Archived posts, September 2006
Lars Gunther interviewed by WaSP
Teacher and Web standards advocate Lars Gunther interviewed about his efforts to change the way Web related subjects are taught in Swedish schools.
IE 7 is better but still lagging
If current prerelease versions are anything to go by, Internet Explorer 7 is far from ready for release.
Font size inconsistencies with font-family: monospace
Why specifying monospace as a font-family alternative will make Safari render text smaller than other browsers.
No more Transitional DOCTYPEs, please
The phasing out of Transitional DOCTYPEs is long overdue - they are called Transitional for a reason.
Transparent custom corners and borders, version 2
A technique that combines CSS and JavaScript to create flexible boxes with custom corners and borders and optional alpha transparency.
Google, meet Web Standards
The Google Search Appliance user interface can now use well-formed, valid, accessible, and semantic markup.
Don’t stop advocating best practices
Please keep on writing helpful tutorials and informative articles and books on Web standards, accessibility, and best practices in general.
Design is more than graphic design
Because I felt like playing with type a little.
Automatic pullquotes with JavaScript and CSS
How to use JavaScript and CSS to create pullquotes without duplicating content in your markup.
Let your users scroll
Designers that create fixed size layouts seem afraid to let the page scroll. Afraid to let the Web be the Web and behave like the Web.
CSS Reboot validation errors dissected
A series of articles analysing and discussing the validation errors found among sites participating in CSS Reboot Spring 2006.
Prioritizing Web Usability (Book review)
Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger revisit usability guidelines from the 1990s and reapply them to the Web of today.
Are accessibility evaluation tools useless?
A look at what can be trusted in reports generated by automated accessibility evaluation tools.
CSS Frames v2, full-height
Create the visual effect of HTML frames with CSS and make the scrolling area stretch to 100 % height regardless of the amount of content.
Flash of Unstyled Content (FOUC) explained
Detailed information on what causes FOUC and the different options browsers have when they encounter remote stylesheets.
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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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