Jun 27, 2006 News Wire

A nice introduction to Xyle scope, a DOM/CSS debugging tool built on Safari’s WebKit rendering engine.

This series of fifteen free tutorials explains how to build a robust data access layer for an ASP.NET 2.0 application. Each tutorial is available in C# and VB.NET versions, and can be downloaded as a PDF.

According to this blog post, an 8-bit PNG file will be smaller than the equivalent GIF file if that GIF is larger than 4KB.

Slick service that provides a chat facility for visitors to any page on the Web. The AJAX -powered chat interface floats over the page, or can be docked to the side of the browser window.

Molly Holzschlag calls for a common code of practice for the way web professionals do business.

A nice article describing some of the effects of various colors when used in web design. Provides a decent introduction to the various types of color combinations that can be found using a color wheel as well.

With Googles GBuy payments system reportedly on the verge of launch, more details are beginning to emerge. Apparently you’ll be able to click on a product with a GBuy icon in AdWords ads and go direct to checkout.

A really nice introduction to Google Web Toolkit, focusing on building client-side functionality (i.e. no AJAX).