About tint.de

This is the online sandbox of Tilman, a designer working in and living near Nuremberg, Germany. Please say hello. You can also find me on Twitter, Del.icio.us and Flickr.

The dilemma with personal publishing and how Gnip might save it

added on Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 21:13 pm

A few months ago I came across a new internet service named Gnip. Although it looks very technical and abstract at first look, it may be the key to a bad dilemma of personal publishing on the web today. Here is why, and my experiences of using it for this site. ¬ Full Entry

Autogrid.js

added on Saturday, May 02, 2009 23:24 pm

Work in progress: A flexible javascript layout that arranges a sequence of div boxes in a grid. It also allows to break the grid horizontally and vertically. ¬ Full Entry

Custom fonts in HTML with Cuf

added on Friday, Feb 27, 2009 13:55 pm

Cufon is a way to replace text in HTML with a Canvas element or a VML, so that the type is rendered in a custom font, which may not be installed on the user’s system. Yes, this sound similar to the popular sIRF, but does not use Flash. Here are my first hands-on experiences and why I am whole-heartedly excited about it: ¬ Full Entry

SAHCO.de

added on Friday, Feb 29, 2008 18:24 pm

SAHCO Homepage One of the largest client projects I have ever done at the Warriors went online: The new online presence of SAHCO, developer and distributor of premium upholstery and decoration textiles. ¬ Full Entry

CSS Framework Blueprint

added on Sunday, Aug 12, 2007 21:21 pm

I would like to point to a new CSS framework called “Blueprint”, made by Olav Bjørkøy. CSS Framework means: It’s a set of CSS definitions you can use to build your website design unto. The advantage is: Lots of everday-problems are already solved across the major browsers. You can just use and rely on what’s already there. You link the CSS definitions by using the built-in classes and IDs and you’re done. ¬ Full Entry

imgStack 0.5

added on Saturday, May 19, 2007 13:31 pm

Here something new for you web dev nerds: the beta version of imgStack, an unobtrusive and super-easy to use slideshow solution for your website. Maybe you have already seen it here or here. Download and use it for free! ¬ Full Entry

CSS Tooltips for everybody!

added on Friday, Nov 10, 2006 10:22 am

TooltipsThis is an example of a tooltip are little boxes of text that pop up when you hover over a link. They can rather easily be done with pure CSS. Today I had to do it with inline links that spit out tooltips with further info. I took me several hours of fun, searching the net, gathering info on bugs and inconsistent implementation of CSS, to find a solution that reliably works on Mac OS and Windows in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. I don’t claim to be an CSS expert, but let me share…

Updated on 10 Nov 2006: Now works in Opera. ¬ Full Entry