Posts Tagged ‘Web’
Web design software
Our curriculum team is beginning a revision of our Web Design course, and we’re considering possible software. Our existing course uses KompoZer, a free WYSIWYG program.
KompoZer has worked pretty well for us, but like most free software, it has its share of bugs and quirks.
As we research software for the new course, we’re considering Amaya, a strong contender developed by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).
Amaya has some features that KompoZer doesn’t, such as a split view that shows both the design view and the code.
Like KompoZer, Amaya is free, open source, and cross-platform.
Do you have experience with KompoZer or Amaya? Let us know what you think!
Cool CSS Animation Effects
One of our Instructional Designers recently called our attention to some cool new developments in CSS. These animation effects were created entirely with CSS!
A spinner: http://media.24ways.org/2009/15/spinner.html
A colorized spinner: http://media.24ways.org/2009/15/spinner-alt.html
Outer space: http://media.24ways.org/2009/15/space.html
How to info is available here: http://24ways.org/2009/css-animations
NOTE: This is pretty cutting edge, so not all browsers support this yet. You can be sure to see the animations properly by viewing the links in Google’s Chrome browser http://www.google.com/chrome.
These new developments will be fun to incorporate into future Web courses! What other new tech developments would you like to see us cover in future Giant Campus courses?
