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SlickSpeed is a CSS selector test suite provided by the MooTools folk.

This tool comes at the same time as they release CSS3 support in Mootools, and it compares Prototype, jQuery, MooTools, Ext, and CSS Query.

Every framework runs in his own iFrame, thus no conflicts can happen. Tests are run selector by selector, with an interval to prevent the browser from freeezing.

Tests are run in a neutral environment, no library or framework is included in the main javascript test, to avoid favoritism.

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Harald Kirschner has released FancyUpload:

Swf meets Ajax for beautiful uploads. The release of the long awaited MooTools upload widget thats allows queued multiple-file upload including progress bars.

It features:

• Select and upload multiple files
• Filter files by type in the select dialog
• Optional Events to add your own behaviour
• Show and filter useful file information before the upload starts
• Limit uploads by file count and/or file size
• Platform and server independent, just needs Flash 8+ (> 95% penetration)
• Unobtrusive, since the element is replaced after the swf loaded successfully
• Cancel running uploads, add files during upload
• Everything is optional, documented and easy editable

You can try it out, along with Harald's AutoCompleter and History Manager.

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Peter Alguacil and his team have created Pingdom, a free tool that tests the load time of websites and all included objects such as images, CSS files, scripts, etc, and shows this information graphically with an Ajax interface.

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New York based Simple Spark aims to make finding web applications easy through an extensive catalog of online application sites.

Over 3000 web applications are tracked and categorized with screenshots, icons, feeds, reviews and concise summaries. Applications are indexed in over 70 categories including Spreadsheets, Workspace & Wikis, Education, Fashion, Green Living and Family & Kids

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Today I tested a new desktop application, called Skitch, that works far better than Photoshop for basic grabbing and editing of images. And it also has an associated online account for storage and sharing with others. For now, it only works with Mac (and is still in private beta), but a Windows version is in development. All of the images included in this post were grabbed and edited using Skitch, and it saved me a ton of time v. Photoshop.

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