Archive for August 2010
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 footage
Graphically awesome.
Slammer – Designer’s Geometry Box
Slammer overlays any grid you want, anywhere you want. Typographic Grids, Golden Sections, Fibonacci series or Rule of Thirds. Slammer also has Rulers, Crosshairs, Magnifier, Measurements & Screenshots.
- slammer looks uhm slamming
http://bit.ly/65eZhI #slammer- Cecilia Waters
Inspect
- Rulers
- Crosshair
- Magnifier
- Measurements
Layout
- Uniform
- Fibonacci
- Golden
- Harmonious
Design
- Clickthrough
- Control
- Arrange
- Focus
Export
- Overlay
- Background
- Templates
- JSON
Frame
- Customizable Themes
- 8 Way Resizable
- Drag border or content to move
- Customizable Size Presets
Rulers
- Pixels, Cms/Mms, Inches, Picas
- Arbitrary ruler origins
- Measure length, base, height and angle in measurement mode
Crosshair
- Thin, Crisp and Precise
- Visible on any background
- Use mouse or keys to position
- Can snap to ruler divisions
Magnifier
- Show in frame or in a window
- Scroll to change magnification
- In frame magnifier dodges mouse
- ⌘C copies color under crosshair
Slammer Unibody Theme
Slammer Dark Theme
Slammer Bordered Dark Theme
Slammer Blue Theme
Slammer Purple Theme
Slammer Glass Theme
Slammer Inspector
Slammer Frame Size
Slammer Blending Modes for Layers & Overlays
Slammer Layer Margins
Slammer Uniform Overlay
Slammer Overlay Orientation Angle
Slammer Fibonacci Series Overlay
Slammer Golden Section Overlay
Slammer Harmonious Section Overlay
Slammer Preferences General
Slammer Preferences Rulers
Slammer Preferences Themes
Slammer Measurements
jQuery Slammer from exported JSON
Create grid systems with ease.
Stowaway Jacket – Hlaska
Water resistant and stylish? Two combinations not usually found. Unfortunately I don’t live in San Francisco anymore to take advantage of this.
SCVNGR
SCVNGR is a game. Playing is simple: Go places. Do challenges. Earn points and unlock rewards! (Think free coffee!) Individuals and enterprises build on SCVNGR by adding challenges and rewards to their favorite places.
Another location based reward app. Space is getting attention.
960 Grid System
960 Grid System
Download – Templates: Acorn, Fireworks, Flash, InDesign, GIMP, Inkscape, Illustrator, OmniGraffle, Photoshop, Visio, Exp Design. Also: PDF sketch sheets + CSS files. Repository at GitHub.
Essence
The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be used separately or in tandem. Read more.
Dimensions
The 12-column grid is divided into portions that are 60 pixels wide. The 16-column grid consists of 40 pixel increments. Each column has 10 pixels of margin on the left and right, which create 20 pixel wide gutters between columns. View demo.
Purpose
The premise of the system is ideally suited to rapid prototyping, but it would work equally well when integrated into a production environment. There are printable sketch sheets, design layouts, and a CSS file that have identical measurements.
More Columns
For those more comfortable designing on a 24-column grid, an alternative version is also included. It consists of columns 30 pixels wide, with 10 pixel gutters, and a 5 pixel buffer on each side of the container. This keeps text from touching browser chrome — helpful for devices like the iPhone, where a lower-case “i” or “l” might be easily missed. View demo.
Source Order
By utilizing the push_XX and pull_XX classes, elements can be rearranged, independent of the order in which they appear in the markup. This allows you to keep more pertinent info higher in the HTML, without sacrificing precision in your page layout. For instance, view the source code of this page to see how the H1 tag has been re-positioned.
Keynote Wireframe Toolkit — 12 col Show Grid
Hugh Griffith — 12 col Show Grid
FT – Design Patterns — 16 col Show Grid
Gantry Framework — 12 col Show Grid
Things That Are Brown — 16 col Show Grid
Twitter Media Blog — 12 col Show Grid
Refresh Boston — 16 col Show Grid
NuvoGraphics — 12 col Show Grid
Four Kitchens — 12 col Show Grid
Anton Peck — 16 col Show Grid
Ten Seven Interactive — 12 col Show Grid
Pixel Dreams — 16 col Show Grid
Phil Coffman — 12 col Show Grid
Right From the Heart — 16 col Show Grid
Black Estate Vineyard — 12 col Show Grid
Simplified Safety — 16 col Show Grid
A Better Office — 12 col Show Grid
Church Mockup — 12 col Show Grid
Second & Park — 16 col Show Grid
Code
View comprehensive code on the demo page.
To the right is an example of how the code works. The container specifies how many total columns exist, either 12 or 16. For the most part, you will only ever need to specify a class name of grid_XX, where XX represents the column width.
If a grid unit contains grid children, the first child in a row will need a class of alpha and the last child in a row requires the class name omega. Likewise, if you want to insert empty space before or after a grid unit, use class prefix_XX or suffix_XX.
<div class="container_12"> <div class="grid_7 prefix_1"> <div class="grid_2 alpha"> ... </div> <div class="grid_3"> ... </div> <div class="grid_2 omega"> ... </div> </div> <div class="grid_3 suffix_1"> ... </div> </div>Nine-Sixty
All modern monitors support at least 1024 × 768 pixel resolution. 960 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This makes it a highly flexible base number to work with.
Credits
I drew inspiration from these individuals: Khoi Vinh, Cameron Moll, Olav Bjørkøy, Brandon Schauer, Jeff Croft and Mark Boulton. Their work spurred me to create my own. Special thanks to Eric Meyer for his comprehensive reset CSS.
Derivatives
The 960 Grid System is free to use, and may be repurposed to meet your specific needs. Several projects have already spun off, including versions that were built to be fluid and elastic. Additionally, it is has been adapted as a theme for Drupal.
Tutorials
Web Designer Depot featured an article on writing less code by styling tags directly. Nettuts has both a tutorial and video. WooThemes wrote a post entitled “Why we love 960.gs.” There are also articles in Spanish [1] [2] and Swedish [1] [2].
Feedback
I am always happy to hear how people are using the system, and would encourage any constructive criticism. Bear in mind, the whole spirit of this project is to be lightweight and focused solely on grids, but not to add bloat via extra features.
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