Archived posts, June 2006
Use AJAX scripting responsibly
Good advice for web developers who want or need to use asynchronous scripting when building a web app.
Web knowledge levels
Descriptions of knowledge levels in various Web related subjects including HTML, JavaScript, and accessibility.
CSS World Awards
A contest to select the best sites submitted to CSS Mania from May 2005 to May 2006.
Why is the style attribute allowed in strict doctypes?
Strict HTML and XHTML doctypes encourage the separation of semantic and presentational markup, so why do they allow inline CSS?
MT-Blacklist 1.65, Movable Type 2.65 and Perl 5.8.8
How to solve a compatibility problem with MT-Blacklist 1.65, Movable Type 2.65 and Perl 5.8.8.
Indicating language choice on the Web
A rewrite of my article on the methods you can use to make users aware that a website contains information in more than one language.
See you in London at @media 2006?
Getting ready to go to the @media 2006 conference. Looking for good espresso bars in London.
Safari brings high resolution to the Web
Apple’s WebKit team are proposing methods for providing people who use high DPI screens with more detailed images.
HTML vs. XHTML on standards compliant websites
A survey of fifty web standards compliant websites to find out which doctypes they use.
@media 2006:after
A summary of my impressions and experiences from the @media 2006 web conference in London.
Web accessibility to become mandatory in Europe
On 12 June 2006, ministers of 34 European countries signed the Riga Ministerial Declaration, which requires that all public websites are accessible by 2010.
2006 first half-year review
A collection of the most popular articles published on 456 Berea Street during the first half of 2006.
CSS Reboot participants far from standards-based
The majority of sites participating in the CSS Reboot of Spring 2006 use invalid HTML, CSS, or both.
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