Texter is a simple but effective Windows application running in the system tray and doing a very simple job: replacing abbreviations with the phrases you define.
Let’s say you use XHTML frequently and you define an abbreviation like "divmake" and press "tab" (you can define the hotkey) and it can produce you:
<div class=""></div>
as an example.
You can use it for anything like generating your signature on-the-fly or any other frequently typed text.
Phormer is an open source PHP photo gallery that helps you store, organize and trim your photos online.
This photo gallery application uses XML for all the data including photos, comments and settings and does not require MySQL.
GoogieSpell is Gmail-like spell checker that you can use in your applications.
It is AJAX based, supports over 27 languages and well-documented.
This AJAX spell checker simply sends a query to Google’s spell checking address: "https://www.google.com/tbproxy/spell?lang=" and displays the results and recommendations according to the result of this data.
GoogieSpell is well tested to work in all major browsers.
Free document management software is something really hard to find.
Epiware (thanks Jim for the suggestion) is an open source document management solution built with PHP & MySQL.
In a business environment, such a document management system is very helpful as it makes all documents reachable for everyone and keeps the versions of the documents which is a great feature if there are many people editing the same document.
Besides the multi-user version, this document management solution has a single user version and a complete - no requirements - version including PHP, MySQL and a web server too.
Designing with grids is very common as it helps creating identical, measured layouts.
960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development (for rapid prototyping and for production environments) workflow by providing commonly used dimensions , based on a width of 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be used separately or in tandem.
All modern monitors support at least 1024 × 768 pixel resolution. 960 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This makes it a highly flexible base number to work with.
In the download package, you can find PDF grid paper, templates for Fireworks, OmniGraffle, Photoshop & Visio, and CSS framework with demo HTML .
Sphinx is a standalone search engine application that can be integrated with your data sources to provide fast, size-efficient and relevant fulltext search functions.
To clear how powerful it is, Sphinx is already used in BlogCatalog, Joomla & phpBB community forums and more.
TaskFreak! is an open source, ajax interfaced, web based task manager written in PHP.
It is similar to a project management software but concentrated more on tasks and does not have features like milestones, files or messaging. This makes TaskFreak! simpler but less complicated.
TaskFreak! says the application is GTD compliant (Getting Things Done - very nice post) and it offers 2 versions: single user & multi-user.
Google already has an API for Google Maps service which makes it possible to create interactive, real-data-driven maps.
DrasticMap, an AJAX based component, makes it easier to show data from a MySQL database in Google Maps.
This Google Maps component is offered in a PHP - JavaScript package called DrasticTools which also includes 2 other components, DrasticCloud (for easy tag cloud generation) & DrasticGrid (grid editing).
DrasticMap uses MooTools JavaScript framework for the interaction, which is included in the download package.
AJAX Chat is a powerful, open source, fully customizable web chat software built with JavaScript, PHP and MySQL.
AJAX Chat supports voice chat that is powered by Flash & Ruby (sound support is optional).
This free AJAX chat software integrates easily with PHP community softwares like phpBB, MyBB, PunBB, SMF, vBulletin and sample integrations are provided with the software.
Ajax Chat is developed with security in mind and it is strong against code injections, SQL injections, cross-site scripting (XSS), session stealing and other attacks.
Moo.rd is a Mootools extension that gives useful and powerful functionalities to developers like a lot of effects, customizable standards, utility native functions, table management, virtual boxes and many more.
This lightweight JavaScript library is modular, flexible, and completely compatible with all MooTools plug-ins.
Like MooTools, moo.rd respects strict standards, doesn’t generate any type of warnings and is compatible with all major browsers.
