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December 10, 2004
Tools Update
This is more stuff for the geeks - I've come across two new very useful tools.
First, Tom Sather clued me in to "Regex Buddy". Right away you should either know what "regex" is or not. If you do, then you will find this tool useful. I've often struggled with building regular expressions for pattern matching. Having a tool that let's you visually buind regex's and easliy test them is an invaluable time saver. From their site:
RegexBuddy is your perfect companion for working with regular expressions. Easily create regular expressions that match exactly what you want. Clearly understand complex regexes written by others. Quickly test any regex on sample strings and files, preventing mistakes on actual data. Use the regex in your source code with code snippets automatically adjusted to the particulars of your programming language. Collect and document libraries of regular expressions for future reuse. Integrate RegexBuddy with your favorite searching and editing tools for instant access.
Amen to that! This was a well-spent $30.
The other tool recommendation comes by way of Ross Carlson. He showed me this very cool and useful Color Scheme Generator. I've always struggled with developing "harmonious" color combinations, or contrast, or whatever interaction with colors you feel like you are driving towards. Other Graphic Artists I know always referred me to some Photoshop plugin, but it is Mac only, and I'm not Mac.
Color Scheme Generator even has several dropdowns that mimic various types and levels of human colorblindedness. For those into extreme useability, this is above and beyond. I suppose the folks at
Visibone has some great reference charts on HTML, various web-related programming languages, and colors - but only HEX and RGB codes for colors. Nothing about appropriate combinations of primary,secondary, and tertiary colors.
Looks like Visibone does have some great charts on colorblind aware web colors. My site seems to pass the first colorblindedness profile.
The Colorblind Web Page Filter, let's you view your site in real-time as it would be seen by folks with various types of colorblindedness. Very cool.
The color scheme generator is a big win for me, and it's free!
Posted by gcrgcr at December 10, 2004 11:33 AM
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that color scheme generator is awesome. i had a program just like that on my mac, but now that im selling it, i have a replacement. good find.
Posted by: bawk at December 13, 2004 9:51 AM
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