Via digg [thanks to Kevin for telling me about the Web site! ]:

I Like You Colors:
Type the URL of a page below and submit it to see what colors it uses

Some people complained that the idea is lame. Admittedly, it does not require rocket science to extract such information from CSS files, but it’s a neat idea to simplify the process. I wish I had known this before I did a lot of dirty work to list “colors used” on my credits page.

My collection of 80 x 15 banners is still on the way. I don’t know if those designers used Bill Zeller’s brilliant button maker application or Photoshop or whatever. Anyway, you’ve got a couple of other options to make your own now.

Kalsey’s Button Maker — a user-friendly interface to Bill Zeller’s brilliant button maker application.

Dumky’s Blog sticker — a little image generator application to make “antipixel”-style stickers. You can even get the program here.

Want a sticker as big as 160 x 30 pixel? PixeLink released by Uncommon Content can help you — it is “a web-based utility for creating 160×30 pixel GIF image link buttons. The user may upload custom 24 x 24 pixel GIF sprites for inclusion in the generated GIF linking image.”

Well, if you want to stick to Photoshop, go get Dave Winer’s original Photoshop files on his Steal These Buttons.

Update: July 30, 2005

Another FREE Button Maker and Generator by Blog Flux. It can produce both 80 x 15 and 80 x 31 buttons. But the font doen’t look that appealing to me.