10 Web Tools All Great Web Designs Should Use
Posted on 09. Jun, 2009 by Web Design in Roundups
Web applications are becoming more and more used as time goes on. Heck, even browsers are being designed around them (Chrome). I have put together a nice list of 10 web tools all great web designers / freelancers should use. These 10 web tools are outstanding, and can really help web designers out, aswell as reducing the time they need to sort things out, leaving more time to design.
Freshbooks
Freshbooks is an online application that allows web designers / freelancers to easily track time and bill their clients. Within your control panel, you can perform multiple tasks. It generates reports and estimates, you can have your own custom invoice design, and add clients and team members. Its a must have. Plus there are free accounts aswell as paid accounts!
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GrabUp
This is a great file sharing service for the average web designer. Just simple download the free software, then begin to upload your files and share them with your clients. Nice and simple!
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Dropbox
Dropbox is one of the best tools online at the moment. You can download the software for mac, windows or Linux and simply drag and drop your files straight into your Dropbox folder, and it will upload them to the internet. You can share them between computers easily, and also there is a web control panel to manage your files. You can paste your Dropbox file links with clients easily and effectively.
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Google Analytics
Analytics is an amazing free stats tool created by Google. You simply add the small code to your website, and your stats will be updated daily. You can view your stats in many different types of graphs, and you can track visitors, content and much more. Its simple amazing, and you can spend hours looking over your stats.
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IceBrrg
Icebrrg makes web forms simple. You simply sign up for an Icebrrg account, create your form and paste the code into your website. You can see your results right from within your Icebrrg control panel too!
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CrazyEgg
CrazyEgg is a brilliant web tool for analyzing your website. You can login to your CrazyEgg control panel and see website referrers, where users have clicked on your site, hot places to click, and much more. Its a tool worth looking into.
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FireBug
Firebug is a web development plugin for Firefox. It analyzes your code, monitor, edit and debug. Its a reel of web tools in one. And best of all its free. You can even see how long it takes for web pages to load.
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What The Font!
Ever seen a font on a website and thought i want to use that in one of my designs. Well What The Font is an awesome tool where you can upload an image of the font you wish to identify, or input the url. What the font will identify the font and tell you where you can download / buy it.
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BrowserShots
When you are designing a website on a certain operating system, usually you use a certain browser to test what it looks like. Instead of logging on other operating systems, downloading multiple browsers and loading all of them up to check if your design works with them, Browser Shots takes a snapshot of your design in multiple browsers. You can select which browser screenshots your want from multiple operating systems, and then BrowserShots gives you images from all of the browsers you selected. Its a brilliant tool for all web designers.
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Toodledo
Freelancers and web designers need to manage projects and what they need to complete every day. Toodledo is a free, easy to use to-do list. There is even an app for the iPhone, and you can access your to-do lists anywhere you have an internet connection.
14 Responses to “10 Web Tools All Great Web Designs Should Use”
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David J Rust
09. Jun, 2009
Nice selection, indeed! I’m definitely going to look into IceBrrg.
As a suggestion for others, I’d always add, in conjunction with FireBug, the Web Developer toolbar. Honestly, with those two in my tool box, there’s nothing I can’t accomplish!
Thanks!
Sam
09. Jun, 2009
This is a great post, I didnt know half of these tools existed
Shane - Inspiring Your Success
09. Jun, 2009
I have only seen a few of those before. Great list!
web develop
09. Jun, 2009
Great list. There are a couple in there that I’ve never used but look uber-useful.
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Tom Web
09. Jun, 2009
Never heard of crazy egg – sounds good though. I shall investigate
Chris
10. Jun, 2009
Ditto on the Web Developer toolbar. Very handy. Noticing no project management pics. What would be your choice? I’ve used BaseCamp, but am liking the 5pm interface more.
Carl - Web Courses Bangkok Instructor
10. Jun, 2009
Dropbox is by far the best tool on the list, if your an office worker you can easily grab files you have been working on at home.
The nice thing is that its intelligent with what file, and how much of it, you have updated.
Great article.
C
Oliver
10. Jun, 2009
Great list of tools. I’ve used What The Font and it is a great tool for recognising fonts. I’m going to have a look at the others like the file sharing ones as these would be really useful for me as a designer. Thanks for the information.
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Dan
10. Jun, 2009
If you’d like a tool for managing your time and projects, you can use this application inspired by David Allen’s GTD:
http://www.Gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage and prioritize your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version is available too.
Television Spy
11. Jun, 2009
Don’t forget these :
http://www.widgext.co.cc – all sorts of graphic generators and tools to jazz up your images.
http://www.colorschemer.com – colour sorting tools
Vin Thomas
11. Jun, 2009
I am a big Toodledo Fan! I created a few simple themes this week if you want to check them out:
http://tr.im/tdthm
http://tr.im/bluetd
Vin Thomas’s last blog post..iStockPhoto.com » Finding the Perfect Photo
Kate
11. Jun, 2009
Another great tool for storing files in the cloud is Office Live Workspace from Microsoft. Access your files from any computer with an internet connection, and, with a plug in, automatically back up any of your Microsoft Office files. Check it out at http://workspace.office.live.com.
Cheers,
Kate
MSFT Office Live Outreach Team
Daniel Matthews
12. Jun, 2009
Firebug has been a very useful favorite of mine for a short while now, It makes things so easy… It’s also perfect if your just starting out and want to see how certain aspects of different pages have been put together.
David
10. Jan, 2010
GrabUp is broken