Remember - The shareware concept only works if you eventually pay for the software. Download it, try it, if you like it, buy it! Most shareware titles cost way less than equivalent commercial packages, and the authors work long hours for little money. So pay up, bud!

Downloads

These cool colored tabs for Firefox make it much easier to distinguish between your tabs. If you've never tried a Firefox add-on before this is a great one to start with.

Are you a web developer? Do you use FireFox as your primary browser? Then you'll love Firebug, a web development tool that integrates directly into FireFox. You can view and edit XHTML and CSS and see your changes in real-time. Check it out!

I've said it for years, you gotta get your Screen Ruler, my favorite little shareware tool.

Or, try Screen Caliper another cool measuring tool. Thanks to David Locke for this link!

The W3 has released the latest version of the Amaya browser. You can use this tool to browse, edit, and upload pages to the Web. Amaya is HTML, CSS, XHTML and XML compliant.

Java tutorials, applets and more at the Java Boutique

Check out over 1000 public-domain java scripts.

The Clip Art Warehouse.

 A comprehensive list of HTML editors, both commercial and shareware.

Web Palette is a neat little system tray utility that makes choosing browser-safe hex codes easy! Download the ZIP file.168Kb Zip format

Download Tidy GUI to clean up those legacy HTML files and make them XML/XHTML compliant.

Search for image editors at Tucows and you'll find a number of different programs to try.

Browsers

Download Firefox

Download IE 6

Download Netscape 7

Download Opera 8.5

W3 Resources

The  XHTML 1.0 specification.

Bookmark the W3's HTML 4.0 element quick reference. Click the element name to read a detailed description.

There's also a companion attribute quick reference from the W3.

The HTML home page contains links to all the HTML resources at the W3.

The W3's Accessiblity Guidelines.

The Portable Network Graphic (PNG) recommendation.

Design

Jakob Nielsen's latest Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design, updated for 2007.

You'll find easy-to-read, comprehensive CSS browser support charts at WestCiv.com.

Visit Web Design Practices. This useful site tracks common Web design techniques and their usage on the web. Really interesting!

Check out A List Apart — great layout and design tips for Web designers.

A very comprehensive list of HTML resources from the U. Wisconsin library.

Ted Nelson coined the term "hypertext" in the 60's. Read about his Project Xanadu.

Check out Ask Tog, an interesting HTML design webzine.

Have a question on a web style issue? Check the Yale Style Guide.

Don't Know What That Acronym Is? Look it up at whatis.com.

Visit the HTML Writer's Guild, an international organization of web authors and publishers.