Vimium is a Chrome extension that provides keyboard based navigation and control in the spirit of the Vim editor.
Move over Vimperator, here’s Uzbl, “a keyboard controlled (modal vim-like bindings, or with modifier keys) browser based on Webkit.”
Control-U takes me to the source of the page in a separate tab, with all of the lengthy lines line wrapped and line numbered. Best of all, all of the links are active. I simply find what I’m looking for, and click on it, and I see that page in another tab.
I’ve been wanting this for years.
I was browsing the Vintage and Vintage/Black Lizard websites today. Is it just me, or does Random House need to spring for a redesign this holiday season?
wow. way more extreme than I expected. nice photoshop glow and typewriter typeface. it looks like something I would have made in 1996.
I just discovered that one of my longstanding favorite internet news websites has a somewhat hidden developer’s blog.
The IHT was one of the more forward thinking newspaper websites years ago, with innovative interactive features like their 3 column layout and javscript/DHTML clippings feature[1]. Their grid-based clean layout was also a surprisingly exception in the days of garish, overly-cluttered mainstream news sources.
The blog is somewhat sparse now but has some interesting tidbits, including behind the scenes design decisions and Google Maps integration.
It’s definitely nice to see this type of behind-the-curtain blog. I only wish they had done it years ago.
[1]: This is no longer in use and has been replaced by integration with del.icio.us and other social bookmarking sites, though a screenshot can be seen on this outdated help page, which also features a old design.
IHT is part of the nytimes org is it not? I wonder how much interaction there is between their respective design teams.
IHT is the “international voice” of the New York Times.
Here is an announcement of the initial, highly respected redesign from IHT, dated November 2000.
For comparison here is a snapshot of the NYTimes from December of the same year, courtesy of the Wayback Machine.
Why are there so few nice looking free embedded flash mp3 players? The new one on Tumblr brought this to my attention. It is fairly plain, but looks much nicer than some of the other options[1]. The nicest and most visible one out there is Jeroen Wigering’s JW MP3 Player, but it is rather large and has a specific look and feel that probably wouldn’t work on this site.
Honestly the commercial options aren’t much better.
My personal favorite is the minimalist Bleep proprietary player. In a smart move they allow you to embed any track that is sold in their store on your site, but you can’t use the player to embed files from other sources.
Side note: the new Bug 12” (with Kode9 remix) that I am linking to here is a killer. More Kevin Martin material is on the way on Hyperdub soon.
1: This link is surprisingly up-to-date with regards to options considering it is over 2 years old.
Why are there so few nice looking free embedded flash mp3 players?
people have terrible taste?
also I really don’t understand the lack of volume control on all of these.
also also why does the bleep player stop every 30 seconds?
Yep, it’s not perfect. The blinking arrow is a bit much for me.
Time to make a new one I guess.
Can we add a donation link to buy a copy of Flash? It’s only $699.95.
that is the second time a contributor to this blog has asked me something about buying Flash today. Also, straight outta the feedreader: “Post up to one MP3 audio file per day. It will play back in a sleek Flash Audio Player. Nothing you don’t have permission to share, please.” –New Tumblr thing that waxy linked.
didn’t ry link that tumblr thing in this very post?
I can’t read.
if it’s any consolation I hadn’t heard of it either.
it’s actually pretty cool… unless you are dealing with a fancy pants web 2.0 page.
I bet this little diagram could save a lot of grief in meetings where the web design team is trying to talk the restaurant out of a flash intro page or whatever.
See also: the previously linked Vimperator and Uzbl.