Archived posts, June 2004
ieCapture
For those of us who don’t have access to a PC for browser testing.
Equal height boxes with CSS, part II
Update: Reading the comments to this, I can see that several people have misunderstood what I’m doing here. This does…
Web Standards ROI
D. Keith Robinson on how developing with web standards lets you do more in less time.
Color palette creator
A nice little tool that generates a colour palette based on a colour of your choice.
The Browser Wars Reignite
An interesting (and frightening) article on the new browser war.
10 reasons for web standards
Simon Jessey lists ten reasons to develop with web standards. There are many more.
WHAT Working Group
A newly created group which will be working on extending browser technologies.
The Myth of Accessibility
Kevin Leitch claims that accessibility is little more than a myth
. Read the comments for an interesting discussion.
WaSP Survey
Let the people at the Web Standards Project know what you work with and how you use web standards.
CSS Teaser Box
Just a little something that may be of use to someone. It’s pretty common for websites to have “teasers” that…
What is an accessible website?
Jim Byrne examines four ways of defining what makes a website accessible.
Default link styles inaccessible?
Derek Featherstone points out that the default link styles of most browsers don’t follow the WCAG.
Ampersands and validation
Anne van Kesteren writes about the XML entities that must be encoded in Ampersands matter. One of those entities is…
Against Search Engine Optimisers
An interesting article on search engine optimisers, and why many of them should be avoided.
CSS 2 Selector Fundamentals
A thorough explanation of the different kinds of selectors in CSS 2.
Standards backlash
Molly E. Holzschlag responds to the recent frustrations being expressed by some standards evangelists.
webstandardsgroup.se
Intended to be a source of information on web standards, in Swedish.
The real reason for web standards
Andrei Herasimchuk on the real reason why you should care about web standards. This is required reading.
Accessible HTML/XHTML Forms
An excellent guide to creating accessible web forms.
HTML and CSS for Mobiles
A test page to examine how web enabled PDAs and phones handle CSS media types.
Where do we go from here?
Some ideas on how to make more people aware of, and use, web standards.
CSS teaser box revisited
In case you had a look at my CSS teaser box demo from last week, you’ll know that it has…
Creating Liquid Layouts with Negative Margins
Clever use of negative margins to create semi-liquid, source ordered layouts.
Mobile CSS is a Reality
A follow-up to HTML and CSS for Mobiles.
Firefox 0.9
Mozilla Firefox 0.9 has been released.
Web Developer Extension
An excellent extension for Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox.
SEO and Non-HTML Sites
How to make non-HTML content show up in search engines.
Mozilla 1.7
Mozilla 1.7 is now available.
Microsoft.com Redesign
Milan Negovan redesigns microsoft.com as an educational exercise in web standards.
Statistics defence
Arguments against the “statistics defence” many people use as an excuse for ignoring accessibility.
Flexible news list
Time for yet another example of a ”flexible boxes with rounded corners” technique. This time I’ve created a flexible news…
Keyboard Usage and Tabindex
How adding tabindex attributes to links can cause accessibility problems.
Web Standards Link Bonanza
A huge list of links to web standards resources.
Structural naming conventions
Interesting ideas on naming conventions for common page elements.
Sliding Doors Meets CSS Sprites
”Sliding doors” tabs with fewer images.
CSS Redesigns
A presentation of the process of converting two news sites from tables to CSS for layout.
Camino 0.8
Version 0.8 of Camino, the Mozilla based browser for Mac OS X, is out.
5 questions to ask your web development team
Five questions that managers and site owners should be asking their web developers.
Hidden Information
Many accessibility techniques provide information that is hidden from most users.
10 Accessibility Blunders of the Big Players
Trenton Moss takes a look at common accessibility problems on many major websites.
Microsoft.com Redesign: Pardon Our Dust
Part four of Milan Negovan’s microsoft.com redesign exercise.
Flexible box with custom corners and borders
This will be the last thing I write about boxes with rounded corners, custom borders or dropshadows for a while….
CSS Hack Management
How to manage CSS hacks when you have to use them.
Designing a CSS based template
A step-by-step tutorial on creating a CSS based page template.
Structural naming
Further thoughts on structural naming conventions from Eric Meyer.
A Validation Tale
Real world examples of why validation is very important and can be a great help.
On separate but equal design
An excellent article on text-only alternatives and accessibility.
Inverted Sliding Doors Tabs
A few days ago I promised to write about something that isn’t about different ways of styling boxes with CSS….
Quick guide to UTF-8
How to convert your website to the UTF-8 character encoding.
Validation
Andy Budd writes about his take on validation.
Microsoft.com Redesign: The Final Frontier
The final installment of the Microsoft.com redesign project.
Zeldman vs. drop-down menus
Zeldman shares his feelings on drop-down menus.
Articles on Search Engine Positioning
Twelve articles and a glossary on SEO.
Internet Explorer Too Risky
Recent articles on the security risks involved in using Internet Explorer.
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