IDEA strongly supports Open Source principles, believing that bold innovation can be nurtured and sustained when the foundation of technological achievements is shared.
As part of our ongoing research and development, the following projects have come out of the IDEA labs. These are Actionscript and PHP classes and components. If you would like to use these tools, please contact us.
- Accessibility simulators - ActionScript classes to simulate color blindness and cataracts.
- Text bitmaps - PHP class to create text bitmaps, with attractive anti-aliasing, coloring, and drop-shadows. Generates bitmaps dynamically so you can put attractively formatted text into your web pages. Requires PHP, t1lib and/or freetype.
- Main Colors - What are the main colors in an image? PHP class to determine the main colors in a bit-mapped image, based on L*a*b* color space. Uses color distancing and grouping algorithms to produce intuitive results.
- Image uploader - ActionScript component and PHP code to upload an image to the server, or fetch it from a URL. Includes zoom-in, zoom-out, fit-to-view, and actual-size controls. Can be combined with "Main Colors" class above.
- Save bitmap - Actionscript class to save a bitmapped image on the server. Useful for creating thumbnails from Flash.
- FluxBB extension - FluxBB is a free, open source forum application designed to be fast, light, and user friendly. IDEA collaborated on the FluxBB extension for external authentication, allowing organizations to integrate the FluxBB system with their existing CMS or user manager. IDEA uses this forum for SpicyNodes discussions. Go to the extension.
- Color changer - An interactive color changer that allows visitors to manipulate the colors of a display.
