The Top 10 Web Applications For Web Designers In 2009
Web Apps are hitting the internet by storm. There are so many around on the internet, running on many different frameworks. I have compiled a list of the top 10 web apps for web designers in 2009. They are ranked descending, so its saving the best until last.
Remember that this is WebDesignDev’s opinion about what apps are the top 10. If you think another app should be number one, then we would love to hear it in a comment.
Also, you may want to check out my very own web app called lushcloud that is currently being built for freelancers and small businesses. Anyway, enjoy the list and let me know what you think of our number one.
#10 PX to EM
When first making a new CSS stylesheet, you may want to use this tool to set your master text size. Its a very handy tool where you input in your body font size, and then PX to EM converts the font sizes based on your body font size, and outputs the CSS stylesheet too! They also have a custom PX to EM and EM to PX calculator. Visit Site
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#9 Type Tester
TypeTester Allows you to test many different fonts against each other. You can customize many different inputs, such as the bg color, font size, font, alignment, decoration and much more. Visit Site
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#8 Icon Finder
IconFinder ranked number 8 in our list, because its one of the most, or the most helpful icon search engine around. It helps me to find numerous icons every day, and also includes their license and usage details, and you can download in multiple formats in just one click. Visit Site
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#7 Freckle
Freckle is a very neat time tracking web app for your clients and for yourself. Freckle lets you see the whole project, such as what days you are working, and what on etc. Its the perfect app for freelancers, small businesses and consultants. Visit Site
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#6 Carbon Made
CarbonMade lets freelancers show off their work to others. With over 165,000 portfolios on the service, no wonder CarbonMade made our list. Plus you can eve upload images to your portfolio! Visit Site
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#5 Kuler
Adobe Kuler is one of the best color applications around. I use this app all the time when I am trying to find colours that match and work well together. Its so simple and easy to use, but you can get lots out of it. Visit Site
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#4 Mail Chimp
MailChimp is the best email marketing application out there to date. MailChimp allows you to build and manage email lists, customize and design your email campaigns in HTML, and track and analyze email marketing. With over 175,000 users on the service, its defiantly a win. Plus they also have a free plan if you are on a tight budget! Visit Site
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#3 Twitter
Twitter is one of the fastest growing social networking sites on the planet. Micro-Blogging has taken the internet by storm. This site receives over 10% of its daily traffic from Twitter alone! Twitter can help a web designer gain many more clients and can help get your name out there. Visit Site
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#2 Crazy Egg
CrazyEgg is one of the best analytic tools ever created. Ever wondered what visitors click on your site? Or eve why no one is clicking here or on this page? CrazyEgg tracks what users do on your site, and displays it on heat graphs and many more creative charts, so you can see exactly what users do on your website. Visit Site
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#1 Dropbox
The number one web app of 2009, is Dropbox. This tool is one of the most handy solutions ever. You simple drag and drop files into your Dropbox, and it stores them online! Heck when im out and about and I want to show someone an image, but its not on my phone, I simply login to the Dropbox web interface, and show them the image. I would really recommend using this service. Its great for showing clients design revisions / mockups. You simply save the file direct to your Dropbox. Visit Site
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Kuldeep (2 years ago)
Thank U very much its really very usefull!
Susie (2 years ago)
CarbonMade is the best!
Regina L (2 years ago)
Much prefer Behance.net as a portfolio host because it has more traffic and better tools
bykimbo (2 years ago)
Since I already use and love Iconfinder, I’ve saved every link that scored higher, on the assumption I should be checking those too. Off for a paddle…
Theresa Wagar (2 years ago)
Great list. I use about half of the things on it. Thank you for sharing some I missed and probably SHOULD be using!!
Banana (2 years ago)
Thank you very much for this list.
This will help me a lot !!
Wiltabone (2 years ago)
Excellent
ML Web Consulting (2 years ago)
Archived! Thanks ~ Mike
Rob (2 years ago)
We’re looking to launch our usability testing app testled.com in the next month.
Hopefully we’ll get on the 2010 list
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Andy (2 years ago)
Looks a nice app.
Martin LeBlanc (2 years ago)
Wow. Iconfinder is placed among the 10 best web apps for webdesigner in 2009. Thanks!
James Deck (2 years ago)
Great post for web developers. What about iStockphoto?
Andy (2 years ago)
Not too keen on that website.
Julieta (2 years ago)
Great list! I loved Iconfinder and Dropbox, i’ve added them to my favorites
Thanks!!
JustB (2 years ago)
Good post
Bill Chambers (2 years ago)
Nice list! PX to EM is going to come in handy!
Yammy (2 years ago)
I believe they will be very useful to me.
Travel Photography (2 years ago)
That CarbonMade Place seems quite usefuls, I’ll be using it. Thanks.
Muhammad Adnan (2 years ago)
great apps !
Web Design Kent (2 years ago)
SOme very useful links, thankyou.. wonder what will make the list in 2010?
Alí Suárez (2 years ago)
Cool post!!! Thanks!!!
Rahul - Web Guru (2 years ago)
Really cool compilation of articles for Web designers and developers as well.
BestPSTutorials-TR (2 years ago)
Nice collection, thanks for sharing.
Gordon (2 years ago)
Ho ho ho! This one’s going into my bookmarks. Nice job collecting and thanks for sharing!
Charlie Photos (2 years ago)
Thanks for the Carbonmade link. Looks good.
lognzack (2 years ago)
Dropbox is my favourite, too.
Twitter is fine as well, I use every day.
Nice list!
Freckle was new to me, will check this out now.
Thanks!
Bogdan Pop (2 years ago)
Icon Finder very useful indeed.
Great list.
Thanks!
Timo Körber (2 years ago)
Great List. I’ve been looking for something like Kuler or Icon Finder for so long now. Thanks…
Tim Read: Ripplenet web design (2 years ago)
Thanks – Kuler is my fav. Never heard of Dropbox till now, but sounds really useful.
Tim Read: Ripplenet web design (2 years ago)
Never heard of Dropbox till now, but sounds really useful. Thanks! Kuler is my fav.
ninjacrunch (2 years ago)
Really useful stuff here. This one’s bookmarked. Thanks a lot.
Cheers!
Tristan (2 years ago)
Great list!
We just launched our accounting/bookkeeping app a few weeks ago. KaffeeBreak was built out of frustration with out accounting packages. We figured there were other small businesses and freelancers having the same problems so we released it.
Hopefully it will make the 2010 list.
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ed7de (2 years ago)
i am very like your site thank you very much
German (2 years ago)
What about SiS Survey??? http://www.sisSurvey.net
an online poll and survey platform
a highly recommended tool!!
axisadman (1 year ago)
Drop Box is brilliant – use everyday and it works so well. Could not recommend more highly.
Ritwika (1 year ago)
Just Awesome…
Richard Goodchild (1 year ago)
Top 10 Web Apps for Web Desgners! I love Top 10 posts.. Web Apps… and desgning websites. No Brainer. Bookmarked.
Web designer kent (1 year ago)
Another good post! I’d heard of many already, but there we’re a few nice surprises amongst the front runners. All together a nice blog post to bookmark or tweet about. Thx for sharing guys
ccna chennai (9 months ago)
Really like your top 10 Web application for me
Thank you very much..
mauritius web design (5 months ago)
Was already using most of them but drop box is a discovery awesome post btw thanks for sharing