web design tools
http://www.commentedout.com/design/tools.php- 4096 Color Wheel (web-based)
A useful tool for selecting colors. Pick a color from the wheel, and you'll be given web-safe and web-smart color values.
- HEX Color Calculator (web-based)
Another useful color tool. Enter a six digit hex value, and you'll be given varying shades leading up to your color, followed by a color that directly contrasts it and several shades of that.
- Color Blender (web-based)
Useful for taking two colors and combining them. The tool is configurable so you can get variations of the resulting combination.
- Type Tester (web-based)
A versatile tool for comparing screen fonts before you implement them in a design. It's a bit easier than changing your style sheet over and over.
- ungreek.toolbot.com (web-based)
Generate dummy text from a variety of sources to plug into a work-in-progress design. Random dummy text allows you see the flow of written content better than phrases like "Content goes here."