web Goodies | September 10

Long time I have not posted cool front-end plug-ins. Here is a list of plug-ins I intend to use in upcoming projects:

New fonts
I intend to use new fonts such as Lucida, which are web safe (At least as web safe as Georgia for instance, see cheat sheet here)

CKFinder
CKFinder is a free alternative to KCFinder, Image management library for WYSIWYG editors.

Form Builder
I am working on a B2B micro site builder project, and would definitely do with a nice Form Builder. This one is quite cool, think I'lll purchase the code. http://www.appnitro.com/machform

Live traffic visualisation
Hummingbird can let you track traffic in real time, which is kinda cool . It's "pre-alpha" release, not sure yet what I would do with that, but will definitely keep an eye on it. Node.js is probably what I will use in a soon future though, as it looks like an easy way to implement network features for an application. V0.2 is now available.  

Free the foxes
If you can't be asked designing for IE6... you can always  use this good looking plugin which detects browsers and offers alternatives..

Slick Grid
This javascript plugins promises the ability to render very large tables without drop in performance.. Worth the try.

Sublime Video
Yes, with device such as iPad which don't support Flash, we now need to consider using also HTML 5 to play videos. Sublime video looks like an interesting offer, switching automatically between flash and HTML5 depending on the device detected.

JQuery Mobile framework
JQuery Mobile gives us the ability to add a bit of fancy for mobile format. As we design systematically for mobiles now, it is definitely a library I'll be using on a regular basis in the future.

MediaCore
This is a CMS dedicated to podcasts. Wordpress seems overkill in comparison, when a client only needs the ability to present a micro site with podcast.

ElFinder
This is a Jquery plugin which let you manage files. Quite neat, may use it to replace the current file manager in the JDD, or in future bespoke projects (has got PHP & Python connector).

IP Info DB
Not really fronte-end, but since I was working on integrating this geo-locator today, I though I would add this little IP locator goodie to the list as well. This is a Database allowing you to geolocalise visitors on the fly.