2006 February - Matt Heerema : Web Design

Archive for February, 2006

The national federation for the blind has sued Target because their Web site is inaccessible to the visually impaired.

I have an article coming soon on why this is a big deal. Just thought I’d point out this landmark case. The article in the above link expresses all my sentiments very well.

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Posted February 9th, 2006 in Web Design by Matt

Starting with CSS: revisited - KuraFire Network

Good article on some starting CSS classes to strip out inconsisten browser defaults. One of the steps from my previous post about writing cross-browser compatible css. Starting with CSS: revisited - KuraFire Network

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Posted February 8th, 2006 in External Link by Matt

Friendly Bit on Cross-browser strategies for CSS

Emil Stenström on how to write consistent cross-browser compatible CSS.

Some great pointers. A good starting place for CSS beginners. (And a nice refresher even if you know what you are doing.

Via 456 Berea Street.

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Posted February 8th, 2006 in External Link by Matt

CSS Positioning and the Box Model

Brainjar has an excellent article about CSS Positioning, The Box Model, and how they interact and affect eachother.

Definitely a good resource for understanding nuiances in behavior that you might not expect when starting off with CSS.

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Posted February 3rd, 2006 in External Link by Matt

Post-modern Technological Prophets

If I may toot my own horn for a moment (toot toot!), Godbit, a site I contribute to from (rare) time to time was recently inducted into the 9rules network*. There was even a nice write-up about Godbit on their blog by 9rules’s man, Shawn Anthony.

If the Christian faith ever needed a handful of post-modern, technological prophets, it is now, and Godbit is chock full of them (Andy Knight, Cody Lindley, David Hemphill, Jeremy Flint, Justin Thorp, Matt Heerema, Nathan Logan, Nathan Smith, Ray Williams, Robert Evans, Rob Soulé, Ryan Hargrave, Ryan Heneise, Tim Bednar, Yannick Lyn Fatt, and their many readers).