The digest of interesting news and materials from the world of ayti for the last week №6 (May 12 - 18, 2012)
We bring to your attention another collection with links to news, interesting materials and useful resources.
According to the latest Pingdom survey, the share of global mobile traffic has reached the 10% mark, which once again confirms the rapid development of the mobile Internet and the growing popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices. Especially in this regard, distinguished countries of Africa and Asia.
Visa launches its own digital wallet in beta mode, to the accounts of which you can link Visa, American Express, MasterCard and Discover cards, which will greatly enhance convenience and control over payments.
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Today it is difficult to surprise someone with beautiful illustrations, textures and design elements on the pages of the site, so the focus has shifted towards the functionality supported by sets of dynamic effects and animation. Moreover, more and more browsers can fully implement them.
Detailed article about the functionality and nuances of native tools for web developers in Google Chrome.
Microsoft is trying to keep up with the search market leader, constantly adding new features to Bing. The latest update of this search engine should be particularly significant, and according to the company, will be able to completely change the idea of searching on the Internet.
Adobe has once again pleased creative designers around the world. For a moderate fee, they will be able to use all the programs from the CS set, as well as cloud storage and the ability to synchronize their work between virtually any device, including tablets, which will allow you to work comfortably on one project at the same time as your colleagues.
Apparently, the race for the future standard of SIM cards has entered the home straight. Ahead of competitors in the half-hull, while leading the option proposed by Apple.
Link to the digest from last week.
Material prepared by dersmoll and alekskorovin
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 | Mobile Internet won 10% of global traffic |
According to the latest Pingdom survey, the share of global mobile traffic has reached the 10% mark, which once again confirms the rapid development of the mobile Internet and the growing popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices. Especially in this regard, distinguished countries of Africa and Asia.
 | V.me electronic payment wallet |
Visa launches its own digital wallet in beta mode, to the accounts of which you can link Visa, American Express, MasterCard and Discover cards, which will greatly enhance convenience and control over payments.
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 | Web design trends: aesthetics built around functionality |
Today it is difficult to surprise someone with beautiful illustrations, textures and design elements on the pages of the site, so the focus has shifted towards the functionality supported by sets of dynamic effects and animation. Moreover, more and more browsers can fully implement them.
 | The whole truth about Chrome Web Inspector |
Detailed article about the functionality and nuances of native tools for web developers in Google Chrome.
 | Microsoft introduced an updated version of the search engine Bing |
Microsoft is trying to keep up with the search market leader, constantly adding new features to Bing. The latest update of this search engine should be particularly significant, and according to the company, will be able to completely change the idea of searching on the Internet.
 | Adobe launched the Adobe Creative Cloud service. |
Adobe has once again pleased creative designers around the world. For a moderate fee, they will be able to use all the programs from the CS set, as well as cloud storage and the ability to synchronize their work between virtually any device, including tablets, which will allow you to work comfortably on one project at the same time as your colleagues.
 | Nano-SIM is on its way. |
Apparently, the race for the future standard of SIM cards has entered the home straight. Ahead of competitors in the half-hull, while leading the option proposed by Apple.
Development
- HTML5 features. Its impact on search engine optimization
- PIE 1.0.0 finally came out of beta and was released.
- A set of tools for web development under Firefox from developers from Mozilla .
- The whole truth about Chrome Web Inspector. Part 1 .
- Study by Jacob Nielsen on the size of monitors and their resolutions .
- Mobiscroll - custom select for mobile sites and not only .
- The simplest techniques of adaptive layout
- Secrets of creating a kaleidoscope using CSS and jQuery .
- How to create a video player on jQuery, HTML5 and CSS3 .
- Big fish from Promodo. Page loading speed .
- jCSML is a library for creating animation effects working on both iPad2 and IE7 .
- How to make a stylish preloader using SVG .
- Andy Walpole shares his experience of creating a modern Lightbox using CSS3 and JavaScript .
- Introduction to the Web Storage API: Local Storage and Session Storage .
- Mat Marquis talks about the latest proposed options for inserting images for websites with responsive design .
- SASS vs. LESS referee referee Chris Coyier announces the winner of the first round!
Services
- thetoolbox.cc - a large collection of applications, widgets and services.
- Fix broken unicode characters .
- browsersupport.net is another service showing browser support for css properties.
CSS
- CSS Beautify is a service that formats your compressed code according to your preferences.
- Make your CSS selectors shorter!
- Why do we need CSS optimization?
- A selection of two dozen lessons and techniques for creating buttons on CSS3 .
- Original spectacular animation of the appearance of a layer with annotations (CSS3) .
- Three new CSS3 selectors, reminiscent of the work of regulars .
- Service with a visual display of the work of selectors .
- Details about: target .
- Masking text as standard .
- CSS3 family tree .
Javascripts
- Plugin to create a drop-down menu of a one-page site .
- MiniJS - packaged jQuery plugins with the most common functionality.
- tablecloth.js - table decoration in the style of Twitter Bootstrap.
- Convert the image to canvas and back .
- Masked Input plugin that allows you to easily set the input mask for a field (dates, phone numbers, etc.).
- jq-idealforms is a small framework for creating adaptive forms.
- jQuery Image Scale Carousel custom slider with responsive design.
- In the help of sites that fall under European laws, 2 plug-ins have been created that inform the use of cookies by the site: cPrompt and CookieCuttr
- Socialite.js is needed to control the loading and activation of social buttons, which, when placed normally on a page, significantly affect the speed of loading and rendering a page.
- jQuery Knob is used to create on the page familiar to the industrial design of the controls level, for example, sound (IE9 +)
- Almost three dozens of various high-quality jQuery plug-ins that are useful when building a site with an adaptive design
Browsers
- Chrome web browser release 19 .
- Video demonstrating the theoretical benefits of Internet Explorer 10 .
- Firefox 15 will take up much less memory .
- Funny Firefox Video Ads
- Extensions with which you can read e-books in ePub format in Chrome and Firefox browsers .
Demo
- WebGL Rubik's Cube
- CSS 3D Earth is a multi-layer globe created using CSS 3D transformations.
- webgl-water - water emulation with an interactive object in it and the ability to influence environmental conditions.
- Falling Sakura leaves on WebGL .
- Summer Vacation Painted with CSS3!
news
- Google launched a panorama of stadiums Euro 2012
- Google will serve the email and document management systems of the US government
- Mobile Internet has won the tithe of world traffic
- Ukrzaliznytsia Introduces Wireless Internet Access in High-Speed Trains
- Internet Explorer 9 will appear on the Xbox 360 with gesture control .
- Apple will replace Google Maps on the iPhone and iPad with its own maps .
- Caught on a fake computer science degree by Yahoo! resigned .
- Visa launches its own electronic payment wallet V.me.
- Samsung reports huge orders for its flexible OLED displays .
- Samsung bought the cloud-based mSpot media service
- HP announced that it is returning to the production of tablets, but now based on Windows 8 .
- The number of downloads on the Google Play Store exceeded 15 billion .
- Facebook is introducing file publishing tools for groups .
Sites with interesting design and functionality
- futureofcarsharing.com is a horizontal website with interactive animation.
- f7th.com is a site with an unusual design and keyboard navigation.
- glennangelo.com/ - an interesting approach to page scrolling animation.
Design
- Dissonance in interface design is a powerful tool in attracting the attention of users.
- Outdated icons that have lost their meaning .
- A selection of designs for Nike sneaker fans .
- Ten of the most favorite fonts of 34 web designers from 14 countries .
- Four dozen corporate sites .
- Seven national design features .
- Five effective ways to present the logo to the client .
- Principles of user interface design (by Joshua Porter) .
A selection of free designer cookies
- An incomplete dozen of fresh fonts, mostly sans-serif .
- PSD-puff plates-price comparisons and subscription plans, with good structure and font pair Georgia / Helvetica .
- A trio of nowadays fashionable sources of horizontal accordions, but with a rather trivial grayish design .
- More than three dozen cute source files from the depths of Dribbble, not always fresh, but still relevant
- For tweet here you can get Pandora UI - a set of several PSD-files that should be to the taste of designers and developers of iOS applications for iPhone 4S and the new iPad (with Retina display)!
Entertaining
- Best moments video from Front-Trends 2012 .
- Video from Big Tent Events conferences .
- History of the tag origin: ‹Blink› .
- An interesting article on DOU with no less useful comments - Determine the level of employee in the company .
- Interactive scale of the universe .
- 5 facts about Facebook advertising that you might not know .
- Font Wars from Smashing Magazine .
- Sketch e59 - 100 seconds about websites .
- How does social media activity affect Google search results? (infographics)
- Audio content in the world: an interactive map of the online music market .
- Winner in the contest from Google for the best model of the city .
- ASUS PadFone demo video offering 3 in 1 mobile devices!
- Nokia has taken and developed the Augmented Reality app for the Lumia 900 smartphone .
Entertainment
- Antipodes Map allows you to see what is on the other end of the Earth .
- Nokia Lumia 900 is the best phone according to Siri .
- Apple teaches Siri the right answers .
- Undocumented Google Translate: Beatbox features at your service .
Link to the digest from last week.
Material prepared by dersmoll and alekskorovin
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/144105/
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