Archived posts, October 2005
Developing maintainable CSS in a team environment
Some guidelines to make developing and maintaining large CSS files in a team environment easier.
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Review
Dreamweaver 8 seen through the eyes of a hand coding web standards and accessibility fan.
Ethical search engine optimisation gone wrong
A story of what can happen when a client brings in an SEO consultant to improve search engine rankings.
New Zealand government websites and web standards
A look at how well government websites in New Zealand adhere to web standards.
RNIB Media Briefing on Accessible PDFs
Mike Davies’ notes and recollections from a media briefing on the topic of PDF accessibility.
Requests for sIFR 3
What do you want to see in sIFR 3? Let the developers know, and you might get it.
Minimum and maximum padding and margin wanted
Being able to set the minimum and maximum values for margin and padding would be very handy for liquid layouts.
Tips and techniques for mobile web design
Covering two approaches to designing for mobile devices: handheld stylesheets and mobile-specific sites.
The ultimate multi-column CSS layout
Fully flexible source order of columns, equal height columns, and vertical grids - all in the same layout.
Building better HTML forms
Many useful tips for increasing the usability of web based forms. I do have a few reservations about some of the tips.
Job opportunities in Stockholm, Sweden
Phil Sherry is looking for some local people to work on a web project in Stockholm, Sweden.
Colour blindness simulator for Mac OS X
A very handy little application that provides a real-time simulation of various types of colour blindness.
CSS 2.1 selectors, Part 3
Part 3 of 3 in a series of articles explaining the selectors available in CSS 2.1.
Character references in HTML and XML
Everything you need to know about numeric character references and character entity references in HTML and XML.
Mac users clinging to Internet Explorer
How can we help Mac OS X users understand that there are many better web browsers available?
Flock: a new web browser
Yet another web browser. Flock is based on Mozilla and has some new and interesting features.
Google, SEO and using CSS to hide text
If you use CSS to hide text for legitimate reasons like increasing accessibility or usability, make sure that it cannot be mistaken for spam.
About using CSS hacks
Whether you are using CSS hacks or conditional comments, keep an eye on what happens when IE7 is released.
Apple updates PowerBook and Power Mac G5 models
Higher resolution displays, longer battery life, Quad-core CPUs, new PCI architecture.
Why is Firefox adoption slowing down?
Has Firefox spread as far as it is going to spread? If so, why, and does it matter?
Top ten weblog usability blunders
Usability problems are not only found on commercial websites - blogs can also be difficult to use.
Are HTML and CSS easy?
HTML and CSS are not as easy as some people like to think. They are easy to get started with, but very difficult to master.
Want to work with me?
We have a job opening for a web standards and accessibility savvy web developer/designer.
Dagens recept – a food blog
My latest side project is a food blog with daily recipes.
Fixing the dirify function in Movable Type
A solution to the buggy character substitution that Movable Type performs when converting post titles to URL fragments.
Overflow problems in Internet Explorer
Dissection of bugs that can occur with oversized content in Internet Explorer for Windows.
Popup-free form help
How to provide help for fields in web forms without using popup windows.
Stop using CSS hacks now
Still using CSS hacks for Internet Explorer? Kick the habit now or you’ll be sorry.
Safari nightly builds
Nightlies of WebKit/Safari are now available as binary downloads straight from Apple.
Public sector websites and web standards
Mass validation of public sector websites in the United States and Sweden. The result, as expected, is not good.
Are invalid attributes valid?
A discussion on whether invalid HTML attributes may be acceptable under some circumstances.
Form accessibility and usability
Examples of techniques that improve usability and accessibility of web forms.
CSS 2.1 selectors, Part 2
Part 2 of 3 in a series of articles explaining the selectors available in CSS 2.1.
Maintaining CSS files
How can we prevent stylesheet files from becoming too difficult and time-consuming to maintain?
Calculating CSS 2.1 selector specificity
Two different explanations of how to calculate the specificity of selectors in CSS 2.1.
PageRank Explained
An article on the basics of Google’s PageRank system.
Top ten web design mistakes, 2005 edition
Jakob Nielsen’s list of the worst web design stupidities that make the web harder to use in 2005.
Dreamweaver and web standards
A book about web standards, semantics, and accessibility for Dreamweaver users.
Standards for Web Standards wanted
A call for a unified way of promoting web standards.
Kaffesnobben: My coffee blog
A blog about coffee shops, books, machines, beans and pretty much anything related to espresso-based coffee.
Accessibility Challenges Survey
Got a specific accessibility-related challenge that you’d like to tell others about?
People stick to default values
Default values are used far more often than their relevance suggests.
Keep website navigation simple
Website navigation is a tool that should be kept simple to enable visitors to use it properly.
Search Engine Ranking Factors
A comprehensive list of factors that affect the search engine ranking of a site.
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About the author
Roger Johansson is a Swedish web professional specialising in web standards, accessibility, and usability. More about me and this site.
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