Archived posts, December 2004
Predictions and hopes for 2005
As I noted last week, 2004 has been an interesting year for this site. It has also been one of…
Avoid 404
Use better URLs to avoid visitors getting a “404 Page Not Found”.
Guide to Unicode, Part 2
Lachlan Hunts’ article series on Unicode continues.
How and when to use sIFR
A nice summary of when using sIFR is appropriate.
Guide to Unicode, Part 1
The first in a series of articles explaining Unicode.
Body Switchers, Director’s Cut
Andy Clarke’s stylesheet switcher has been updated.
456 Berea Street highlights of 2004
The year 2004 is coming to an end. It’s been a great year for this site, which has seen a…
HTML Tags
Not everything in HTML is called a tag. Learn what is what.
Flash Totanus Loader
Yet another method to embed Flash in a valid XHTML 1.0 Strict document.
Targeting Small Screens
Some thoughts on CSS support in handheld devices.
IE5/Mac mattered
Yes, it is getting to the point where it isn’t worth the hassle anymore.
Cutting the wires - it’s iBook time
I haven’t had a laptop computer for a couple of years, and I can’t say I’ve missed having one all…
Web Design World cool-down
Common misunderstandings and areas of confusion in contemporary web design.
Forgotten Element Types
A reminder of the HTML elements we often forget to use.
Style Master CSS podGuide
A CSS guide for your iPod (3rd generation or newer).
Creating Liquid Faux Columns
How to create equal height liquid columns with CSS.
The Marriage of Presentation and Structure
A presentation by Molly E. Holzschlag and Ethan Marcotte.
Clearing floated images in body text
A problem that I’ve been running into more often in these days of CSS based layouts than I did back…
Float Layouts
A guide to one of the trickier aspects of CSS: floating.
Usability Guidelines
A checklist for evaluating a website’s usability and accessibility.
The alt and title attributes
When browser vendors bend the standards and implement something in a different way than what the specification states, they may…
Relatively Absolute
Nice and thorough explanation of positioning with CSS.
The 6 Myths Of Creativity
Interesting observations on creativity in the workplace.
The Most Hated Advertising Techniques
Jakob Nielsen lists the kind of ads we hate the most.
Non-Latin Latin
Generate non-Latin dummy text. Hey, they even have Swedish!
Mark Rae: Into the Depths
Artist: Mark Rae Title: Into the Depths Genre: Nu-Hip-Funk Released: 2004 This second solo album from Mark Rae, part…
Ben Mono: Dual
Artist: Ben Mono Title: Dual Genre: Trip-hop/Nu-jazz Released: 2003 German Paul Beller’s first album consists of complex beats behind…
Accessible Flash
A tutorial on creating accessible Flash content.
Accessibility: On a shoe-string
Basic tips for checking accessibility.
Internet Explorer is already breaking the web
Would the web really break if Microsoft fixed IE? Molly Holzschlag made a post about Breaking the web the other…
Firefox-Based Netscape IE
Reviews of the upcoming version of Netscape, based on Firefox.
Strictly Speaking
If you’re going to use XHTML, don’t settle for Transitional.
Browser statistics and choices
There’s been a flood of reports, reviews and articles on web browsers lately. And they’ve appeared all over the place…
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