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Something has changed here today. Smashing Magazine has shaped up. We know that extensive design changes usually create a split echo: some readers are happy and appreciate the additional features and benefits, while others don’t want to see anything change because they’re comfortable in their old habits. However, publishers have to update their websites from time to time to improve the user experience and add new features. And that day has come for Smashing Magazine.
Smashing Magazine’s redesign was done by Liam McKay and his design agency, WeFunction. We also tweaked a couple of things in the design. Footer and sidebar illustrations were designed by Pasquale D’Silva. Smashing Magazine may look a bit different at first glance, but keeping the general structure intact was very important to us. After all, we don’t want to confuse our readers; rather, we want their experience to improve.
So, minor details aside, what exactly has changed on Smashing Magazine? Here’s a summary:
If you’ve already had a look at the new front page, you would have found some changes there, too: not just recent Smashing Magazine posts, but contributions from other design magazines. That’s because we’ve teamed up with 18 other magazines to house a productive and comprehensive meeting place for designers and developers, showcasing truly the best content around. Among those joining the game are Webdesigner Depot, Noupe, SixRevisions, UX Booth, Hongkiat, ThinkVitamin, Web Designer Wall, Designm.ag, Boagworld and Speckyboy. We call it the Smashing Network.
In fact, every network member has its very own channel on Smashing Magazine, with recent posts and Twitter updates. All content is manually approved and promoted on the network — no automation at all. So, you can be sure you’ll get only the best articles.
Needless to say, we will still be publishing our own insightful articles, which you can always find on our front page. The last article always appears at the top, with older posts clearly highlighted in a black box among the other SM network posts.
We are aware that this huge change will lead to misunderstandings and may cause problems at first. But we are certain it was the right decision and that everyone will benefit from it. If you prefer the old version of Smashing Magazine (the one without the posts from our network), you can use Smashing Magazine’s channel page, which is exactly the same as our front page before the redesign. Or just stick to our main RSS feed, which contains only Smashing Magazine posts.
The main requirement for membership in our content network is that you regularly publish high-quality content on your blog or magazine. You don’t have to be popular or have a lot of traffic; you could be just starting out. You can apply for membership by sending an email to network@smashingmagazine.com. We will be reviewing membership periodically, so please be patient and stay tuned for updates.
This redesign is work in progress. Your opinion is very important to us. The design definitely could use some changes and we are willing to improve it with your help. Of course, we may have missed something. Have you found any mistakes, bugs, errors or problems yet? What do you think of the whole thing? We are open to your suggestions, ideas and criticism. Please let us know what you think in the comments to this post!
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Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months.
And to make them a little bit more distinctive from the usual crowd, we’ve decided to embed calendars for the upcoming month. So if you need to look up some date, isn’t it better to show off a nice wallpaper with a nice calendar instead of launching some default time application?
This post features 60 free desktop wallpapers, created by designers across the globe. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free.
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So what wallpapers have we received for November 2009?
“Thanks giving is approaching, and Tom the Turkey is getting scared. This wallpaper was created using The GIMP and Inkscape.” Designed by Jeffrey Boulais from USA.
“My tribute to the Constructivist design just in time for Thanksgiving.” Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
“Exaggerated sneeze.” Designed by Drew Gilchrist from Canada.
“Just motivating sentence for November :)” Designed by Temeshi from Poland.
“Celebrating the birth of legendary guitarist, Jimi Hendrix. Purple Haze, Red House and Hey Joe are among some of his ageless songs. Take some time and “get experienced” with Jimi Hendrix this month.” Designed by Kevin Harrison from USA.
“An homage to Pop-Art and the Tide brand, sprinkled in a little texture, space on the right for your icons to be seen, and voila, the level three experience.” Designed by Daniel Luzier from US.
Designed by Millicent Bowman.
“In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this wallpaper was created with many ways to say “Thank You” in various languages.” Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
“A calendar for November with a snowboarder, mountains and vector graphics.” Designed by Eirk Granli from Norway.
“It is turkey month, but not in the way a turkey likely appreciates. So in the hopes of avoiding the dinner table, this guy decided to hide out at a school that miraculously has not updated their “picture day” procedure since the 1980’s resulting in a radical portrait (and by radical I mean his mom sprung the extra bucks for the laser background and the double image).” Designed by Robert Frey from USA.
“Spend some quality time with your parents because they will not always be around.” Designed by Terence Gomez from Philippines.
“Wallpaper with calendar commemorating the Mexican custom of pre-Hispanic origin “Day of the Dead”.” Designed by Violeta Hernandez from Monterrey, México .
Designed by Valentin Bojilov.
“Peace Giving, reference Thanksgiving! :)” Designed by Alejandra Abad from USA.
“Where is the Party Tonight Glamour Girls?” Designed by Puneeta Prakash from India.
“My inspiration comes from native american art combined with my love of fashion” Designed by Lauren Curtis from United States.
“There are a lot of fun things you can do inside when November comes, stay inside and have fun.” Designed by Snorre Glemmestad from Norway.
“Fireworks light the sky on bonfires night.” Designed by Chris Alexander (Yipori) from England.
“For November, I wanted to feature Canadian nature with a photograph from my own portfolio. In respect, I’ve also added a poppy to the wallpaper for Remembrance Day.” Designed by Ducky Design from Canada.
“A brown and orange themed turkey day. A reminder that these fierce birds are grandiose, but also delicious!” Designed by Amanda Johnson from USA.
“Seasonal change – the transition from autumn to winter just like pages in a book…” Designed by Alexandra Ipate from Romania.
“‘Mother Earth’ is a common metaphorical expression for the Earth and its biosphere as the giver and sustainer of life.” Designed by Sagar from Bangladesh.
“A nice serene nature photograph with rich browns, golds, and complimented by a cool hue of blue and white. I took this photo in my backyard one morning, in the nice chilly weather of autumn.” Designed by Christopher Reed from United States.
“Universally, Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November, every year. But in India it is celebrated on the 14th November, because the date marks the birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter and independent India’s first Prime Minister, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. As a tribute to Nehru and his love for children, Children’s Day is celebrated on his birth date.” Designed by Supriya Kunal Dcunha from India.
“The Loy Krathong Festival of Thailand will happend in November of every year. I want to tell the world There is a very Beautiful and Romantic festival in Thailand. Want you to come and see it!” Designed by dafxxxk from Thailand.
“20 years ago, the 9th of November 1989, the wall separating East Germany from West Germany fell in Berlin.” Designed by Vincent Prat from France.
“The dark and gloomy vision of our employees. Kiddin’ :).” Designed by Marek Lasota / eFRESH from Poland.
Designed by Barbara Haider from Austria.
“Our imagination give us this distorted point of view when things are going right. Everything is colorfull and beatiful when the nature are conected with our souls, and that’s inspire anyone.” Designed by Vinicius Ervilha from Brazil.
Designed by Eli, Stefan and Xenia from USA.
“This is a Typographic image with stripes and type treatment. Very minimal but easy on the eyes.” Designed by Raul Esquivel from USA.
“The Saga New Moon Calendar – I made this wallpaper because this month is the release of the well known movie – New Moon , made after the book with the same name written by Stephanie Meyer and , because I am a huge fan of the Saga Books.So I realy hope you’ll enjoy my calendar.” Designed by Alexandra Ipate from Romania.
“The evolution Wallpaper is made for dual-monitor Systems with 2 1280×1024 monitors.I surfed the web to find something cool, but most of the dual wallpapers out there are to vista like ( means bull***t). So i made my own.Its called “evolution” because i like the letter “E” in this font :-), could have called it “email” too ^^.” Designed by Jonas Duri from germany.
“One of my Photoshop glowing wallpapers series. ” Designed by Yvaine2010 from Germany.
“The wallpaper is an image of an bursting cracker taken during the festival Diwali. The streaks of light were instantly likeable. And the image is rightly selected by my friend Sriyash Jichkar.” Designed by Parth Siddharth from India.
“I can’t wait to see Spike Jonze’s “Where the wild things are”, it will reach theatres only in December where i’m living so i’m patiently waiting with personal works featuring these childhood monsters.” Designed by SixLightYears from France (Reunion Island).
Designed by Monica Corduneanu from Romania.
“‘complete me’ is a wallpaper i designed using one of my poems. Just know that no man is an island. ” Designed by Zainab Sule from Nigeria.
“Lust month somebody noticed there have been no „pink” wallpaper so We wanted to try and make one. We hope You like it!” Designed by John Kichote from Poland.
“This calendar is designed to give tribute to all those innocent people who lost their lives last year on 26/11. It was similar attack as of 9/11, when more than 100 people were killed by terrorist in Mumbai, India. Feel the pain of families who lost their loved ones and paint this world “RED” with roses, not with blood.” Designed by Aman Behl from India.
“The great fall, is the issue that we will use the end of this autumn, with the last leaves,waiting to fall after a great life.” Designed by Javier Castillo from Bolivia.
“Just cutout. Simple, lovable and ready-to-show :).” Designed by Marek Lasota / eFRESH from Poland.
“Inspired by a mixture of graffiti and the HAPPY GO LUCKY fun ofCrayola magic (or whatever tools you have when your up to mischief, but spraypaint has the best effect)” Designed by 268 Design from USA.
Designed by Marta Miazek from Poland.
“Each year in November, Alzheimer’s Awareness month takes place all over the country. I chose this theme because of a family member who has been battling this disease since 2002. I love how she keeps fighting even though each day gets tougher in her life. I love and care about her very much and is always in my heart everyday. I hope the viewers can relate to my experience and understand that this is a very serious disease. Also, I want viewers go out make a difference for a loved one even if it is research, donating, or taking part in a community event for a good cause.” Designed by Matthew Jerauld from United States.
“vector candybar that appeals to men and women” Designed by Justin Wright from USA.
Designed by Kari Kumura from United States.
Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.
“There is lot of people sharing efforts in the whole world to combat against the loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions. From our blog “Historias Naturales” (in spanish) we try to share this kind of stories.” Designed by Pablo Jimeno Pérez from Spain.
Designed by Qayum Khan from Afghanistan.
“Design Kompany’s ÒwavularÓ series is about possibility. Negative space. And what that implies. Quantum physicist Max Planck said: “When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.” This drawing was inspired by Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle.” Designed by Design Kompany from USA.
“November: curled by the fireplace and looking out the window, autumn is golden and warm. ” Designed by Saarah Saghir from USA/Pakistan.
Designed by Valerie Morgan from USA.
Designed by Amaury MDF from France.
“A blurry fall evening in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.” Designed by Sean O’Key from United States.
“Abstract representation of Autumn leaves seen through a cut-away.” Designed by Greg Goodson from England.
“Here in New York, November is the brown, crisp twilight of the year; the hushed ushering to sleep and hibernation. Its symbol is the noble, honest chrysanthemum, its stone topaz, its mood dreamy nostalgia.” Designed by Manon Michel from US.
“I wanted to give a calendar a fun, wooden look, with a strong typography, sort of ironic in the sense that it’s sharp and more professional than other fonts, while being messy and sloppy at the same time.” Designed by Tyson Junkers from USA.
“Lonely is a lamp without love.” Designed by Raru from Bulgaria.
“Time never stop for anyone. Our future always remain unknown (dark/blind); and all the radiant will be tone down (we forget) when time moves on. The moment we own is only now, which can brings us hope and brightness.” Designed by Shermynn Low from Malaysia.
“After trying numerous different approaches similar to my flourishing April type, I ultimately settled on a very minimal, negative space-based design. I didn’t include a version without the calendar as it felt a little too minimal without the supportive type.” Designed by Colin Parks from Canada.
“Part innovative, part grungy – a bit of a ‘Tron’ meets ‘Mad Max’. This is my current view of the future that is near (nigh).” Designed by Charles Godewyn from United States of America.
Please notice that we respect the ideas and motivation behind artists’ work which is why we’ve given artists full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience through their works. And this is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but designed from scratch by the artists themselves.
Thanks to all designers for participation. Join in next month!
What’s your favourite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comments! And have a smashing November, folks!
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My favorite conference/summit is now open for registration. If you are a developer in GIS or even just getting into mapping and location, this is a must go. You’ll find how to use the ESRI Silverlight SDK, Flex, JavaScript and the new iPhone SDK. So many developers for the Apple iPhone with great knowledge of Objective-C and Cocoa are waiting for the ESRI iPhone SDK that will provide you with all the ArcGis online maps and functionality to create your applications.
When?
March 22-25, 2010
From the official announcement
The DevSummit is your event, and you won't want to miss it. It's the place to get your voice heard and your hands dirty. Ask questions and get into meaty discussions. When it comes to using spatial technology in your applications, this is your ultimate resource for the year, where you'll learn exactly how to build and deploy critical, cutting-edge solutions in your job.
Are you a mapping or spatial application developer? A software architect interested in ArcGIS? Maybe you don't use ESRI software currently. Maybe you live halfway around the world from the California desert. It doesn't matter. You'll benefit greatly.
Find all the information here.
Mu is a lightweight JavaScript library to use Facebook Connect on your site. It allows you to gain access to identity information (user’s name, photo, etc); social graph (user’s friends and connections); distribution (stream, and the ability to communicate); integration (publishers, canvas pages, profile boxes & tabs).
You can use Mu along with your favorite JavaScript library such as Dojo, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype or YUI. All files in the library are very well commented and you can find API documentation and examples on the website.
Developed by Naitik Shah; you can find further information, documentation, demos & download on Mu Website.
You can also stay updated by following us on Twitter, becoming a fan on Facebook or by subscribing to our FriendFeed.
This update covers tutorials, how-to, screen casts, tips and techniques that you should have read in October 2009. Featured authors include: Marco Kuiper, Janko Jovanovic, Konstantin Kovshenin, Andrew Burgess, Tom Kenny, Joshua Johnson, Chris Coyier, Jonathan Snook, Jean-Baptiste Jung, Jeffrey Way, Dan Wellman, Tyler Denis, W. Jason Gilmore, Andrew Valums, Joel Reyes, Louis Lazaris, Kerasiotis Vasileios, Dustin Blake, Joel Reyes, Martin, Jeffrey, Bratu Sebastian, Schalk Neethling, Rich and Michael.
Featured Publications/Blogs include: Smashing Magazine, Nettuts+, CSS-Tricks, Six Revisions, Snook, Design Shack, Marcofolio, JankoAtWarpSpeed, Tutorialzine, MyInkBlog, Inspect Element, Build Internet, Andrew Valums, Kovshenin, DesignersMantra, Jeez Tech, Expansive Derivation, AEXT, THAT Agency, Activetuts+ and Get Objected.
So which articles you found most useful. Also feel free to recommend any article that we may have missed.
You can also stay updated by following us on Twitter, becoming a fan on Facebook or by subscribing to our FriendFeed.
Twitter has just enabled a new feature named “Lists” which permits to organize in categories the people you are following and make their tweets available to others. In this way it’s very simple to navigate the various subjects, follow the lists created by other people and subscribe to them.
I’ve tried this new functionality and created my own lists about Silverlight-related stuff, feel free to subscribe here if you find useful:
http://twitter.com/davidezordan/lists
Happy Silverlighting!
About a year ago, I was lucky enough to attend the Kaizenconf in Austin. When I joined the discussions on ESB Patterns, Dru Sellers and Chris Patterson (also known as the MassTransit guys) were talking about this book called Enterprise Service Bus from David Chappell. I finally took the time to read it and for the most part it was a real eye opener. As you might have guessed, the book provides an architectural overview of the ESB concept. Although it does provide some amount of detail, there are no in depth discussions on any particular technologies. But after reading the book it is quite clear that the author comes more from a Java background. However this is not that important for a book like this as these concepts are technology agnostic anyway.
I must admit that getting through the first chapter, which tries to introduce the ESB, was not that easy. Too abstract and high level for my taste.
The second chapter is about the State of Integration and discusses how both business and technical drivers contributed to the ESB approach as opposed to Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). One of the best parts in the book is the discussion about “Accidental Architecture” which is an accurate and far too familiar description of the current architecture in most companies. Although the book is approximately 5 years old, it is still very relevant as the adoption rate of ESB’s is still not that common. But then again, I could be wrong about this 
.
The third chapter examines the key concepts of an ESB were the author tries to prove that these are born out of necessity, based on real requirements and problems that couldn’t be solved with typical EAI broker architectures (like Biztalk for example).
Chapter 4 states that XML is the exchange format of choice for passing data structures between applications and services. Nothing new here.
Chapter 5 till 8 provide in dept information about each of the key concepts described in chapter 4, like Message Oriented Middleware (MOM), Service Containers and Endpoints, Routing, Transformation, Messaging, etc. …
Chapter 9 goes back to the real world by exploring the most common form of integration that is practiced today: bulk data transfer using ETL and an endless amount of small batch applications. Sounds familiar? This chapter also provides the necessary steps in order to migrate away from latency and reliability issues towards a real-time integration and how this affects your business.
Chapter 10 is a bit more technology focused as it talks about Java Components in an ESB. However, this could equally be .NET or any other platform.
For me, chapter 11 is a real masterpiece especially the part on Portal Server Integration patterns like Forward Cache and Federated Query. Highly recommended reading.
The final chapter discusses the WS-DeathStar (WS-*) specifications and what they could mean for an ESB.
In the end, I have a lot to think about after reading this book. It challenged a lot of my earlier assumptions on distributed computing and it certainly helped me understand a couple of things while I was exploring NServiceBus.
Till next time
There are a lot of options out there for using other-than-websafe fonts in your website designs. Dynamic text replacement methods or resorting to very long fontstacks (where most of your visitors won’t see the font you wanted anyway) have long been the standard for using anything other than websafe fonts.
But the @font-face function changes all that. With most major, modern browsers now compatible with it, services are cropping up all over for providing the fonts you want to embed on your site without eating up your bandwidth and server space.
One of the biggest hurdles these services help to overcome is the licensing issues related to embedding certain fonts on your website. While many fonts (especially open source fonts) have licenses that allow for embedding, others strictly prohibit it. Webfont services work with the type foundries to provide fonts for embedding while also providing the security that foundries insist upon.
Currently, there are four such services available, though two (Typekit and Fontdeck) are still invite-only. Read on for more information about each.
Typekit is invite-only at this point. You can sign up for updates on their website, and they’ll announce when it’s ready. But a lot of information is already available on their blog.
From the looks of it, Typekit will have three available subscription options. The Trial service offers a pretty decent sized collection of fonts from foundries including Bitstream (Vera Sans), Bigelow & Holmes (Luxi Sans, Luxi Serif), Fonthead (Good Dog, Corn Dog, and others), Jason Kottke (Silkscreen) and others. The Personal-level service offers all of the trial fonts, plus fonts from Barry Schwartz (BonvenoCF, Goudy Bookletter 1911), Cathy Davies (Chemist, Chemist Rough), FRiTZe (Vollkorn), and Typodermic (Cardigan, Soap, and others) among plenty of other foundries. The Full Library option has all the fonts from the personal and trial libraries plus fonts from Betatype (Apertura, Pill Gothic 300mg, and others), Insigne Design (Montag, Carta Marina, Deinstag), and Paragraph (Galette, Mentone), among others. Overall, there are hundreds of fonts available.
Typekit works with virtually every major browser, including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. While pricing has not yet been released, the trial version will be free to use.
First Impressions of Typekit
This post gives a great, first-hand account of what it’s like to use Typekit.
Examining Typekit
An excellent article that takes a look at the positives and negatives of using Typekit.
Getting Started with Typekit
An excellent introductory guide from Carsonified.
Type Sellers, Web Fonts, and Typekit
A great post from Nice Web Type that talks about @font-face in general and Typekit in particular.
Typekit Hopes to Become the YouTube of Fonts
An excellent article from Webmonkey about Typekit’s potential.
Typekit: Banishing Blight from the Browser
A pretty comprehensive look at Typekit from Linux Magazine.
Typotheque is a font foundry providing their own solution to the @font-face dilemma. Their service claims to work on 95% of browsers, and supports multiple languages.
One of the big advantages to this foundry-based service is that you pay for a single license for both print and web usage, and the license fee is a one-time payment. You can use the fonts you purchase on an unlimited number of domains, too, making it a potentially very cost-effective solution.
Of course, the big drawback to this is that you can only use it with Typotheques fonts. While they have some very nice fonts available, it’s a relatively small collection, with only eight distinct fonts (with multiple weights available for most of them). But, if their fonts fit your needs, then it’s a great solution.
Testing Typotheque @font-face Embedding
A very thorough look at Typotheque from For a Beautiful Web.
Typotheque’s Web Fonts Rock, But Old Machines Can’t Learn New Type Tricks
A more critical look at Typotheque from Webmonkey.
Typotheque Web Font Service Demo
A video demonstration of Typotheque on Vimeo.
Kernest takes a slightly different approach to the webfont service model. Basically, they let type designers and foundries submit their fonts under a variety of licensing options, and set the price for using that particular font on a per-site-per-year basis. They have a few dozen fonts currently available, from a variety of foundries. The preview functionality on the site is also really helpful, letting you try out fonts with text you input.
Kernest works with all major web browsers, including Safari 3 and higher, Firefox 3.5 and up, Opera 10 and up, and Internet Explorer 4 and higher. It’s a pretty impressive list.
Usage is easy, with web designers only needing to choose the fonts, upload Kernest’s CSS Embed, update the site’s CSS tags, and refresh.
Font pricing varies widely on the site, with a lot of fonts available for free and others running in the $10-$20/year range (though some are more expensive). Depending on which fonts you want to use, it can be a very economical option.
While the other sites don’t yet have galleries of sites using their services, Kernest does. Below are a few sites taking advantage of their technology.
A Web Font Service For Real, a Sneak Peek at KernestA great look at how Kernest works, from Readable Web.
The Importance of Knowing Kernest: Pretty High. Your Move, Typekit.
A quick look at Kernest from someone who’s used both it and Typekit.
An Interview with Kernest’s Garrick Van Buren
An interview with the creator of Kernest.
Using New Fonts from Kernest on Blogger
A tutorial for using Kernest webfonts on Blogger blogs.
Fontdeck is a webfont service developed by ClearLeft and OmniTI that’s still in private beta. You can sign up for updates on their website. There’s even less information available about Fontdeck than there is about Typekit.
Of course, the fact that OmniTI will be handling the security aspects of Fontdeck means it’s more likely to get support from font foundries who may be wary or less-secure methods. Fontdeck will likely make guarantees as to the safety of the fonts it provides.
There’s no pricing information available yet for Fontdeck, or even information on how their pricing might be structured.
You can get updates on Fontdeck developments through their Twitter feed.
There are a number of advantages to using webfont services over dynamic text replacement (DTR) or other methods. The first is that these services work well for replacing the font of all the text on a page, not just your headlines. Converting all the text on a page using DTR is impractical due to the conversion time required. Webfont services don’t take any longer to load a page of text than they do to load a header.
Another huge advantage to using a webfont service is that it removes the sometimes-confusing and sticky legal issues involved with embedding fonts on the web. Many font foundries consider embedding fonts to be redistributing them, making it against their terms of service to use @font-face with their fonts. Considering how small most font foundries are (many are just one person), font piracy can be a huge burden for them. Most web services make security a top priority and do a lot to protect font foundries from having their fonts pirated.
The final big advantage to using a webfont service is that it saves your bandwidth. If you have a high traffic site, everyone downloading font files when your page loads can quickly use a lot of bandwidth. Font services host the fonts on their own servers, saving your bandwidth. Depending on your traffic figures and hosting plan, the money saved might even be enough to offset the cost of the service each year.
The Font-as-Service
A great post from i love typography comparing Typekit, Fontdeck and Typotheque.
The Direction Forward with Web Fonts
A post from Molecular Voices that covers a wide variety of web font options, including webfont services, standards, and proposals (like .webfont and ZOT).
Web Font Services Join Fray as .webfont Format Gains Support
A post from Ars Technica about webfont services and proposals.
The Future of Web Font Embedding
An older post from Clagnut on embedding webfonts.
Testing Web Fonts
An excellent post from movito about Typekit, Typotheque and WOFF.
Cameron Chapman is a professional Web and graphic designer with over 6 years of experience. She writes for a number of blogs, including her own, Cameron Chapman On Writing . She’s also the author of Internet Famous: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Online Celebrity.
Another performance enhancement in the DXperience 2009 volume 3 release is use of the ASPxThemes DLL. Typically, the ASP.NET theme files are stored in your project’s App_Themes folder. With the DXperience 2009 volume 2 release, you have the advantage of using our ASPxThemes DLL [1] which packs the images and CSS files into one DLL.
Using the ASPxThemes DLL in the DXperience 2009 volume 3 release, results in reduced web server traffic because:
We’re recommending that you use the ASPxThemes DLL. By default, the pre-packaged themes we provide will already be included in the ASPxThemes DLL. However, if you use custom ASP.NET Themes then put them in the ‘custom theme assembly’ before publishing your web site. And here’s how to do it:
S132599 - Provide a way to use custom ASP.NET Theme with New HTTP Handler for Resources
Drop me a line below with your thoughts and comments.
References:
[1] Custom ASP.NET Themes And The New ASP.NET Themes DLL by Mehul Harry
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