September 17, 2012

Create clean and professional CSS3 buttons

1 comment: Author: tec at 9/17/2012 05:36:00 pm Labels: , , , ,
CSS3 buttons


Today I will demonstrate how to create clean and professional looking CSS3 buttons but first of all lets discuss why it's so good?

CSS3 buttons look essentially the same as graphical buttons but take fewer time to load and render, are easy to make, easy to embed and can be easily modified by anyone with a text editor.
All major browsers now support CSS3 properties used here.

Lets begin.
Create a hyperlink and add class btn to it. Now we are going to apply different CSS properties to this class to make it look like a button. 
<a href="#mybutton" class="btn">My Button</a>
.btn{
 
}
My Button
Remove text underline effect 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
}
My Button
Add some text formatting 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
 font: bold 13px Arial;
}
My Button
Add text color 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
 font: bold 13px Arial;
 color: #333333;
}
My Button
Now watch closely. We are applying background gradient to our button. You can read more about gradients in CSS3 here. 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
 font: bold 13px Arial;
 color: #333333;
 background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ededed), color-stop(1, #dfdfdf) );
 background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ededed 5%, #dfdfdf 100% );
 filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#dfdfdf');
 background-color:#ededed;
}
My Button
Add some vertical and horizontal padding 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
 font: bold 13px Arial;
 color: #333333;
 background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ededed), color-stop(1, #dfdfdf) );
 background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ededed 5%, #dfdfdf 100% );
 filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#dfdfdf');
 background-color:#ededed;
 padding: 5px;
}
My Button
Add a border. 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
 font: bold 13px Arial;
 color: #333333;
 background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ededed), color-stop(1, #dfdfdf) );
 background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ededed 5%, #dfdfdf 100% );
 filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#dfdfdf');
 background-color:#ededed;
 padding: 5px;
 border: 1px solid #DCDCDC;
}
My Button
Adding box shadow for the effects 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
 font: bold 13px Arial;
 color: #333333;
 background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ededed), color-stop(1, #dfdfdf) );
 background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ededed 5%, #dfdfdf 100% );
 filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#dfdfdf');
 background-color:#ededed;
 padding: 5px;
 border: 1px solid #DCDCDC;
 -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
 -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #FFFFFF inset;
}
My Button
Add text shadow for more effects 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
 font: bold 13px Arial;
 color: #333333;
 background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ededed), color-stop(1, #dfdfdf) );
 background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ededed 5%, #dfdfdf 100% );
 filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#dfdfdf');
 background-color:#ededed;
 padding: 5px;
 border: 1px solid #DCDCDC;
 -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
 -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #FFFFFF inset;
 text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #ffffff;
}
My Button
Finally add hover effects. See we are again changing background gradient when cursor is brought over the button.
This is how the final button and final code looks like. 
You can experiment with more CSS properties to make your button look different. For example use "border-radius" to give your button rounded corners. 
.btn{
 text-decoration: none;
 font: bold 13px Arial;
 color: #333333;
 background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ededed), color-stop(1, #dfdfdf) );
 background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ededed 5%, #dfdfdf 100% );
 filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#dfdfdf');
 background-color:#ededed;
 padding: 5px;
 border: 1px solid #DCDCDC;
 -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
 -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #FFFFFF inset;
 text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #ffffff;
}

.btn:hover{
 cursor: pointer;
 background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #dfdfdf), color-stop(1, #ededed) );
 background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #dfdfdf 5%, #ededed 100% );
 filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#dfdfdf', endColorstr='#ededed');
 background-color:#dfdfdf;
}
My Button
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September 16, 2012

[Video] Nokia Lumia 920 versus Samsung Galaxy S3 - comparing design and dimensions

1 comment: Author: tec at 9/16/2012 09:43:00 am Labels: , , ,
Check out this quick comparison video by NordicHardware, comparing the design & size of Nokia’s recently announced flagship Windows Phone 8 handset Lumia 920 with hot selling Android smartphone Samsung Galaxy S3, .



Video URL: http://youtu.be/pSK99PGlC-0
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September 06, 2012

Nokia Lumia 920 price in India

No comments: Author: tec at 9/06/2012 01:15:00 am Labels: , , ,

Features:

Windows Phone 8
4.5-inch HD display
Pureview camera with 8 Megapixels
1.5Ghz Snapdragon S4 CPU.
NFC
Integrated wireless charging
32GB of storage
1GB of RAM.

Price:

No news on official release date and price yet but expect to see the Lumia 920 in stores around late October early November. Price will be updated when available.
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Price of Nokia Lumia 820 in India

No comments: Author: tec at 9/06/2012 01:02:00 am Labels: , , ,

Features:

  • A 4.3″ capacitive touch screen with 720* 1080p resolution.
  • 8MP camera with 3264×2448 pixels resolution. The camera has addition features such as auto focus, LED    flash and Geo-tagging.
  • Windows phone 8 OS
  • Runs on quad band 2G and 3G for HSDPA
  • Bluetooth, micro USB 2.0, NFC

Price:

It will cost you about $559.
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Oracle to pay Google $1,130,350 in Costs

No comments: Author: tec at 9/06/2012 12:51:00 am Labels: ,
Oracle's API battle against Google is over. Oracle will have to pay Google $1,130,350 in costs for its swashbuckling lawsuit against Google, which it lost big time.

Instead of getting $6 billion, Oracle gets nothing and in addition has to pay over a million in Google's costs. The judge positively sneers at Oracle's argument that they shouldn't have to pay any costs.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120904211545683
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