25 online tools which are implicitly made to make the life of the busiest community i.e. web designers hassle free. They are not only free to use but many of them do not even require registration. This means that anyone can start the moment he/she hits the website.
Below you will find a mix collection of online applications which can be used by any one interested. The majorities of tools are unbiased to any certain community and can be brought into use by all. Whereas few other online tools are only for designers which are included in this list intentionally.
- Invoicera
Sending invoices to your clients can be a very daunting task if is not properly organized. Alerts , time tracking , scheduling are the few features which every second software is giving to its users. But there is one important feature which is very important for a business catering globally to its customer and that is Multiple Currency Support.
The reason why Invoicera.com tops the chart is it provides all other features along with Multiple Currency Support.
- Getdropbox
Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync, and, share files online. There’s no complicated interface to learn.
- Getfirebug
Firebug is a must installed tool for every web developer. It not only acts as a wealth to your tools but also provide you every aspect of assistance while browsing. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
- Aremysitesup
Are My Sites Up is a very simple service to help you keep an eye on your sites and warn you if they go down.
- Lipsum
Since 1500s lorem ipsum has been used a dummy text set by those who are creating web designs, web layouts etc. The reason why it is used is it contains more or less normal distribution of letters which makes it kind of readable English. - New.myfonts
WhatTheFont is the new website of MyFonts.com which is in its beta version. On this website you can find the closest match of the font available in your database to any font you ever liked in any publication, corporation or ad campaign.
- Splashup
Fauxto, now splashup is an online photo editing and photo manager tool. It is so powerful that even professional would like to refer it and so easy that even novice would not mind trying it. What make it more special is that it runs in all browsers and integrates with top photo sharing site like Flickr, Picasa, Facebook. - Tester.jonasjohn
Test Everything is a page where you can run about 150 different types of tests on the URLs of your choice. The set of tools provided are impressive and are arranged in following categories: CSS and HTML validators, SEO Tools, Social Service, Web Proxies, Network Tools, Text Tools, Image Tools and Miscellaneous Tools.
- Browsershots
It generates the screenshots of your website appearance in 6 different browsers. The service of Browsershots.org is mainly used by the designers to check the browser compatibility of their designed website. - Formatpixel
FormatPixel enables you to make you own online magazines, fanzines, brochures, catalogues, portfolios and more. Use the FormatPixel editor and arrange the order of pages in your projects by moving, inserting or deleting pages to create multi-page presentations. - Pixlr
A free online photo editing service which let you fix, adjust and filter your images. Working on Pixlr is quick and easy. Also it does not need any registration and you can start right away. - Stripemania
Stripemania is a simple and free web 2.0 tool to create seamless diagonal stripes for your designs. You are able to choose the size of the stripes and the spacing between those. - Roundedcornr
Generate HTML/CSS code and images for rounded corners. Below are the types of rounded corners you can get Basic Rounded Corner, Rounded Corner with Gradient,Rounded Corner with Border and Single Rounded Corner Image. - Resizeimage
A free online tool to resize your image into any desirable size. There are 3 sizes small, medium and large along with an advance option. Under this option you can resize the image into any dimension. Normal options such as crop, thumbnail etc makes it a perfect tool to play with your image and use it for social networking purpose. - Wordoff
WordOff.org allows users to paste text, copied from Microsoft Word, into the text box they provide. Once that is done, you simply click on the “clean up” button and within a second or two your content will have the Word formatting removed. - Net2ftp
net2ftp is a web based FTP client. It is mainly aimed at managing websites using a browser. Edit code, upload/download files, copy/move/delete directories - BGpatterns
Web based tiled backgrounds designer, create any pattern your site needs just for few minutes. Adjustable size, pictures, colors, texture and transparency. - Openwith
OpenWith.org provides detailed information about most file extension and links to free programs that can open and create each type of file. - Kuler.Adobe
The web-hosted application for generating color themes that can inspire any project. - Typetester
The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its primary role is to make web designer’s life easier.
- Wix
Wix.com is a Flash website builder, built to create a simple way for everybody to build and design Flash websites.
Make a free website like a pro: Whether it’s business or personal, music, art or photography. - HtmlPdfConverter
It’s a simple HTML to PDF Converter. No need to install any applications on your computer. It’s free and without registration - Oldversion
OldVersion is an archive of old versions of various programs. - Aviary
Photo-editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture & more at Aviary.com - Twinester
Twinester lets you create or join groups and communities for Twitter and interact with one another twitter users of similar interest.
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wow!!! nice collections of free tools. I use many of them for my designing purpose but still I found few diff. applications which can be an aid to my freelancing. Like Invoicera for sending billing my clients and dropbox for managing my stuff.
Thanks ..grt post
right carol Infact I have my account on Invoicera and use it for sending invoices to my clients spread around the world. It is quite a help.
I use browsershots the most…
Nice list.
Great list, thanks! Invoicera looks like a really great tool along with a bunch of the others. I’m gonna check ‘em out!
I would like to say thanks to bestdesigntuts.com for coming up with such well researched post & featuring us on their list of useful tools. Keep it up
@Megan thanks for your appreciation for Invoicera. We would love to see you on Invoicera board.
Cheers!!!
wow!
Thanks!
wow, great showcase!
must try some of those out
The most impressive list of Web tools that I’ve ever come across. You have done an outstanding job and I appreciate the time you took to compile this comprehensive list.
Stephanie Inge
This is very informative list, thanks
Excellent list, will browse a few of them today.
Great list. I agree that this is the most informative list I have come across in a long time. Thank you so much for sharing.
yeah….nice free tools, thanks..
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I’d like to add Ahead http://www.ahead.com to the list as I think a combined layout and publishing tool like this adds a lot of value to how you present visual stories, presentations, and rich media content on the web.
It’s zooming UI certainly breaks with the orthodox text based scrolling web pages and its so liberating that you can zoom hi res images without any load time.
I found these show cases on their site.
Architecture Presentation: : http://ahead.com/bZNkHfCw0d9ixJpLs-a3Fz/dCtOUUwmjf-lfkxuRUSElm
Jazz Album IMage Wall: http://ahead.com/lilaadmin/cXu8So5rTbqjIZ9ZUGZV7z
Asger Jorn – Art Space: http://ahead.com/lilaadmin/aHIQvjdPzppl_-OzgIzwSD
thanks for this list.
I like the test from jonasjohn most. Thx for sharing it.
the polarizer
Thanks a lot for the list.
If I may also add a site I use a lot for converting images from designers like .eps files or .ai files: http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-jpg
I really like the online file storage/sharing site http://contentcube.com . They cater to designers with support for formats like PSD and AI, and is nice for clean presentations to my clients.
While they aren’t the most feature rich product out there, they are simple and effective which is nice for my clients that don’t want to learn a complicated new system.
Nice post!
I think I’ll use some of these useful tools.
Thanks!
WoW
Awesome tools. Thanks for sharing this nice post.
nice article, i will do some thing of this web. regards from spain!
Great list! I would also add Jotform. It is free and amazing web application to create web forms.
http://www.jotform.com
A plethora of amazing Internet and Web 2.0 tools to add to your toolbelt. A MUST for your bookmarks and a definite “Thumbs Up” from this Stumbler!!
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It is fair to say that few, if any, designers can claim to have mastered all of its techniques. Even the Adobe Photoshop help manual and the various third party teach yourself Photoshop books barely scratch the surface.
Hey all,
you might be interested in knowing that I made a Listiki list out of these tools. Anyone can edit and add or remove items here: http://listiki.com/free-online-tools-for-web-designers-developers-n-freelancers/
Thanks for the effort you took to expand upon this post so thoroughly. I look forward to future posts.