colr.org is a very cool JavaScript application that will help you find colors for your next web design. There are user submitted schemes and colors that can be discovered by searching on tags. The coolest feature is that you can upload a photo and have the tool randomly select a color scheme from that image. I have pointed Digital Media Minute readers to a lot of these tools over the years as they become more sophisticated, and I have noticed the recent trend toward functionality that enables the user to make a make use of sample photos with color schemes already in place that you might like to copy.
Custom JavaScript Alert Dialog
Tired of the default alert dialog that your web browser displays? Custom Alert is a demonstration of how to over-ride the default window.alert method of a browser and will allow you to create alert messages that fit in with the overall style of your web application. The author has posted a disclaimer to the effect that this is only a demonstration; this method does not allow for true modality so it may not in fact be an alternative worthy of a production environment, relative to how the window.alert  method behaves. Still though, this custom alert demonstration is worth taking a look at.
[link via The JavaScript Weblog]