The Letter - programming

Spritely

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:51:26 +0000

Spritely is a jQuery plugin for creating dynamic character and background animation in HTML and JavaScript.

Ident Engine

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:42:09 +0000

Ident Engine: a JavaScript library that retrieves and aggregates profiles from across the web.

Wouldn't it be a little magical if, when you signed up for a new site, it said something like, "We notice you have a profile photo on Flickr and Twitter, would you like to use one of those or upload a new one?" Glenn Jones created a JavaScript library called Ident Engine that can help you do just that.

Via A List Apart.

The Open Platform

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:16:48 +0000

The Open Platform is the suite of services that make it possible for our partners to build applications with the Guardian. We've opened up our platform so that everyone can benefit from our journalism, our brand, and the technologies that power guardian.co.uk.

Highlight2Translate

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:36:50 +0000

Highlight2Translate is a Greasemonkey script that lets you highlight any text (of any language) on the screen and translate it into English or other languages. Very handy.

Via Waxy.

Helvetireader

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:29:52 +0000

Helvetireader is a beautiful, pared-down theme for Google Reader by John Hicks.