Web Designers Toolbox Galore

Every carpenter is only as good as the tools he carry’s and every web designer should seriously take a look at the way he is creating websites. Webdesigner depot today posted a massive compilation of designer tools. I picked out the ones that were worth looking at and put them into a nice easy to read list. Could one of these tools make your life any easier?

Typetester: compare up to 3 fonts side by side

CSS Type Set: fomat your text in real time and let them generate your css code

HTML-Ipsum: generate some lorem ipsum giberish in full HTML markup

Flipping Typical: chart of hundreds of fonts to see visually what you want to use

CSS SuperScrub: let this tool reduce the size and complexity of your stylesheets for you

CSS Property Index: a dictionary of every available css property

CSS Shorthand Guide: make your css files shorter by using these shorthand css properties

Color Palette Generator: upload any picture and generate a unique matching color scheme

Adobe Kuler: powerfully create your ideal color scheme with this tool

Wufoo: choose from over 80 form templates, contact, petition, mailing list, the list goes on

BrowserShots: this handy gadget will take a screenshot of your browser for you

FirefoxFirebug: debug and edit your codes (Java,CSS, HTML) in realtime directly through your firefox browser

“There’re really three problems with using the wrong tool: You can wreck the tool, you can wreck the project you’re working on, and you can wreck yourself,” notes Spike Carelsen, executive editor of Family Handyman.