Archived posts, January 2006
Accesskey problems remain in XHTML 2
The access element in XHTML 2 will apparently suffer from the same problems as the accesskey attribute in current versions of HTML and XHTML.
The role of graphic design on the web
Graphic design is very important on the web, but sometimes it is given too much importance, especially by graphic designers coming from ad agencies.
2006 Weblog Awards (Bloggies) nominations
Nominations for The 2006 Bloggies have opened. I have nominated my favourite weblogs of the year. Have you?
Web Developer Extension 1.0
Version 1.0 of the indispensable extension for Firefox, Flock, and Mozilla has many new features and bug fixes.
@media 2006
Make sure you don’t miss the major European web development conference of the year - @media 2006 in London this June.
Internet Explorer 7 and * html
The Star html Selector Bug will be fixed in Internet Explorer 7. Will it affect web developers who have exploited the bug to target specific CSS rules at IE?
Luminosity contrast ratio
WCAG 2.0 suggests calculating the luminosity contrast ratio between foreground and background colours to ensure readability.
18 blogging lessons
A list of things that are important to keep in mind when you start blogging.
Failed redesigns: Use web standards or don’t bother redesigning
Websites that, despite being created or substantially updated during the era of web standards, ignore or misuse those standards are failed redesigns.
Quoting blockquotes
How to enclose blockquotes in large and stylish quotation marks without using images.
CSS 3 selectors explained
CSS 3 brings us many powerful new CSS selectors. Browser support is currently lacking, but taking a look at what lies ahead is still useful.
Styled bar graphs marked up as lists or tables
How to use CSS to create bar graphs from unordered lists or data tables.
Search engines and canonical URLs
Advice on helping search engines pick the right URL when there are multiple URLs available for a certain page.
Efficient creation of sensible and usable forms
An article with good advice for making forms usable and a discussion about how web developers can be more efficient when creating online forms.
The CSS 3 multi-column layout model analysed
Comments on the good, the bad, and the missing features of the latest working draft of the CSS3 Multi-column layout module.
The myth of the overpriced Mac
Even if Apple were to give away Macs for free, there would still be fanatic Mac-haters complaining that they are expensive and overpriced.
HTML or XHTML - does it really matter?
What would you say to a client asking which is better of HTML 4.01 Strict and XHTML 1.0 Strict?
Safari Web Inspector
Available in WebKit nightly builds, the Web Inspector you browse the DOM of the current document and inspect the properties of any element.
Looking for web development patterns
Collecting web development design patterns to promote the development of a pattern language for web development.
Moving house - expect lower posting frequency
I am moving house and will not have an Internet connection at home for approximately a month, so there will be fewer posts around here for a while.
2006 Weblog Awards finalists announced
The 2006 Weblog Awards finalists have been announced, and 456 Berea Street is a finalist in the “Best web development weblog” category!
Nokia’s WebCore-based S60 browser
A few people from the team behind Nokia’s new web browser for S60 mobile phones talk about the project and share some screenshots of the browser in action.
Tagged, so here are four things
Veerle tagged me for the four things meme. Read on if you want to learn a little bit more about me.
Giving the user control over accesskeys
The accesskey attribute may cause conflicts with existing shortcut keys. Here are two different approaches to letting users define their own accesskeys.
Five ways of improving your website
Five actions you can take to improve areas where the quality of many websites deteriorates over time.
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