Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

We have got another Color Picker for our websites. This is a simple jQuery plugin that let you select color in the same way you select color in Adobe Photoshop. You can display the ColorPicker as a popup or and element in page. It is really easy to customize the look by changing some images, therefore you can have a custom skin for your ColorPicker as well.

Requirements:jQuery Framework
Demo: http://eyecon.ro/colorpicker/
License: License Free

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Apple has sold over one million iPhone 3Gs in first weekend. iPhone 3G looks stunning and runs a lot faster. I am sure most of us would like to have one too. Have you got yours yet? Have you ever think of developing an iPhone Application / iPhone Web App for it? However, how can we get started? Where can we get all the best iPhone Application development resources? You should take a look at the article: Hand Picked iPhone Application Development Resources by iPhone Toolbox.

If you have an iPhone, you can download free iPhone Wallpapers, iPhone Icons from iPhone Toolbox. Also, you can check out the iPhone news and hand picked iPhone Web Apps as well.

Source: Hand Picked iPhone Application Development Resources

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ClockLink provides fashionable yet free online clocks made from Flash that can be easily embedded in your web page or in your blog. All you need to do is simply paste the tag on your web page. You can choose a time zone for your clock so it will show the correct time, and they also provide a variety of selection, including Analog Clocks, Digital Clocks, Count Down Clocks, Count Up Clocks, World Clocks, and many more. Decorate your website or blog with ClockLink’s clocks now.

Requirements:-
Demo: http://www.clocklink.com
License: License Free

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AutoViewer is a free, customizable Flash image viewer. AutoViewer is designed to display a linear sequence of images and captions. It displays image captions and gallery title as a text overlay.  The Interface rescales to fit any aspect ratio images and monitors. And image pre-loading is added to prevent waiting for each image to load. After all, it is free to use. AutoViewer may be used in any kinds of personal and/or commercial projects. But, please ensure that the AutoViewer download link in the bottom right corner is clearly visible.

Requirements:-
Demo: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/autoviewer/app/
License: License Free

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Ever wanted to find a font just like the one used by certain publications, corporations, or ad campaigns? Well now you can, using WhatTheFont font recognition system. Upload a scanned image of the font and instantly find the closest matches in our database.

Or, you can try Identifont, the largest independent directory of typefaces on the Internet, with information about fonts from 517 publishers and 144 vendors. You can identify a typeface by answering a series of simple questions about its appearance.

Requirements:-
Demo: http://www.identifont.com
Demo: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
License: License Free

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Caleb Kimbrough knows what it’s like trying to scrounge around on the internet for copyright-free materials, and that it can be quite a hassle at times. Therefore, he has created Lost and Taken to help out his fellow designers and photographers.

Lost and Taken is a depository of copyright-free stock photographic textures that you can use…whether it be for a graphic design project or simply printing them out and staring at them for hours on end. You can use the images on Lost and Taken in any of your photographic or design projects, both personal and commercial. The only thing you can’t do with the images is use them in their original state as your own stock photography, don’t sell them as your own or host them elsewhere.

Requirements: -
Demo: http://www.lostandtaken.com
License: License Free

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Function Icon Set is a set of 128 glossy Icons Included some of the main Social Media Icons such as: Design Float, Digg, Delicious, Furl, Technorati, Flickr, Stumble Upon, Twitter and etc. They are only available in 48×48px. All of them are free, you can use them anywhere you like.

Requirements: -
Demo: http://wefunction.com/2008/07/function-free-icon-set/
License: License Free

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Do you need to represent weather conditions with some really nice images? Do you need some really nice weather icons for your web applications? If yes, you should bookmark this article for future use. We have found 2 sets of stunning weather icons, both of them are free for non-commercial projects.

Stardock has created together a series of weather icons.

Iconbest has created this Iconset of weather conditions.

Requirements: -
Stardock Weather Icons: http://www.stardock.com/weather.asp
Iconbest Weather Icons: http://iconbest.com/?p=6
License: License Free for Non-Commercials

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Do you feel that Alexa is inaccurate? Now you have another option to compare websites traffic. With Google Trends for Websites, you can get insights into the traffic and geographic visitation patterns of your favorite websites. You can compare data for up to five websites and view related sites and top searches for each one.

Trends for Websites shows you a graph reflecting the number of daily unique visitors to that website. You can see these numbers on the graph after you’ve signed into your Google Account. Under the graph, you’ll also see a list of regions where visitors originated from, other websites that they have also visited, and terms they have also searched for.

Trends for Websites combines information from a variety of sources, such as aggregated Google search data, aggregated opt-in anonymous Google Analytics data, opt-in consumer panel data, and other third-party market research. The data is aggregated over millions of users, powered by computer algorithms, and doesn’t contain personally identifiable information. Additionally, Google Trends for Websites only shows results for sites that receive a significant amount of traffic, and enforces minimum thresholds for inclusion in the tool.

Requirements: -
Demo: http://trends.google.com/websites
License: License Free

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Magic Toolbox has created 2 amazing javascript image zoom tools ( Magic Zoom and Magic Magnify ). Magic Zoom is a JavaScript zoom tool. It’s the best way to display images in incredible detail. Users do not need to click anything – they just move their mouse over the image to see every detail of your product. Magic Magnify is a Flash image zoomer which is similar to Magic Zoom, however it looks more elegant, it zooms into your images with a magnifying-glass.

A free license of Magic Zoom is downloadable and is available for non-commercial website. It comes with the JavaScript and CSS code plus sample HTML and an image.

Requirements: Javascript Enabled / Flash Required
Demo: http://www.magictoolbox.com/
License: Free for Non-Commercials

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