By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Flash-based color palette generator and explorer from Adobe. Requires the latest version of Flash, but it’s worth it — this is pretty cool. (Via Steven Frank.)
Josh Clark:
Perl Critic for BBEdit is a free script plugin for the BBEdit text editor to enable Perl programmers to check their code format against the style guidelines of the Perl Best Practices book by Damian Conway. A nifty tool to help keep your code tidy. Free.
Nifty indeed.
Leopard-only developer tool by August Trometer; helps developers working on resolution independence by wrapping Apple’s tiffutil utility in a convenient GUI.
Craig Hockenberry fires back in the vector-vs.-bitmap icon art debate:
If you’re a designer, create with vectors to future-proof your work. If you’re a developer, bitmaps provide the best combination of size, speed and appearance.