Tech Bites

Laiju Thomas

IE11 Dev tools

�  Microsoft has released its IE11 developer preview for Windows 7 with "completely revised F12 developer tools" and promising better standards support.

�  The new F12 tools enable developers to quickly inspect, change and visualize content, visualize performance, analyze memory consumption, emulate page and app behavior across multiple devices, and so on.

�  It has a live DOM explorer and CSS inspection tools that update with your page so you can iteratively explore how dynamic content is affecting layout or styles.

Firefox OS

�  Firefox OS is a new mobile operating system developed by Mozilla. It lets users run applications developed entirely using HTML 5, JavaScript and other open web application APIs

�  Firefox OS smartphones are the first devices powered completely by Web technologies

�  Firefox OS is built on an open platform, It uses a Linux kernel and boots into a Gecko-based runtime engine

Tridiv

�  Web based editor for creating 3D shapes in css. This was develop by Julian Garnier

�  It's possible to create extremely sophisticated 3D objects using HTML and the code can be edited within Tridiv itself.

�  Trivdiv is free to use and you can visit at tridiv.com

TypeWonder

�  TypeWonder enables you to try out web fonts on any live site. It is a useful tool if you want to quickly see what a live site would look like in a different font. Just enter the URL of the target site, then select the font you want to use from the searchable list that pops up. There's a button that gives you the embed code when you find a font you like. It's especially useful if you want to preview lots of fonts in quick succession, as you can switch from one to the next with just a couple of clicks.

Android KitKat

�  Google is calling the next version of its mobile operating system Android KitKat.

�  Google’s previous Android release where named after a type of treat.

�  Previous versions have been called Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo (short for frozen yoghurt), Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. But the names of all these treats were all generic, with KitKat marking the first time a specific brand name was invoked.

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