Archived posts, November 2006
Beginning CSS Web Development (Book review)
Simon Collison shares his experiences from working with the Web in the hopes that it will help readers avoid some confusion and frustration.
IE expressions ignore CSS media types
If you’re having problems with print style sheets in Internet Explorer 6, check your use of CSS expressions.
Click here and other meaningless link phrases
Many sites use link phrases that are anonymous and meaningless. Help improve the Web by making yourself and your clients think before you link.
Resolution vs. browser size vs. fixed or adaptive width
If you want to make your design look its best at a certain width, optimise it for that width. But there is little reason to constrain the site to that width.
Win a MacPro and two 30 inch Cinema HD Displays
Create something spectacular based on one to five stock images and win a MacPro with dual Cinema Displays, a MacBook Pro, a MacBook, or an iPod.
Comment posting guidelines
A few simple guidelines for improving the quality of comments you post on this and other blogs.
Front-end developer job opening in Stockholm
NetRelations are looking for a skilled, standards-aware front-end developer with a passion for writing clean, semantic, and accessible HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Three reasons sites break in Internet Explorer 7
In general, sites that rely on Internet Explorer’s quirks mode continue to display as intended in IE 7, while those that use too many CSS hacks have problems.
Guidelines for Swedish public sector websites updated
A new version of the Vägledningen 24-timmarswebben (Swedish Guidelines for public sector websites) has been published, and I had the honour of being invited to write parts of it.
ppk on JavaScript (Book review)
Peter-Paul Koch has taken his extensive knowledge and experience and condensed it into a book that explains modern, accessible, and unobtrusive JavaScript.
Uttryck din åsikt om framtiden för HTML
WHATWG vill få feedback från alla som jobbar med webb. Ta chansen att vara med och påverka hur HTML utvecklas i framtiden.
Help Joe Clark start up an accessibility research project
Joe Clark is raising money to raise money for a large acessibility research project and needs your help.
Have your say about the future of HTML
The WHATWG is seeking feedback from the community. Here is your chance to influence the direction of the future development of HTML.
Web Directions North, Vancouver, Canada
Web Directions comes to the Northern Hemisphere for a two day web conference with a great line-up of speakers and an optional post conference skiing trip.
My favourite typography books
My favourite typography books, recommended for novices as well as for experienced type users.
37 HTML FAQs answered
Detailed and correct answers to 37 frequently asked questions about HTML.
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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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