Link Post
RSS Copyright can of worms
Scobel has compiled a nice list of arguments about RSS copyright issues.
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Reflection
The Path to Enlightenment (or How I Became and Elitist Web Design Nazi)
I Have been developing Web pages for almost 5 years now (we are coming up on my anniversary). Today I did some looking back to how I got here. I spent the first three and a half years in relative naivet�, basically learning the rudimentary basics of HTML syntax (by using WYSIWYG programs); learning which […]
Commentary
Web Standards ARE the fiscally responsible way to go.
Well, here we have it the first (of many, I’m sure) lawsuits against inaccessible Web sites (in America anyway; there have been lawsuits in other countries before). Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced settlements with two major organizations that will make the web sites far more accessible to blind and visually impaired users. In addition […]
Quick Take
New Regular Read
I have added Mike Davidson to my list of regular reads. Why? Because he is a successful designer who has done some pretty major things to some pretty major Web sites. He has interesting, and slightly unique insights into the whole Web standards thing, and his site looks just like a redesign I was doing […]
Reflection
Lunch with Eric Meyer
I had a strange day. I attended the University of Iowa Web Camp in Iowa City today. I went because Eric Meyer was giving the keynote: an updated version of The Standards Payoff (in brief: why you should design sites with Web Standards). I mean, Eric Meyer is THE CSS GURU. CSS is something I’ve […]
Link Post
Where do I start with standards???
Dave Shea (the creator of the famous CSS Zen Garden wrote an excellent quick little essay on where to start in learning to design Web sites according to Web standards. A Roadmap to Standards If you consider yourself a Web designer, or want to be one, and don’t currently design to W3C standards (or, for […]
How-To
Proper use of tables
How to use HTML tables CORRECTLY
Link Post
Listamatic
Ahh… the power of the list, the ultimate semantic markup for navigation bars (and other things) Listamatic
Recommendation
Layout-o-matic
In a hurry? Need a valid, standards compliant, table-free layout? This site is for you. Layout-o-matic
Link Post
RSS 2.0 Specification
RSS 2.0 by Harvard
Essay
Why Use CSS?
If you are a Web developer, you should know that CSS-based layouts have distinct and heavy advantages over traditional, hacky, table-based layouts. If you don’t know this, you should read this article on why you should use CSS with your Web designs by Greg Rewis from Macromedia Recently, however, a novice user asked a question, […]
Commentary
Compliance.
AOL and Sprint have recently redesigned using Web Standards! This is a huge move forward for standards advocates. It always helps to be able to point to a big dog company when a client tells you “but we NEED to support Netscape 4.7!” No one needs to support Netscape 4.x anymore. It is a dead […]