DesignBlab! The Web Design Blog

Everyone loves tools that speed up their work and gives them the opportunity to impress clients! So, we decided to compile a list of web design tools for you guys! Just make sure you share it if you like it :)

Enough talking, so here we go! 19 tools to make your job an easy one!

Website Graphic Tools

Adobe Photoshop
This is probably the best tool for creating and editing graphics for your website. Possibilities are endless with this great piece of software for making websites, although it was initially meant for editing photos.

Adobe Fireworks
This is something all web designers need. It allows you to create web graphics and optimize images easily. Best for rapid development of websites, although it doesn’t have as many possibilities as Photoshop in terms of image editing.

Adobe Flash
The real tool for developing Flash. Benefits experts more.

Swish
This is a great alternative to Flash. It’s great for beginners, with huge amounts of preset Flash effects.

Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing
A free image editor - alternative to Photoshop.

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
Another free alternative to Photoshop.

COLOURlovers
This is the best place to check out patterns, color schemes and trends. No contest.

Iconfinder
This is a great place to search for icons. It’s like Google, but for icons!

TartanMaker
If you need a pattern generator, this could be it.

Stripe Generator
A stripe generator, for those who are lazy to make their own Photoshop patterns. Very convenient tool.

Image Optimizer
An online tool for optimizing your images.

Website Programming Tools

Firebug - Web Development Evolved
A FireFox Plugin for web development. It allows real-time and easy code viewing. Very useful for troubleshooting errors in your website.

Adobe DreamWeaver
This is a really good time-saving tool for web design. Great for rapid development of websites.

Notepad++
A lightweight but feature-packed notepad with code highlighting capabilities. Great tool for programmers, especially experts.

More Website Design Resources

Free PHP scripts compilation
A directory of free PHP scripts are available here.

Dynamic Drive
A great place to find Javascript and DHTML to speed up your work!

Cross Browser Compatibility & Web Compliance

IE7 - (IE6 Fix)
This beautiful script turns the ugly Internet Explorer 6 into a real browser. There is also a version that fixes Internet Explorer 7 as well.

Browser Shots
Great, helpful website for getting screenshots of your website in many types of browsers. What is it for? To make sure your website looks the same on every computer.

W3C markup Validation

This is a validation service to check your code. Good if your client demands it, but not a requirement as even some popular websites fail it, and no, I won’t mention which ones.

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