I have compiled this list of mostly free tools that make my life a whole lot easier as a web designer.

MAKE WEB COLOR COMBINATIONS

• Popular web color combo’s
• Web color matcher

CSS TABLELESS LAYOUTS

• Tons of CSS Layouts
• 1,2,3,4 column layouts
• Download and view 100 pure CSS layouts

CSS

• htmldog’s CSS tag referrence and resources
• A List Apart’s Progressive Articles on CSS techniques
• Pure CSS Navigation Tabs and Menus
• Awesome list of CSS lists

VALIDATION

• Check your (X)Html via W3C
• W3C’s Css Validator/
• W3C Link Checker

WEB TYPE

• Type Tool- check fonts, sizes,tracking,leading,spacing and compare them side by side/

BROWSER AND PLATFORM TESTING

• Free web app tool to see your pages on different platforms and browsers/
• Good non-free screen capture and remote access to show clients

INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE

• Information Architecture Institute
• Web Monkey IA Tutorial
• Experience design and information architecture resources-Jesse James Garrett
• Adaptive Path

BROWSER AND PLUG-IN TOOLS

• Web Accessibility Toolbar
• FireBug for Firefox – You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page

ACCESSIBILITY CHECKERS

• Test single pages for quality and accessibility-WebXact
• Cynthia Says – Accessibility Checker

MISCELANEOUS

• Usuability Tools and Resources
• Web Dev Resources – Web Monkey
• Web Accessibility in Mind