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/toons-buttons-for-google-chrome.html#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:43:45 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/design/toons-buttons-for-google-chrome.html You might also like: ]]> If you are bored with the look of your theme, you can always install a new Google Chrome theme, however if you want to add some interesting icons to Chrome without installing a theme, you can do that with the Toons Buttons Google Chrome Extension.

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The extension just changes the default icons that are used by Google Chrome, however you can only install extensions on dev build of Google Chrome, if you are not using it yet, you can read the following articles to get started.

Download Toons Buttons Extension



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/design/toons-buttons-for-google-chrome.html/feed 1 Get A Cool Twitter Follow Badge For Your Website http://techie-buzz.com/design/twitter-follow-badge.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/twitter-follow-badge.html#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:09:20 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/design/twitter-follow-badge.html You might also like: ]]> There are literally 1000s of ways to ask people who visit your blog to follow you on , however we came across a really cool badge that is perfect and is pretty simple to add.

The Twitter Follow badge from Go2Web20 is really cool and easy to setup, just add the twitter account you want users to follow, choose the label color, and other options, paste the code into your blog or website and you have a twitter follow badge.

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We are now using a badge on this site, do follow us @techiebuzzer to get the latest updates delivered to your instantly or follow me @keithdsouza.

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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/design/twitter-follow-badge.html/feed 3 HEMA: Most Innovative Product Website http://techie-buzz.com/design/hema-most-innovative-product-website.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/hema-most-innovative-product-website.html#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:59:00 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/design/hema-most-innovative-product-website.html You might also like: ]]> Just got a new tip as a forward email, where I came across a really well designed and programmed Dutch product website.

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The website is really innovative and definitely keeps the user hooked on. Take a look at this site and enjoy a new programming experience.

Note: Please let the website load fully before viewing the programmer’s magic, do not click on links too. You may require a flash enabled web browser for this to work.

Hema



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]]> http://techie-buzz.com/design/hema-most-innovative-product-website.html/feed 5 Google Veterans Day Logo http://techie-buzz.com/design/google-veterans-day-logo.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://techie-buzz.com/design/google-veterans-day-logo.html#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:58:06 +0000 Keith Dsouza http://techie-buzz.com/design/google-veterans-day-logo.html You might also like: ]]> Just visited the search homepage and came across a Google Veterans Day logo (Google’s way of celebrating occasions)

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Veterans day is a annual American holiday honoring military veterans. Read more about Veterans day in Wikipedia.



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