Lifehacker had a post about Google’s new charting API. It’s pretty slick, you can use it to create on0the-fly, free charts for your website (of course there are limits to free usage). They have an nice API that is easy to understand and (at first look) seems easy to use. Check it out at Google’s Code API.
Source: Lifehacker
Smashing Magazine had an article about modern solutions for implementing charts and graphs on the web. They list a large number of tools and frameworks, from free to expensive. If you are interested in this type of functionality for your website, take a look at the list.
Source: Smashing Magazine
I can’t remember where I came across this – I think at digg.com. It has a huge number of examples of useful code snippets for slick design of web sites. Examples include things as simple as form validations, but also contain examples of dynamic progress bars for file uploads and other items.
Source: Ajax Rain
Posted on Digg, a page that lists a number of very useful javascript links for developers to include on their sites. Includes image loading and fading, dynamic data tables, calendars, thumbnails, and autocomplete.
Source: Digg.com
Posted on Digg.com was a link to a makeuseof.com article on hacks and tools for Gmail users. Add-ons that will allow you to use Gmail as an online storage tool, integrating GTD, integrating Google Reader, and more.
Source: Digg.com
Lifehacker had a post today about a Google Gadget that enables you to watch live TV from the UK and US. Not every channel of course, but certainly a number of options in news, sports, and entertainment.
A week or so ago I also read a blog post from Google about a new gadget that allows you to use Google Talk through your personalized home page. Another cool tool to add to Google IG.
Source: Lifehacker and Official Google Blog
The geek in me liked this post on how to create sliding DIVs using Javascript and CSS from scratch without having the overhead of effects libraries such as script.aculo.us. Firblitz posted a nice tutorial, which was initiated by an additional post from Harry Maugans.
Source: FirblitzÂ