18 Search Engines For Designers

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1. IconSeeker

A really nice search engine that will help you find Icons as the name implies. Also has a “Most Popular” feature which could certainly help you in your search.

2. IconFinder

Another quite useful icon search engine. Doesn’t have the “Most Popular” feature but it looks nice and it seems to sum up some rather nice search results.

3. IconLet

A nifty and simple icon search engine that generates some nice results. Has a “Search Plugin” link which I haven’t yet tries. IconLet was launched in 2007.

4. IconLook

A nicely designed search engine for finding icons. A few really nice features include Link Exchange, Random Icons and Popular. It’s in Beta but works just fine.

5. IconDB

A somewhat cluttered search engine to find some really nice fonts. They have quite a large database and seem to give great results. Nice interface however a bit hard navigating at first.

6. Icons Search

Nice icon search engine with several nice features. Guide how to search and some designer related link listings such as Emoticons, Desktop, Web and Graphics to name a few.

7. Very Icon

Really nice icon search engine with some nice and useful features. With Icon Search, Icon Category and Advanced Search it makes this search engine a truly invaluable tool for any designer.

8. EasyIconFinder

A powerful search engine for icons. Some platinum features that makes this search engine really useful. Interface is somewhat cluttered but the instructions are good.

9. FontHit

Quite simple but truly powerful search engine to find fonts for your design. It is an ever expanding search ending and you can add your own font site if you have one. Features: Font Search, Advanced Font Search.

10. FyFont

A really cool and useful font search engine. Instead of typing in a specific keyword you can simply upload a picture of the font you’re after and it will try and recognize it and point you in the right direction.

11. FindTTF

One of the most comprehensive font search engines on the Internet. With over 314.000 fonts in it’s database you are sure to find what you are looking for. Somewhat cluttered user interface though.

12. MyFonts

Another font recognizing search engine. This one also have the capability to search for fonts the old school way. Different search modes: Find Fonts, What The Font. Really useful and simple.

13. Free Fonts

A search engine for free fonts. Simple and straight forward. If you know what you are looking for you can easily find it here and then be directed to the place where you can download it.

14. FontSeek

With over 55.000 fonts attached to their database you are sure to find what you’re looking for. Interface is somewhat dull and 90’s but the results are great.

15. TutSearch

One of the most streamlined tutorial search engines on the Internet. This search engine will search a database of over 100 hand picked tutorials. Exclusive and high end!

16. Vectorials

A really nice and well proportioned search engine searching everything vector. Quite a large database with tons of software categorized tutorials. Excellent for any designer working with vectors.

17. Tutorial Vault

Really nice tutorial search engine with tons of software’s represented. Includes tutorials for: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, 3D Max, Photography, InDesign, Programming and Fireworks.

18. Tutorial Search

An extensive search engine which concentrates on categories of software’s. Tons of great and pristine tutorials ranging from Photohop to 3D Max and everything in between.

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20 Best JavaScript Charting and Plotting Libraries

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1. JSCharts

JS Charts is a JavaScript chart generator that requires little or no coding. JS Charts allows you to easily create charts in different templates like bar charts, pie charts or simple line graphs.

2. PlotKit – Javascript Chart Plotting

PlotKit is a Chart and Graph Plotting Library for Javascript. It has support for HTML Canvas and also SVG via Adobe SVG Viewer and native browser support.

3. JavaScript Chart

Would not it be nice to be able to add a stylish and colorful chart to your Web page with minimal effort and still avoid slow-loading Java applets or server side generated images? Then the JavaScript Chart is just what you need!

4. amCharts – Column and Bar Controlling chart with JavaScript

This amCharts allows you to control chart with JavaScript – reload data and settings, get and set data and separate settings.

5. Bluff

Bluff is a JavaScript port of the Gruff graphing library for Ruby. It is designed to support all the features of Gruff with minimal dependencies. To draw a graph, you create a new Bluff graph object using the id of a canvas element on the page, set some options, add the data and labels, and then tell the graph to draw.

6. Animated Chart

Animated Chart script generator allows you to create a bar graph table of the data given to it. This is a graph and chart animated javascript which can be incorparated into any webpages. Just input the data of the involved elements, the animated script will chart out an XY Graph.

7. JavaScript Graph Plotting Tool

As part of a larger animation framework I have created a plotting tool for visualizing functions. It is made entirely in JavaScript, uses no graphics and the generated source code is W3C compliant.

8. Canvas Pie Chart with Tooltips

This Mootools pie chart class is based on Stoyan Stefanovs Canvas Pie. I have added a dynamically drawn image map that overlays the canvas. The image map areas coincide with the pie slices and trigger the Mootools tooltips.

9. Moochart

moochart is a plugin for MooTools 1.2 that draws bubble diagrams on the canvas tag. Future versions might include pie, bar & line graphs.

10. ProtoChart

ProtoChart is a new opensource library using Prototype and Canvas to create good looking charts. This library is highly motivated by Flot, Flotr and PlotKit libraries.

11. Raphael-JavaScript Library

Raphael is a small JavaScript library that should simplify your work with vector graphics on the web. If you want to create your own specific chart or image crop and rotate widget, for example, you can achieve it simply and easily with this library.

12. TufteGraph

TufteGraph allows to make pretty graphs with javascript, using jQuery.

13. HTML Graph JS

Use this script to create horizontal / vertical bar graphs, progress bars and faders. You can create simple graphs and even grouped bar graphs with legends, add labels, change colors etc. No graphics or graphical libraries required.

14. Canvas 3D Graph

Canvas 3D Graph is a special type of bar graph that plot numbers in 3D. This first started as PHP-GD project, but soon I realized that there is not much sense in generating complex graph like this on server side (script worked really fast, though)

15. Emprise JavaScript Charts

Emprise JavaScript Charts enable to create Charts in JavaScript with features such as Hints, Mouse Tracking, Mouse Events, Key Tracking and Events, Zooming, Scrolling, and Crosshairs raise interactivity and user experience in web charting to a new level.

16. Flotr Javascript Plotting Library

Flotr is a javascript plotting library based on the Prototype Javascript Framework. Flotr enables you to draw appealing graphs in most modern browsers with an easy to learn syntax. It comes with great features like legend support, negative value support, mouse tracking, selection support, zoom support, event hooks, CSS styling support and much more.

17. Pie Graph script

Pie Graph script is a purely DHTML/ CSS based Pie Graph script. It loads fast and blends in with the rest of the page. You can even use a transparent background for it.

18. JavaScript Diagram Builder

The JavaScript Diagram Builder is a library of some objects and functions, which can help you to display a coordinate diagram (resp. a chart or graph) in your webpage in an easy way.

19. XYgraph

XYgraph is written in Javascript, and will run on any website or intranet, online or offline. Data to be graphed on the fully customizable display may be generated from static or dynamic web content and server side programs.

20. YUI 2 Charts

The YUI Charts Control visualizes tabular data on a web page in several possible formats including vertical columns, horizontal bars, lines, and pies. Notable features include support for the DataSource Utility, customizable series and axes, a customizable mouse-over datatip, combination charts, and skinning.

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54 Cool Examples of Custom Error 404 Pages

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2.) Youcastr

3.) Unitinteractive

4.) Agens

5.) Beta.mnet

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7.) Huwshimi

8.) Springload

9.) Redtag

10.) Nclud

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12.) Expansion broadcast

13.) Vimeo

14.) Surfingonstatic

15.) Cssremix

16.) Mailchimp

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19.) 24-7media

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26.) Chrisjennings

27.) Astuteo

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31.) Trubru

32.) Lookitsme

33.) Zanami

34.) Gog

35.) Spongebob

36.) Digiguru

37.) Twitter

38.) Gdzl

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40.) Deviantart

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50.) Creationthing

51.) Patterntap

52.) Twingly

53.) Southcreative

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