Fast text replacement with canvas and VML – no Flash or images required.
Oooh. Must experiment with this soon. (via @hicksdesign)
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IE NetRenderer
Free service from a datacenter in Germany that allows you to check the rendering of any website in IE 5.5, 6, 7, or 8. It’s fast — it returned each screenshot for me in about 5 seconds. Screenshot size seems to be fixed at 1024×768, so you won’t see anything “below the fold” and there doesn’t seem to be a way to modify that size. But hey, it’s free. They also list and describe other screenshot services. (via Dan Benjamin)
Jeffrey Zeldman’s Web Standards Advisor
An extension for Dreamweaver that validates HTML/CSS, verifies microformats usage, and checks other nuances of standardista fare. It’s actually branded with the name of The Kingâ„¢ (of WebStandards).
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