De-lurk and tell me what you want to read about

When I compare the number of people posting comments here to the number of people who are subscribed to the RSS feed and the number of visitors this site gets, I would guess that perhaps one out of every hundred regular visitors has ever posted a comment.

That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, mind you. In general, quality is better than quantity. But I am quite sure that there are many more readers who could post high quality, insightful comments, but for various reasons don’t. And that’s perfectly fine. However…

For the last three years on or close to this date, Veerle Pieters has written a De-Lurking post, encouraging all her readers to post a comment. She did it this year too, beating me to it. I had planned on writing a De-Lurking post this year, but I guess my Christmas break was a bit too long and made my brain slow down a bit. So I forgot, but luckily Veerle’s post served as a reminder :-).

So I’m curious:

Who are you (name and occupation)?
Where are you from?
How long have you been visiting this site?
Have you posted a comment here before?
What would you like to read more (or less) about here on 456 Berea Street?

Answer the questions you feel like answering. But please do post a comment!

Posted on January 8, 2007 in Site news

Comments

January 8, 2007 by Kilian Valkhof
1. Kilian Valkhof, dutch webdeveloper and student, and happy clog-member :)
2. That would be the Netherlands, then.
3. About 1, perhaps 1.5 years now, I’d guess
4. I have, sporadically, when I had something useful to add.
5. more technical articles, I always like reading your insights on css/javascript/html problems.
Also, 1 in a hunderd appears to be the golden rule for web interaction, so I wouldn’t be too let down about it. :p
January 8, 2007 by Jeff Cutsinger
1. See above. I develop web applications using ASP.NET (apologies/consolations welcome).
2. The US.
3. About a year? Don’t remember when I first started reading.
4. Yep.
5. I like what you post. Keep it up :)
January 8, 2007 by Matt Ramos
1. Matt Ramos. Designer (mostly web, but started getting into print over the past few months).
2. New Jersey in the USA.
3. A little over one year
4. Maybe two or three.
5. I’d like to see more javascript “things”. Oh, and a music video to the 456 Berea Street song.
January 8, 2007 by Jan Sokoly
1. Jan Sokoly, developer
2. Slovakia
3. Hard to guess - some 2 years?
4. Once or twice.
5. I think it’s good as it is right now.
January 8, 2007 by Niklas
1. Niklas, student
2. Sweden
3. half a year
4. I’m not too used to commenting, working on it :)
5. perhaps more “reviews” of websites, it’s nice to read comments on design for inspiration
January 8, 2007 by Nick Toye
1. Nick Toye, UK freelance web designer.
2. UK
3. 2 years, I think?
4. Yes I think so.
5. No problem with the articles you write, but I’m not keen on the google ads, I understand the possible financial rewards, I just have issues with Google Ads.
January 8, 2007 by Facundo

Hi, I’m from Buenos Aires, Argentina (South America).

I work for a travel agency doing some web design and some coding.

I don’t remember exactly when was the first time I read your site but I guess it have been like a year ago and this is my first comment.

What got me really interested is the tips and tricks for web desginers. Articles about good practices, links to nice sources of information, and general comments about your experience in the real world.

Let me take this oportunity to thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
January 8, 2007 by Steve-o
1. ASP.NET developer
2. Naperville, IL
3. ~1 year
4. nope
5. Being on the programming side, I find it hard to separate the design of the site vs. functionality. I’ll create the most ridiculous GUIs and not even realize it until it’s in QA. I’d like to see some ideas on how to get into the design mindframe.
January 8, 2007 by Justin
1. Justin, New Media Designer at the Walker Art Center
2. Minneapplis, MN
3. 10 months or so
4. Nope.
5. Quirky web stuff.
I read a lot of sites via rss. I don’t comment on them all, nor do I read them all with the same priority. It is just the nature of the beast. I don’t think it is entirely reasonable for every site to expect to build an extensive community. It’s kind of like Warhol might say today: “On the Web, everyone is famous to 15 people.”
January 8, 2007 by Simon
1. Simon Rindlisbacher, Student and amateur webdesigner
2. Biel, Switzerland
3. Several years…
4. Don’t remember, I might have though.
5. I like the technical stuff on html and css.
January 8, 2007 by Rich Waters
1. Rich Waters, Developer
2. Ohio, USA
3. Couple of years now
4. A couple here and there.
5. Accessibility and Standards discussion, tips and advice for web design, pretty much any technical articles having to do with (x)html/css/javascript.
January 8, 2007 by Jonathan E
1. Jonathan, Web Professional.
2. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
3. Regularly for a little over a year I think, on and off for a year or so before that.
4. Several.
5. More of the same I think.
January 8, 2007 by mgroves
1. Matt - Web developer (ASP/ASP.NET/PHP/MySQL/MS-SQL/CSS/XHTML you name it)
2. Columbus, Ohio
3. A few months I think
4. I don’t remember.
5. I love to read specific code samples, tricks, and best practices, but I’m also very interested in web marketing & marketing research.
January 8, 2007 by Achtentachtig
1. Rogier Bikker from Achtentachtig
2. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
3. About a year
4. Maybe once or twice
5. More usability, less accessibility.
January 8, 2007 by Cerebral
1. Webmaster in my current employed job(xhtml, css and js), otherwise multimedia developer (add Actionscript, Lingo and PHP)
2. Belgium
3. About 2 years
4. Yep something like 5-10 times
5. The same as presently :-) But there’s always room for improvements, so it’s up to you.
January 8, 2007 by warmrobot
1. Igor, web-enthusiast
2. Moscow, Russia
3. Since last year
4. One comment about Firefox
5. I would like to see something about typography and choosing color scheme for site.
Thank you very much for your articles!
January 8, 2007 by Kim
1. Kim, Student
2. Sweden
3. For a year or so.. perhaps more.
4. Once or twice
5. More deep-digging undercover reviews of webpages. Perhaps structure, css and so on. And a real crash course about make beautiful accessible, usable websites. Maybe a co-written article about it with Veerle?
Thats about it. Keep up the good work Roger!
January 8, 2007 by pauldwaite
1. I’m Paul Waite, web developer (the client-side stuff: HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
2. I’m from London, England.
3. Ooh, er, I think I’ve been visiting this site for 2 or 3 years.
4. I’ve posted lots of comments here before.
5. I pretty much like 456 Berea Street just as it is. Nicely focused on client-side web development.
January 8, 2007 by Anthony Métayer
1. Anthony Métayer, developer (mainly Java previously, now mostly (X)HTML, Javascript, CSS and Java)
2. France
3. a little less than a year, and enjoying it more and more!
4. this is my first post
5. same as Rich above: standards discussion, pretty much any technical articles having to do with (x)html/css/javascript
January 8, 2007 by Stefan
1. Stefan, student/part time web developer
2. Sweden
3. Quite long, perhaps 2-3 years
4. Don’t recall
5. More CSS-related articles as you used to do earlier.
January 8, 2007 by Robert
1. Robert. Web Designer.
2. Los Angeles, CA, USA
3. About 6 Months
4. Yes. As often as I feel I can contribute to the discussion.
5. I think you do a pretty good job of picking topics to discuss. It seems like there were a few articles that were about very specific things that I couldn’t sink my teeth into. The only one I can think of now was the cars website post. Those are few and far between though.
January 8, 2007 by keith - SuPeR K!
1. Keith “SuPeR K!” Kocienski, Web Developer & Graphic Designer.
2. Las Vegas, NV.
3. At least a year…
4. Possibly. I enjoy your insight, but I only comment when I have something relevant to add or question.
5. I enjoy your CSS and JavaScript related posts as well as your notes on Web Development tools and browser news.
January 8, 2007 by Josie X.
1. Josie, middle school student and web designer
2. China, but I live in the US now
3. About 6 months
4. No, it never occurred to me to comment
5. I’d love to see more CSS tricks or anything that has to do with CSS. Not so much Javascript.
January 8, 2007 by lm

i have a comment on a comment - to comment N14: “more usability less accessibility”? I think on Berea Street you heard not once that accessibility is a usability for everybody. *not yet de-lurking reader (regular for 3 years).
January 8, 2007 by dunks
1. Dunks - ICT Teacher and aspirant freelance web designer
2. Hampshire, UK
3. 12+ months I guess.
4. Possibly posted once a long time ago.
5. Love the css tips and tricks as there seems to be so much to learn.
January 8, 2007 by Olof Lönnroth
1. Olof Lönnroth, student/freelance webdesigner.
2. Göteborg, Sweden :D
3. I’d say for about 2 years.
4. Yes.
5. More accessibility tips and tricks would be great! A little too much debating in your posts lately (though always interesting).
January 8, 2007 by Richard Herrera
1. Richard Herrera, Lead Technical Designer.
2. Los Angeles, CA, USA
3. About 2-3 years. Your site was the first I’d ever heard about web standards.
4. Yes, once or twice. I’m mainly here for the in depth and extremely useful articles.
5. More on Javascript, benefits of JSON, maybe some articles on pros/cons of modular CSS, compare/contrast coding techniques of expert standardistas, perhaps an article on .NET and CSS compatibility or workarounds (help!).
Brilliant website, Roger. Your articles have helped me in ways I can’t count, and are now helping me lead a fast-learning team into more advanced standards-oriented solutions.
January 8, 2007 by bretto

Brett, Web Developer

Calgary, Alberta

2-ish years

first one right now

Wouldn’t mind seeing some more CSS experiments and some more comprehensive tech articles (The IE articles have saved my butt quite a few times)
January 8, 2007 by Eric Ryan Harrison
1. Who are you (name and occupation)?
  
  Eric Ryan Harrison, Developer
2. Where are you from?
  
  Augusta, GA
3. How long have you been visiting this site?
  
  6+ months
4. Have you posted a comment here before?
  
  Yes.
5. What would you like to read more (or less) about here on 456 Berea Street?
  
  More technical Javascript/CSS articles. Less design/conceptual articles.
Thanks,

-E
January 8, 2007 by Dan
1. Dan, Web Developer
2. Westchester, New York
3. About one year
4. I have posted one comment here (guess this makes it two). I may post more, but often times there is too much “noise” and feel it is useless adding another comment (even if it may be useful).
5. I am a JavaScript junky and am always looking for new concepts and techniques to challenge what I currently know.
January 8, 2007 by Seb
1. Seb - Freelance web & graphic designer, part-time university teacher (same subjects)
2. Italy or UK
3. A yearish
4. Just have.
5. You’re doing great as it is. If I told you what I wanted to read, I wouldn’t visit your site because I’d have already thought or written about it.
January 8, 2007 by Rick H.
1. Rick H. Photographer/Videographer/web delivery person- one-man shop
2. Central Texas
3. About a year I guess
4. Comment-shy, call it the digg effect! If I have something meaningful to add, I may post, but I growing weary of
5. Always appreciate the CSS stuff.
January 8, 2007 by Maaike
1. Maaike, graphic/web designer
2. The Netherlands
3. Maybe 2 years?
4. Sometimes I post comments, but not often
5. I like to read about best practices, and I’m not really interested (anymore) in standards evangelism (I think at this site it’s preaching to the choir).
January 8, 2007 by Nate K
1. Nate Klaiber, lead web developer at
2. New Philadelphia, OH
3. About a year and a half
4. Have posted plenty of comments, but as of late kept quite to avoid the ‘yes maam’ replies.
5. I enjoy the posts related to research regarding browsers, standards, and css.
January 8, 2007 by Brett Mitchell
1. Brett Mitchell — Sales Representative and PHP/HTML coder
2. Vancouver, BC Canada
3. Since roughly March of ‘06, but I went back and read most of the archives.
4. Few and far between.
5. As always, I’m on the look out for more great resources on convincing the non-technies to stay away from companies who make gorgeous designs that are completely useless without images, or without css, or without javascript, use macromedia image rollovers, etc etc.
Convincing a mid-size business of why standards are crucial is absolutely depressing.
January 8, 2007 by Geoffrey Sneddon
1. Geoffrey Sneddon, 14 year old kid,
2. Scotland,
3. No idea. Probably around one year,
4. I comment mainly when I either think I have something really useful to say, or to correct something that’s incorrect that’s being spread,
5. More of the same, really.
January 8, 2007 by ana
1. ana campos, student, freelance webdesigner
2. portugal
3. maybe a year ago or so
4. this is the first one
5. i prefer website reviews, css and usability tips. but i like it the way it is :)
January 8, 2007 by Jordan Ryan Moore
1. Jordan, Web Developer
2. Tacoma, WA, USA
3. 18+ months?
4. Yup.
5. More of the same, more often…
January 8, 2007 by fro
1. Robert Froehling - Web Developer (primarily with ColdFusion)
2. Springfield, IL
3. 6 months or so
4. I don’t think so.
5. I enjoy reading what you currently post. Keep it up.
January 8, 2007 by Robert Nyman
1. Robert Nyman, web developer
2. Stockholm, Sweden
3. Oh… I don’t know. A couple of years, maybe… :-)
4. Yes, when I hope people will read my stuff as well… ;-)
5. Personally, I’d like to see you write more posts with a personal touch that aren’t related to web developing.
Also, as a blogger who also desperately yearns for comments, I’d like to point out (which I’m sure is also your opinion, Roger) that it is perfectly fine to be anonymous too. Do whatever suits you best. In the end, we who blog are just ridiculously excited by people reading, and eternally grateful that we can in any way help, entertain or amuse you. :-)
January 8, 2007 by Matthias Mauch
1. Matthias Mauch, IT network professional
2. Germany
3. more than a year
4. more than one
5. independent and objective articles about Web Standards
January 8, 2007 by JK
1. JK, Computer Security Engineer
2. Washington, D.C.
3. 4-6 months via RSS
4. Nope
5. The 456 Berea Street articles that I have saved in Bloglines are: 1) Build your own PHP style sheet switcher, 2) Are accessibility evaluation tools useless?, 3) Accessibility for all vs. for people with disabilities, 4) Nikita the Spider: a bulk validation and link checking tool, 5) 37 HTML FAQs answered
… so in summary I key in on anything related to accessibility and handy tools for my homebrew websites. I also thoroughly read and enjoyed a few of the articles in which you covered various conferences; wishful thinking on my part.
January 8, 2007 by Russell James Smith
1. Russell James Smith, Lead Producer (for AWA).
2. Sheffield but now based in Leeds, England.
3. A couple of years.
4. I don’t think so.
5. More of the same really, thanks.
January 8, 2007 by Martin Bekkelund
1. Who are you (name and occupation)?
  1. Martin Bekkelund, Senior Solution Architect
  2. Oslo, Norway
  3. Oohh, can’t remember. Sorry.
  4. Not that I can remember.
  5. Best Practice for web, Information Architecture, Project Management for web.
January 8, 2007 by John Bedard
1. John Bedard, Web Designer
2. East Helena, MT USA
3. Seems like I’ve been reading your site for a few years. I’m definitely a lurker, mostly because either I don’t have anything to contribute or someone beat me to the punch.
4. I can’t remember my last comment. It’s been a year or three.
5. This is a total cop-out, but I think you’re doing just fine. You post a nice blend of topics, mostly related to web design/development. Keep up the good work.
January 8, 2007 by Daniel
1. Daniel, student (to become a teacher of English and Latin)
2. Germany
3. 2+ years
4. no comment before. I think
5. -
January 8, 2007 by Paul Lieberman

Network Services Manager (includes being the webmaster, postmaster, and lots more) - Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon

About a year

I think I have posted once or twice.

I enjoy most of the articles. Especially interested in anything to do with accessibility and advanced CSS design techniques.

Thanks for a great resource. Paul
January 8, 2007 by Bogdan
1. Bogdan, web developer
2. Iasi, Romania
3. About two years, I suppose
4. Just a few
5. Good practices for writing manageable, platform independent client-side code. News and trends.
January 8, 2007 by Guillermo Trejo

1.- Guillermo Trejo - Web Designer and drummer.

2.- Mexico City. Mexico.

3.-1 year.

4.-This is the firts one.

5.-More and more about CSS and please, an ultimate-contundent-finally position and explaination about HTML vs XHTML, something that we newbies can learn. Thank you so much!!!
January 8, 2007 by Antti Kupila
1. Antti Kupila, student & freelancer
2. Finland, currently living in Sweden
3. A year or so
4. Yes
5. Most of the articles are very interesting to read, so just keep on doing what you’re doing and I’m happy :)
January 8, 2007 by Justin Sinclair
1. Justin Sinclair, User Interface Designer
2. Sydney, Australia
3. 4 Months or so.
4. Never commented!
5. Love the content - more of the same please.
January 8, 2007 by Matteo Bianchi
1. Matteo Bianchi, copywriter. Web curious and enthusiast. http://www.unopiuunougualeundici.com
2. Varese - Italy
3. 2 months
4. This is my first comment, I am here to learn… I am a novice about CSS and XHTML. I play in my free time. One day, I would like to remake my own site whith accessible standards… Now, it is made with Rapid Weaver.
5. CSS, XHTML… (Javascript will be my next game).
Bye
January 8, 2007 by andy Ford
1. Andy Ford (AnalogPanda) PHP Web Developer (but really prefer xhtml/css!)
2. Sacramento, CA, USA
3. about a year
4. I’m commenting now
5. I personally prefer reading about xhtml/css, standards compliance, unobtrusive javascript, microformats, and design theory.
It would be interesting to hear about your per-projects design process, the tools/software you use, and any CMS or frameworks you might use. Interviews with industry-folk would be cool too… but don’t change for us - just do what is fun and interesting for you and your passion will come through!
January 8, 2007 by Mike
1. Mike. I’m an ICT (Information and Communication Technology, or ‘Computing’ for the oldies) Teacher.
2. From the UK
3. Just a few months
4. I don’t think so; I typed a few in but decided that they weren’t actually as insightful as they sounded in my head, so I don’t think I actually sent any.
5. I like reading about all the things that I’m doing wrong with accessibility, standards compliance and stuff when I develop the myriad of websites for my school and personal stuff. I try my very hardest to get it right, so adding new “1-ups” to my stuff over the other would-be-webdesigners around me is always nice - I’m still by far the best ;)
January 8, 2007 by Laurent
1. I’m Laurent Gloaguen, selling websites to big companies.
2. Paris, France.
3. About one year.
4. Nope. It’s my first time.
5. I’m nobody to ask what you should write.
January 8, 2007 by Rubén Lozano
1. Rubén Lozano, spanish front-end web developer and web designer.
2. I’m from Spain but now I’m living in London where I’m improving my English
3. Almost 2 years
4. No
5. I’d like read more about accessibility
January 8, 2007 by Victoria Pavlova
1. Victoria, web designer.
2. Ukraine.
3. Reading you for about a year, I guess.
4. Maybe once or twice, but nothing important.
5. I find the majority of your posts to be very interesting and informative, so keep flying :-)
January 8, 2007 by Morten Bock
1. Morten Bock, Webdeveloper at Up-Site.dk
2. Denmark
3. A couple of months now. Found it via Janus Boyes cmforum.dk
4. Not counting this one, no.
5. I like redaing about correct use of sematic markup, and about working with CMS.
January 8, 2007 by Arjan Eising

Arjan Eising, student and webdeveloper The Netherlands About a year… Maybe one or two Good as it is going, keep on!
January 8, 2007 by Koen De Vreeze
1. Koen, Student
2. Ertvelde, Belgium
3. For about a year
4. Once, twice tops
5. Accessibility, CSS and semantic coding tips and a surprise is always allowed
January 8, 2007 by Bo Arlind, Denmark

1) Bo Arlind, web developer 2) Copenhagen, Denmark 3) About one year 4) No 5) Just keep on writing what You are writing :-)
January 8, 2007 by nodh
1. Christian, student.
2. Austria (Uh, the first one ;-)
3. I am reading the RSS feed for a few months.
4. If so, I couldn’t remember it.
5. I’m happy with the content!
January 8, 2007 by Vernon
1. Vernon Kesner, Web Developer
2. Maryland, USA
3. Roughly 2-3 months
4. I believe so.
5. I like the things you post now (which is why I’ve been following you) but I guess some more articles focused on development issues.
January 8, 2007 by Jari Vanha-Eskola
Wanted to be the first to comment from Finland, but I see that Antti beat me to it… though technically, since he lives in Sweden, I’m still the first! :)
1. Who are you (name and occupation)?
Jari Vanha-Eskola, Web developer @ EduWeb (Database and server side programming, (X)HTML + Css + Javascript)
1. Where are you from?
Helsinki, Finland
1. How long have you been visiting this site?
About a year now. Great stuff, and always looking forward to a new blog post!
1. Have you posted a comment here before?
Once before.
1. What would you like to read more (or less) about here on 456 Berea Street?
More “hard core” stuff, like advanced Javascripting and css, within the realm of standards.
January 8, 2007 by Peeter
1. Peeter, natural language processing student, web learner, singer, father
2. Malmö, Sweden
3. About a year or so
4. Not that I remember
5. I like the current mix - kutgw!
BTW, here is the origin of the “everyone famous for 15 people” quote from Justin’s post (#9): http://imomus.com/index499.html
January 8, 2007 by Jonathan Phillips
1. Jonathan Phillips. I’m doing freelance web and database development (at least until my wife finishes her Ph.D.)
2. I spend about half the year in Ithaca, New York and half in Istanbul.
3. The 456 Berea Street post which turned me from an occasional into a regular reader was on “The perils of using XHTML properly,” which I see was just shy of two years ago.
4. I’m a bit sheepish about posting, but I think I recall submitting a comment once.
5. In contrast with some other posters, I’m actually very interested in reading more about “design” proper. The information about best practices is fantastic, and your technical articles rival any resource out there. But the biggest hurdle in my own work is that next step of turning a site architecture and layout that really work well into a aesthetic design.
January 8, 2007 by Jonny Strömberg
1. Jonny Strömberg, student and freelance web designer.
2. Umeå, Sweden
3. Two or three years maybe?
4. Less than ten.
5. More semantics and CSS. And I would also like you to have a bit more personal touch in some of your posts :)
January 8, 2007 by Fabian
1. Who are you (name and occupation)? Fabian, Web developer
2. Where are you from? The Netherlands
3. How long have you been visiting this site? A few weeks
4. Have you posted a comment here before? No
5. What would you like to read more (or less) about here on 456 Berea Street? More about things people use every day for web development (tools, information, ideas, tricks, anything) and maybe some content about TYPO3 or other CMS related things.
January 8, 2007 by Adam
1. Adam, web developer/designer
2. Portland, Oregon
3. Almost 3 years, I believe
4. A few times
5. I already think that your blog is valuable as it is. Keep doing what you are doing! (I wouldn’t mind if you got rid of the google ad between the post title and body, however)
January 8, 2007 by AJ
1. AJ
2. Raleigh, NC
3. RSS’ing for a year now
4. No
5. Your design suggestions - what works, what doesn’t work, reviews of site designs - so we can learn to design better
January 8, 2007 by J.D.
1. J.D. Myers. I’m a contractor for NASA doing web and outreach work. I also do freelance web design/development.
2. Columbia, Maryland, USA
3. Probably about 2 years
4. Once or twice
5. Your technical articles on CSS trps/tricks
January 8, 2007 by DigitaLink
1. Chris Pollard, Creative Director and Webmaster for a radio station.
2. Dryden, ON Canada
3. A couple of months.
4. Not that I can consciously think of. That’s not to say I haven’t though.
5. Enjoy the bits on usability, Javascript, CSS/XHTML, and building a better web experience.
January 8, 2007 by Matt Winckler
1. Matt Winckler, web developer.
2. Pasco, Washington.
3. Somewhat over a year.
4. Yes.
5. I particularly enjoy “best practices” sorts of articles combined with the technical goodies - it seems like a lot of times it’s easy to find many potential solutions to a given problem, but it’s more difficult to know which one is the best solution. Thus, some discussion of advantages/drawbacks beyond the bare technical explanation is useful - reasons that you could take to the boss, for instance, as rationale for implementing a given solution in a situation.
January 8, 2007 by Vladimir
1. Vladimir Agafonkin, a front-end web developer working for Sonopia Corporation and XHTMLized.
2. Kiev, Ukraine.
3. About 2 years.
4. Don’t remember, I guess no :)
5. More of complex XHTML/CSS/JS and design topics.
January 8, 2007 by Jeff L
1. Jeff L, Senior Web Developer
2. New Hampshire, USA
3. 1.5 years?
4. Your site search tells me I’ve posted about 7 comments.
5. It’s your blog- whatever you’d like to write about! But accessibility is always good with me.
January 8, 2007 by Anders Dahnielson

Anders Dahnielson, currently student (but also programmer, web developer and gaffer) Tranås, Sweden I’m not sure, at least more regularly (via RSS) over the last year. Nope. Nix. Nada. Like the current mix.
January 8, 2007 by Monique
1. Monique - web designer & marketing assistant {one of Jeff Croft’s “hacks” :)}
2. Virginia, USA
3. about 6 months
4. Nope.
5. I like it the way it is.
January 8, 2007 by Luca
1. Luca, working in product development for a CMS
2. London
3. Been a reader for about six months
4. Never posted a comment here before?
5. Love the accessibility and standards stuff. More CSS tricks would make me even happier
January 8, 2007 by Wade Winningham
1. Wade Winningham, coder
2. Frisco, Texas USA (just north of Dallas)
3. Been coming here for at least 3 years maybe more.
4. I may have posted a comment here. Can’t remember.
5. Most any post you make is valuable. If you crank ‘em out, I’ll read ‘em.
January 8, 2007 by Eric
1. Eric Ferraiuolo, Web Developer/Designer
2. East Lansing, MI, USA
3. 1.5+ years, with the last year (2006) regularly
4. Yes, only a few though
5. I like the current mix on content on the site, that’s why I subscribe to the RSS feed.
January 8, 2007 by Frank Taillandier
1. Frank Taillandier, responsible for a public web site, supposed to respect the law on accessibility.
2. Toulouse, France
3. Can’t remember the first time I landed here
4. Once or twice, I guess
5. XML/XSLT, Ajax and usability, Ergonomics for a change :)
Wow two de-lurking posts in the same day, i feel dizzy.
January 8, 2007 by Scott Vandehey
1. I’m Scott, a 28-year-old CSS Developer
2. From Portland, OR
3. A year or so, since I started adding just about every web-related feed I could find to my reader. Yours is one of the ones that stuck around.
4. Maybe once or twice - I’m mostly a lurker through my feed reader.
5. I dig the accessibility stuff, but I think you should write what works for you. I’m still reading because I’m interested in what you’re doing. :)
January 8, 2007 by Frode Danielsen
1. Frode Danielsen, web developer with my own, tiny company
2. Originally from Tromsø, way up north, but currently living just outside Oslo, Norway.
3. Oh, it’s been over a year at least.
4. Yes, a few times. You should implement Jonathan Snook’s feature of showing all comments a person has made ;-)
5. Hm, I like a lot of what you write (duh), but I think I love technical entries more - at least those’d be ones I’d be likely to comment on. On a non-web topic I always like comments on recommended books and music.
I’m surprised to be only the second norwegian de-lurking here, and the one who “beat me to it” I recognize from elsewhere. Small country, I guess ;-)
January 8, 2007 by NatalieMac
1. Natalie, Web Designer
2. Los Angeles, California, USA
3. 1 year or so, subscribed to the RSS only about 1 month ago
4. This is the first. (It was the first at Veerle’s too ;-) )
5. I like articles about solving common CSS issues, cross browser issues etc.
January 8, 2007 by Robert dM
1. Robert, a part-time webdeveloper
2. From Holland, but living in Belgium, so belgium really..
3. For about a 1,5 year I guess…
4. Now and then a few
5. You’re on top of my list together with Robert Nyman ans Veerle Pieters, so things are fine as the are for me: never get tired of reading about webdesign though…
January 8, 2007 by lewro

Lewro Slovakia (studing web design in the UK at the moment) About 1 year I think once The contect is perfect. Keep the good work. - Typography and accessibility
January 8, 2007 by Barry James
1. Barry, web desiger (and sometimes attempted programmer)
2. New York, NY
3. About a year
4. First time!
5. I struggle trying to adapt my designs for IE browsers, and would love more information on the differences between the browsers and how to accomodate them the easiest.
January 8, 2007 by Markus Wulftange
- Markus Wulftange, currently student (also working as web developer in my free time) and member of Webkrauts, the german counterpart of Happy Clog and Britpack
- born in Osnabrück but currently studying in Dresden (both Germany)
- I don’t know, maybe a year or two since one year subscribed to RSS feed
- Few but not many if at all
- I like the current mix. But maybe a litle more about best practices.
January 8, 2007 by Benjamin De Cock
1. I’m Ben, a 22 years old web designer
2. Brussels, Belgium
3. Maybe 1 year
4. No, I never done it because of my poor english
5. Little more on accessibility… but it’s already great like this :)
January 8, 2007 by Alf Kåre Lefdal
1. Alf Kåre Lefdal, Senior systems developer and discipline manager working for a software company using MS technologies.
2. I’m from Oslo, Norway, living in the city with wife and two kids.
3. I don’t know, actually. Maybe a year or two.
4. No, I don’t think so.
5. Javascript and CSS howtos. Howto argue for producing accessible and standard based web sites and increase awareness. I would also like you to come to Oslo and write about our coffe shops in your other blog: Kaffesnobben :-)
January 8, 2007 by Chasen Le Hara

My name is Chasen Le Hara. I’m from southern California. I’ve been visiting 456 Berea Street for about a year or so. I’ve posted a comment here and there before (but I don’t post often because a lot of other people can say what I want to say better). I’m happy with 456 Berea Street as it is: I like the technical articles, I like the random songs, and other shenanigans that occur here (and I say that in a light-hearted way).

-Chasen
January 8, 2007 by Darren White
1. Darren White, Web developer
2. Hull in England
3. 2-3years
4. no
January 8, 2007 by Morgan Roderick
1. Morgan Roderick, Freelance Web Developer (front end specialized)
2. Sweden, Denmark originally, Dansk Jävlar, Living in Malmö
3. 2-3 years? Time flies in good company
4. Yep, post when I feel I can add something constructive
5. What I’d like to read more about:
Selling quality craftsmanship to clients

Practical usa(ccesi)bility

Productivity enhancing tips and tricks (new mac user here, love the added productivity, or perhaps just the fewer interuptions).

Your (painful) ventures into WebSphere Portal, would be amusing to those of us that have been there, and serve as a warning to others.

Love the site as it is to be honest, good to see someone tell it like it is. It’s my firm belief that honesty is the only way forward.
January 8, 2007 by Julie
1. Julie, web/print designer and editor for a university
2. Missouri, USA
3. About a year?
4. I don’t think I’ve posted here, but I could be wrong.
5. I love your book reviews, but I also just like it all. :)
January 8, 2007 by Rasmus Kaj
1. Rasmus Kaj, a java / web programmer.
2. Stockholm, Sweden
3. A couple of months regular through the feed, sporadically through google earlier
4. Maybe once ..?
5. Technical CSS stuff
January 8, 2007 by Tor Løvskogen
1. Tor Løvskogen, webdesigner, Designalized.com.
2. Norway, Bergen.
3. About 2 years, something like that.
4. Yes, posted some comments.
5. I like it the way it is.
January 8, 2007 by Thomas Higginbotham

Thomas Higginbotham (Web developer/designer) Richmond, VA, US A little over a year A few comments I’d like to see more technical articles and some more on back-end programming languages — ASP.Net, PHP, RoR… not sure what your specialties are :-)

On a side note, I’m glad to see most of the comments to this question are using ordered lists. Keep up the semantics everyone! Actually, these should probably be definition lists, right? Ah… whatever.
January 8, 2007 by mayvelous
1. May Hnin Phyu (Web Developer)
2. Fiji Island (Originally from Burma, Myanmar)
3. About 3yrs
4. Very rare but yes, afew times.
5. Like to read more of CSS, JS, site reviews and new book reviews.
Your site been the inspiration and information resource for me, thank you so much for that.
January 8, 2007 by Alejandro Moreno
1. My name is Alejandro Moreno. I’m a Web Developer.
2. I’m from Mexico, but am currently working in Edmonton, Canada.
3. I think I added your site to my RSS reader just this past summer.
4. I’ve posted ONE comment. I don’t like doing “me too” posts, and honestly, I visit more for instruction than discussion since I don’t have that much experience with accessibility.
5. As I said in #4, I visit because of your instructive posts, but also because I like your writing style and the fact that your site reflects what you preach. So I guess my request would be keep doing what you’re doing and get even better at it ;)
January 8, 2007 by Igor

Igor a student from Sweden would like to read more of whatever you write about. Nowdays junk from TV is totally replaced by nutritious RSS feeds and as soon as nutrition value starts to drop I’ll let you know. Till then: be well and keep us busy reading your blog.
January 8, 2007 by Robert
1. Robert Birming, Musician
2. Stockholm, Sweden
3. About a year
4. Not what I can remeber
5. Usability, (x)html, css
January 8, 2007 by Patrick Teng
1. Mi nombre Patrick Teng, Software developer
2. About a year or a year and a half or so.
3. Once, I think.
4. I love your writing and insights on site design, but I’ve always wanted to know how you would approach designing a site from end to end. How do you do the inital brain storm, to laying out the xhtml, then provide enough css hooks in the xhtml, and so on.
:-)

Thanks!
January 8, 2007 by Stephen Last
1. Stephen last - Web Designer
2. Nottingham in the heart of England (Yes yes, where Robin Rood is from - there’s much more to Nottingham you know! :-) City of Nottingham)
3. About 2 years - your post on correctly marking up tables drew me in and set me on the standards path to enlightenment
4. Yes
5. Maybe more how-to articles on advanced CSS with modern browsers, then explaining the best solution to deal with IE to get the same results
Steve
January 8, 2007 by Chris Phares
1. Chris Phares (Freelance Web Developer)
2. U.S.
3. About a year… which seems pretty common from the previous posts
4. First time
5. Technical stuff, but I like what your doing.
January 8, 2007 by Marc
1. Marc, I’m a 19 year old student and do some freelance work when I can find some spare time
2. The Netherlands, close to Eindhoven
3. Hard to say, probably more than a year
4. One time, maybe two times
5. Although I find usability design etc an interesting subject I think it could use some more interesting examples, images, etc.. instead of just plain text every time
Keep up the good work :)
January 8, 2007 by Per Djurner
1. Per Djurner - Web developer (mostly server side stuff like Ruby on Rails and ColdFusion but also some HTML/CSS)
2. Göteborg!
3. A couple of years I think
4. Not that I can remember
5. Keep doing what you’re doing :)
January 8, 2007 by Danny King
1. Danny King, Student.
2. Also from Nottingham!
3. About half a year.
4. Never before.
5. I like your content as it is, keep it up!
January 8, 2007 by Natasha Banegas
1. Natasha Banegas, web developer
2. Stockholm, Sweden
3. 1-2 years
4. Not yet:=) I am in a “taking” phase for all the blogs I read right now. The “giving” phase will follow when I finish my thesis and finally get time for the “interesting” stuff!
5. Right now: an article about object-oriented javascript. Inspiration for taking the fight for robust and generic code. Challenges that a web developer may face, and (of course) the solutions!
January 8, 2007 by Riddle
1. Piotr Petrus
2. Łódź, Poland
3. 2 years
4. Yup, it was about BASE element in IE, but you have never answered to my solution ;)
5. I’d like to see CSS tutorials and articles as well as articles covering Safari (possiblities, differences, visual design (forms, antialiasing), quirks - if any), if you use this browser. Many of use don’t and it’d be great to read about it.
January 8, 2007 by Andrew
1. Andy, front-end UI.
2. Highland, UT
3. Almost a year.
4. No, this is my first comment.
5. I feel that most posts are appropriate and inciteful. Keep them coming!
January 8, 2007 by Riddle

Oh, and I’m a webdesigner.
January 9, 2007 by Miss Web Developer
1. Carissa Miller, Web Designer/Developer
2. Bakersfield, California
3. About 1 year.
4. This is my first comment here.
5. Web accessability, XHTML/CSS tips, innovative new thoughts on web design. Actually, what brought me to “delurk” is that I was stumped for the site I’m working on right now and my exact thought was “I wonder if 465 Berea St has anything helpful”, so for the most part, what I’ve seen here already has proven most helpful, so keep it up.
PS. Thanks for the encouragement to delurk. Kinda was always scared to ‘cause I haven’t been at the designing game for long and didn’t feel I had much to input. I may post more after this. Thanks again. :)
January 9, 2007 by Jason
1. Jason, student.
2. I’m reading this from the U.S., half the time in western Pennsylvania and half the time in Cleveland, Ohio.
3. Since Oct. 8, 2006.
4. No, but I’ve saved posts for later reference.
5. More drunken singing incorporating this and other blogs’ names, please.
(and CSS tips. I like those too.)
January 9, 2007 by Jeena Paradies
1. Jeena Paradies (I’m male, it’s only a nickname) Varberg (80km southwest to Göteborg)
2. born in Polen and lived over 15 years in Germany
3. since I moved to Sweden, 2 years
4. yes but not that much, becourse almost always there are already comments which say the same thing I would like to say
5. I like your articles like “The letter from WASP-EduTF to Skolverket”
January 9, 2007 by Spencer
1. Spencer, Elementary school teacher and novice web designer on the side.
2. Houston, TX
3. A couple of months, ever since I began my journey into web design. I subscribe to a lot of web design blogs, and many of them mentioned you. So I thought to myself, “This guy’s gotta be good…”
4. First time
5. The toughest, most confusing aspect of web design for me right now is designing so that my design will actually look like a website, and less like a bunch of puzzle pieces tossed on a table in IE. Oh, what the world of web design would be like without IE…
January 9, 2007 by Alex Demeyere
1. Alex Demeyere, front-end developer
2. Bruges, Belgium
3. Can’t remember exactly, probably about 2 years, could be longer
4. First time
5. It’s fine as it is. Just make sure you write not only what others ask you to write, but also what you like to write.
January 9, 2007 by Cris
1. Cris Jones Linden, web applications developer for a telecom.
2. Montana, USA.
3. A friend sent me this link on April 25, 2005. Yes, I looked it up :)
4. First time commenting. I think.
5. Don’t change. I like your existing balance. You write very well on Javascript and CSS in particular.
456 is currently my favorite web design related weblog; more than Zeldman, more than Meyer, more than Shea — nothing against those awesome people, but I like how you address specific solutions in detail.
January 9, 2007 by Matt Eskesen
1. Matt Eskesen, Web Developer/GIS Analyst
2. Salt Lake City, UT
3. I’ve been visiting for about 6 months I’d guess.
4. This is my first comment.
5. I’ve learned just about everything I know about web development on the job which has led me to articles about standards and accessibility. Those articles are the most enlightening for me.
January 9, 2007 by bekee

i really enjoy your articles where you’ve figured out how to do something neat with css and you share with the world. i’ve referenced your site a number of times to help me do my job (i’m a self-trained front-end developer whose seriously lacking in some skills that the title implies) so, i guess i’d say, keep it up! </delurk>
January 9, 2007 by Nick Piasecki
1. Nicholas Piasecki, Developer
2. Norfolk, Virginia, US
3. About a year
4. About three or four times
5. Accessibility and standards from a “code monkey’s” standpoint. It’s hard justifying standards and Web accessibility to managers who don’t care because they can’t see a visual difference in the site. They’d rather feel the pain of maintenance later than the pain of a little extra effort up front because they probably won’t be the ones who have to maintain it later—it’s see ya later after the contract is done.
Love your site! It’s at the top of my RSS feeds. Keep it up.
January 9, 2007 by Roman Kitainik
1. See above.
2. Vancouver, BC
3. More than 1 year. Maybe 2?
4. This is not really a comment, so - never.
5. I am fine with the current material, thank you. However, if there’s some time and effort to be invested, let it be into the real-world cases of the interaction design. Cheers.
January 9, 2007 by Ryan Mack
1. Ryan Mack - Web Developer
2. Virginia Beach, VA, USA
3. Not sure. Around a year or so.
4. Not that I recall.
5. That’s a tough question. If I knew what I wanted to know I’d buy a good book on the subject and be done with it. There it is - I want to know what books I should be buying. What cool new web development technologies/techniques are others using that I should be up to speed on (or avoiding), and how best to put them to use (best practices/example sites done right).
January 9, 2007 by Peter Ward
1. Peter Ward (High school student - I do out-of-school work on web dev. + programming)
2. Sydney, Australia
3. Since I found it - sometime about November 2006
4. Nup - I’m a real lurker!
5. Anything that explains to unenlightened IE users why we hate it - I like reading most of your current material.
January 9, 2007 by D. Olsson
1. Dick Olsson, self learned webdeveloper enthusiast
2. Skövde, Sweden
3. For about two years
4. Once or twice, something like that. Havent been able earlier due to a headers-related problem on you site (or my browser settings?)
5. More of everything ;)
Keep up the good work!
January 9, 2007 by Oli
Bugger me backwards, Roger! You’ve got a lot of replies to this one!
1. Who are you (name and occupation) I’m Oli and I’m a part-webdesigner, part superhero… When I’m not working, I’m plugging bits and bobs onto my site.
2. Where are you from? England
3. How long have you been visiting this site? Not long really. I noticed you on 9r and thought I needed more people on my blogroll. Not a great reason but you were the best of the best 9r had to offer and I’m happy that I read your posts.
4. Have you posted a comment here before? I’ve emailed you before — I think there was even a comment once… It’s hard to tell when people have to be “anonymous”. You should incorp some form of OpenID system so people can keep ownership of comments.
5. What would you like to read more (or less) about here on 456 Berea Street? Just keep it going, mate. You’re doing well with high quality articles. If I had to pick something to nuke, if would be the “Digg this” button.
And markdown is buggy… makes getting the post looking correct, difficult!
January 9, 2007 by Hans Nilsson
1. Hans Nilsson, freelancing web developer.
2. Gothenburg, Sweden.
3. Two years perhaps.
4. Once or twice maybe…
5. Dunno… you cover everything I want right now.
January 9, 2007 by jaspoid one

My name is Daniel Granstrom and I’m 25. I currently work with web usability, accessibility, and cost-efficiency in the personal software market, at my wreck of an upstart, jaSpOiD.coM - currently designing a personal weblog solution that I can hopefully launch in a month.

I’m also an active member of the Green Party of Sweden locally, in Saffle, Varmland, and Sweden, where I live - more or less on all those levels, really - mostly interested in information systems, communication, trade, and sustainable consumption of natural resources.

Thereto I’m a wannabe stand-up comedian doing my first “testdrive” in February at a friend’s small, local comedy club for a few minutes.

Anyway, I’ve probably been visiting this site sparsely on and off for at least 3 years through external links. (I don’t really keep track on where I’ve read what for so long.) But more recently - the last month or so - quite a lot, browsing the archives, because of my web design work.

Have I commented? Yes. Only just recently. On the “highlights 2006”, and “97% inaccessible” threads.

So. What I wanna see more.. “How to build the best personal weblog platform ever from scratch in one month”? Well, really, I believe it’s probably better if you poke at what inspires you for the moment. But pondering on accessibility issues, and possible solutions, is both fun and useful - I think.
January 9, 2007 by Jessica
1. Jessica Hull, graduate developer trying to get my toes wet and discover an area I could passionately develop a career in, so far (X)HTML/CSS, standards, semantics etc is it (Thank you IE for firing me up).
2. Australia.
3. About 6 months, found it during research when I started my new job.
4. I think I may have, it would have been a question or along the lines of ‘as someone learning CSS I found <topic> a little difficult to understand or had problems myself when trying to implement/use <topic>’.
5. I really like the balance of articles about using CSS, commentary on how standards are evolving, etc. Even as a beginner I understand most of what goes on in code examples and what causes bugs and how the fixes work, though I may not get the chance to use a lot of it right now. I appreciate the repetitious evangelism, it might get old for some (preaching to the converted) but it’s a good reminder for me to keep improving when I can. I’ve learnt here that you can’t suddnely become completely standards valid but every time you make an effort to be as valid/accessible as possible you help make the web a better place.
January 9, 2007 by Jens Meiert
1. Jens Meiert, System Architect (Aperto), Author (O’Reilly), and stuff
2. Berlin, Germany. Currently.
3. Since 2004?
4. Yes …
5. Just keep it up.
By the way, didn’t you know Nielsen’s lurker article? Valuable.
January 9, 2007 by ajoy thomas
1. Ajoy Thomas, I work as a web developer for Slingshot
2. Dallas, TX
3. About 2 years
4. Nope, I did not want to sound stupid.
5. I think you are doing a fine job with your site with tips for both newbies and advanced users. Keep it up. I would like to see more articles on usability and design patterns.
January 9, 2007 by Ollie
1. I’m Ollie, a physics student and web design hobbyist.
2. Nottingham, UK.
3. About six to twelve months.
4. I’ve never posted a comment before. I rarely even read comments. In general, it seems too much effort to sort the wheat from the chaff.
5. I like your take on semantics and standards. But the balance of stuff here at the moment is good for me!
January 9, 2007 by NewCityNick
1. Nick, Web Developer - Interface Builder
2. Christiansburg, VA
3. 1 year
4. Couple times when topic applies
5. Development Environments, Processes, Workflows for getting things done; CSS, HTML, JS file/code structuring dos and don’ts; show and tell ( people post projects their working on or completed) people push code different ways and its interesting to see how people do that.
But keep doing what you doing, this has been a good resource for me so far.
January 9, 2007 by Jason Leveille
1. Jason Leveille - School Teacher (Web Design, Programming)
2. Frederick, Maryland, USA
3. ~2 years ago
4. No, I have never left a comment
5. I always enjoy reading what you write. If I did not, or if your writing was not meeting my creative/technical curiosity needs, I would not continue to read your articles.
Thank you for sharing your expertise.
January 9, 2007 by Lothar Baier
1. Lothar Baier - freelanced Web Frontend Developer
2. Werdau / Saxony / Germany
3. about 15 month
4. I don’t remember, but I think not
5. Just keep on going, I love, what you do.
January 9, 2007 by nikki

Nikki Pugh, artist and also tickled by the number of ordered lists being used! Southampton, UK 2 years, perhaps probably not it’s just fine the way it is!
January 9, 2007 by arty

1) Artemy Tregoubenko, javascript/php developer

2) Moscow, Russia

3) About month or two

4) No, AFAICR

5) javascript, xhtml, web standards, though these topics are already popular : )
January 9, 2007 by Ranjani

Ranjani - high school student Texas, USA Not that long actually. Eight - ten months of regular dedicated readership at least. Yep! But I’m a bit shy about it? More tips - XHTML, CSS, Accessibility, anything. I enjoyed all of those! But then again, I enjoy your normal articles as well. It’s all a learning experience after all.

I see you, Kilian! :D
January 9, 2007 by ayohata
1. Ayohata - President of CinnamonSpice LLC in Japan and Coder(XHTML,CSS and JavaScript)
2. Tokyo,Japan
3. about 3 month
4. No.
5. Just keep it up.
January 9, 2007 by JunChen Wu
1. JunChen Wu, Blogger
2. China
3. nearly 2 years
4. no
5. more high technical…
January 9, 2007 by Tom Rose
1. Tom Rose, developer
2. Montclair, NJ, USA
3. About three months
4. Twice, including this one
5. CSS tips, Usability, Typography
January 9, 2007 by Frederik
1. Frederik
2. Netherlands
3. 7/8 months
4. No. With RSS: Im just a reader, not a writer.
5. I like the way it is. No bullshit articles about things people already know. I think A List Apart is publishing too much of that crap these days. Keep up the good work!
January 9, 2007 by Bunker
1. Filip, PHP-developer, Dashboard widget developer, freelance photographer
2. Leuven, Belgium
3. about a year
4. once or twice tops
5. keep it this way, great resource and fine articles
January 9, 2007 by Thomas Skrimstad
1. Thomas Skrimstad, web developer.
2. Oslo, Norway.
3. Since some time in 2004 probably.
4. Once or twice maybe.
5. I’m quite content. CSS is always a winner though.
January 9, 2007 by Joel Birch
1. Joel Birch, self-taught graphic designer and web developer
2. From Melbourne, Australia
3. Visiting your site for about a year and a half via a Firefox live bookmark which I check everyday.
4. Commented once or twice just to try to help other commenters in my very small way.
5. I’d like you to maintain your ridiculously high standard for regular, quality articles. Love your topics. Only negative I have is that when I visit from a computer without Adblock for Firefox the amount of ads interfere with the content too much. Cheers Roger.
January 9, 2007 by Trey Piepmeier
1. Trey Piepmeier, Web Designer/Developer
2. Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
3. Probably 1.5 - 2 years
4. I’m not sure.
5. More idealistic web standards how-tos. I loved the bit on bashing the target attribute in favor of JavaScript. It’s amazing how much more you have to do to replace such a simple thing, but I love that people take the time to figure out how to do things correctly!
January 9, 2007 by Ricardo Antonio Duarte
1. Ricardo Antonio Duarte, Webdeveloper on Tecmedia Internet Design.
2. Tubarão, SC, Brazil.
3. About a year I think.
4. It’s my first comment.
5. I’d like read here more about standards, acessibility, usability and some stuff about web market in Europe.
January 9, 2007 by Chris Moritz
1. Chris Moritz, Experience Planner at Campbell-Ewald
2. Berkley, Michigan
3. Wow, at least 2 years, if not more
4. I think so (if so, it’s been awhile)
5. I dig it just the way it is.
January 9, 2007 by Ian Stalvies
1. Ian Stalvies - Web PM
2. Sydney, Australia
3. About a year?
4. Just the one. Now two.
5. I really like the current content and coverage of the web industry. Really like practical examples and especially critiques of good/bad practice … a focus on naming and shaming big companies who should improved practice (eg. accessibility) would be good. Not advocating witchhunts, mind ;o)
January 9, 2007 by John Faulds
If you’re still reading this far down, congratulations on your perseverence. ;)
1. John Faulds, freelance web designer/developer.
2. Brisbane, Australia (via London, UK & Perth, Western Australia).
3. A couple of years probably. Only been subscribed to the feed for a few months though.
4. Half a dozen maybe.
5. Always skip over the stuff that seems Sweden-specific but really got no gripes with the content - it’s all good.
January 9, 2007 by Benson Low

Benson Low, UI designer and Usability Consultant for National Australia Bank, Creative Consultant for other clients. Melbourne, Australia over 2 years and have been RSSing for just as long on Firefox’s Sage and now on Google Reader. Over 10 times. More insights into usability testing would be nice. Agreed with John that local Swedish content sometimes on relevant for me.
January 9, 2007 by Rohit
1. Rohit Arondekar, student.
2. Goa, India
3. For the past 2 months via RSS
4. I think I have, I remember filling a similar comment form :P
5. Suprise me. :D
January 9, 2007 by Abhijit Nadgouda
1. Abhijit Nadgouda, a software engineer
2. Mumbai, India
3. Over an year
4. I think there are a couple of them.
5. Technical content is already pretty exhaustive. Maybe case studies that highlight impact of accessibility and standards.
January 9, 2007 by Binny V A
1. Binny V A - Web Developer on LAMP Platform
2. India, Kerala, Cochin
3. Around an year
4. A few times(10-20 comments - I think.)
5. Continue what you are doing - in my opinion this is the best web development blog in my list.
Thanks.
January 9, 2007 by Preston So
1. Preston So (14), designer, high school student.
2. Colorado Springs, Colorado (USA).
3. On and off for the past year, RSS feed subscription for the last several months.
4. Hmm! I don’t remember!
5. Roger, I particularly enjoy your more technical articles, but I also agree with Ian (comment #148) who wanted more critiques on good and bad practices. I like your writing the way it is, however.
January 9, 2007 by Wulf
1. Wulf, freelance web designer/developer
2. US
3. About a year
4. Yes, but not often (I’ve probably posted about half a dozen times).
5. Your current mix is great. I would, however, like to see a post previewing some of the goodies we’re going to get in CSS 3. I’ve attempted to to take a look at the drafts myself, but they’re a bit confusing to navigate.
January 9, 2007 by SimplyKimberly
1. Kimberly - Systems Analyst
2. Houston, TX
3. A few years
4. No
5. Your posts are great. I like to read developer/designer sites to glean tips on how to do things correctly and inspiration for my own blog.
January 9, 2007 by Dan Shields
1. Dan Shields (Front-end Developer)
2. Ann Arbor Michigan
3. About a year
4. Once or twice.
5. Just keep doing what you do because thats why I come. All the technical coding,usability,accessibility, and everything the web which is our passion.
January 9, 2007 by Michael Montgomery
1. Mike Montgomery
2. from Florida, USA
3. I’ve been reading this site for a couple years.
4. I think so.
5. Building websites with web standards, faster. (I only have evenings and weekends available, so efficiency is ever important.) Practical accessibility.
January 9, 2007 by Pat Allan
1. Pat Allan, web developer (just started a new job working with Ruby on Rails!)
2. Melbourne, Australia
3. Definitely over a year, but probably not two years.
4. Um, not sure. Perhaps once or twice.
5. I definitely don’t want to tell you what to write - stick with what you’re doing now, it’s fine.
January 9, 2007 by Eoin
1. Eoin Flood, Architect
2. Ireland
3. 1 year or more
4. Don’t think so
5. CSS, Javascript, HTML - that’s what brought me here in the first place.
January 9, 2007 by William Knelsen
1. William Knelsen - Web Developer at a small web design company.
2. Canada
3. Two Weeks
4. No.
5. I don’t know what you have written about in the past, but I am interested mostly in CSS and SEO.
January 9, 2007 by Stephen Glauser
1. Stephen Glauser, University Student
2. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3. Six months or so.
4. I have, but not often. I don’t like leaving the security of my RSS reader, although I love the design of your site.
5. More of the same.
January 9, 2007 by Scott Rarden
1. Scott Rarden, Web Jack of All Trades
2. Wichita, Kansas, USA
3. 2 years or so
4. Don’t think so - not often enough to remember at least :)
5. If I had to go down to 2 to 3 web design influences, you’d be on there. So pretty happy - keep doing what you do.
January 9, 2007 by Jen

Hi, my name is Jen and I’m a freelance designer. I am currently residing in Norfolk, VA and have been visiting your site for about a year or so now.

I think I’ve posted a comment before but am usually too intimidated by the talent.

As far as content for the future, more of what you’re already writing. I’ve learned a lot from reading your site, so thank you!
January 9, 2007 by ralph
1. Ralph Brandi, front end web developer (some back end stuff too).
2. New Jersey USA, down the shore.
3. I’ve been coming for about a year.
4. I’ve commented a few times.
5. Accessibility techniques interest me most, but I like pretty much everything you cover.
January 9, 2007 by Kevin
1. Kevin Scholl, visual communications specialist (branding, interface design, front end Web development)
2. central Virginia, USA
3. little less than a year
4. maybe once or twice
5. Technical articles and resource reviews tend to be my favorites, but everything is good.
Keep up the great job!
January 9, 2007 by Tristan
1. Tristan Dunn, Web Developer
2. Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Not the best place for a web developer.)
3. Around two years I’d say.
4. Pretty sure I have.
5. Accessibility is a must read for me.
January 9, 2007 by Carolina
1. Carolina F S, biologist
2. São Paulo, Brazil
3. About 6 months.
4. Yes, once.
5. The usual stuff you post about HTML, CSS, accessibility etc.
January 9, 2007 by Chris Sullins
1. Chris Sullins, computer science student and self-taught (and blog-taught) web designer.
2. Portland, Oregon.
3. A couple years now.
4. I don’t recall.
5. I’m very curious right now about server-side scripting, which seems to get less blog-time than things like accessibility and javascript.
January 9, 2007 by Bryce
1. Bryce, Computer Technician and budding Designer
2. Perth, Australia
3. On off, around 2 years?
4. Maybe…
5. How about Web development stuff like, oh I don’t know, maybe HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript libraries, semantics, accessibility, and other geekery. :)
January 9, 2007 by Jeff J. Snider
1. Jeff Snider, web developer
2. Grew up in California, now living in Utah, both in the USA
3. About three years, I think
4. Maybe once or twice, but I am not sure
5. This is one of the few sites I read that I rarely (if ever) come across a post that bores me. Most of my RSS feeds, I will look at headlines and occasionally read an article; on this site, I read nearly every one. So I guess you’re doing a good job for me on content.
January 9, 2007 by Keith

Keith, Front End Developer London, England About 9 months I think Nope, this is my first! Just keep doing what you’re doing, it’s great (or maybe some more singing?!)
January 9, 2007 by Tom
1. Tom, programmer and hack designer.
2. NYC
3. Just a few months. I mostly read via Google Reader.
4. Nope, I’ve never written a comment before.
5. You’re the boss. The reason I read this site is because I’m a much better programmer than I am a designer, so I’m looking for fresh info.
January 9, 2007 by yul
1. yul, webdesigner
2. Paris, France
3. about 1 year
4. maybe once
5. css 4 ?
January 9, 2007 by Vicki
1. Self-employed web developer
2. Perth, Australia
3. 2-3 years
4. Don’t think so. (I use a feed reader and rarely visit the website.)
5. I read your blog because I like what you’re saying already. :-) The occasional non-relevant (to me) post makes no difference to the value I get out of this blog.
January 9, 2007 by Jeremy

1) Jeremy, student programmer/web-designer

2) Australia

3) A few months

4) Never

5) It’s great the way it is.
January 9, 2007 by Rolf Luginbuehl

Rolf Luginbuehl, Webdesigner and Webdesign-Company owner

Thun, Switzerland, Europe

About two years

I did, once or twice

Personally I rate the techtipps above the rest, on the other hand I am pretty well pleased with your blog the way it is.
January 9, 2007 by Lisa
1. Lisa, Webdesigner / Developer
2. England but live in Cyprus
3. A few months
4. No, sorry
5. I like what you post already.
January 9, 2007 by Anders
1. Anders, webdesigner/webdeveloper
2. Söderhamn, Sweden
3. Around 2 years or so
4. I think so (if so, it’s been awhile…)
5. I think you’re doing just fine.
January 9, 2007 by Brian Middleton
1. Brian Middleton - Freelance Web Designer
2. Santa Rosa, CA
3. Going on 3 years
4. I don’t believe so
5. I really enjoy the articles on accessibility and javascript.
January 9, 2007 by Henrik Tengelin
1. Henrik Tengelin, Developer
2. Stockholm, Sweden
3. Maybe around 2 years
4. Nope…
5. I tend to read whatever you post and it is nearly always interesting in some aspect. So just keep them coming.
January 9, 2007 by FLOODkOFF
1. My name is Fludkov Mikhail, I’m a student, my specialty Mathematician-Programmer.
2. I’m from Russia, Saint Petersburg
3. Not so long than others here, only for about 2 months
4. Never
5. I like articles about accessibility!
January 9, 2007 by Marcus Lindblom
1. Marcus Lindblom, web developer
2. Kalmar, Sweden
3. A couple of years, or so…
4. No, first timer :)
5. You pretty much cover the subjects i´m interested in, keep up the good work.
January 9, 2007 by Tommy Olsson
1. Tommy Olsson, webmaster.
2. Åsnorrbodarna.
3. A long time.
4. Yes.
5. I like the current mix of topics.
January 9, 2007 by Rolf
1. Rolf, webdesigner
2. Karlsruhe, Germany
3. how long? hm… nearly 3 years now
4. not sure about it
5. topics are perfectly ok! Keep going.
January 9, 2007 by Predrag Jivici
1. Predrag Jivici, graphic/web designer
2. Romania, Timisoara
3. ~6 months, mostly via rss
4. never before
5. good as it is
January 9, 2007 by Ben Hays
1. Ben Hays - Web Developer/Photographer/Teacher
2. Currently, Taiwan
3. About 1 year
4. No
5. Web standards and accessibility
January 9, 2007 by Martin Jönsson
1. Martin Jönsson
2. Lerum, Sweden
3. 4 months
4. No
5. I’m particularly interested in posts that cover semantic markup and the css that goes with it.
January 9, 2007 by Johan Prawiro
1. My Name is Johan Prawiro and i work as a web developer for a couple of years now.
2. I’m from Gütersloh in Germany.
3. It must have been about 1.5 or 2 years ago when I first visited your site.
4. Yes, I have posted a comment here before (not much). And usually I am the only one with the name Johan (single “n”) on most sites (since this name is kind of uncommon in Germany or most english sites?).
5. I would have to say that I like the “best practices” articles the most wether they deal with javascript, accessibility/usability or web standards.
January 9, 2007 by Teddy Zetterlund

Teddy Zetterlund, swedish web developer, currently employed by adocca Entertainment in Stockholm.

I’ve been a active visitor of this site since early 2004.

I’m pretty sure I’ve posted ‘something’ here, but probably not anything valuable.

I’m happy as it is with the content right now, just keep on sharing your knowledge.
January 9, 2007 by Konstantin Dankov
1. Konstantin Dankov, Web Developer
2. Sofia, Bulgaria
3. 6 months
4. No
5. I am mostly interested in semantic markup and CSS. Have interests in JS(Libraries), AJAX, PHP… and so on. Everything that have any connection with web development.
January 9, 2007 by Martijn Senden
1. Martijn Senden, GIS consultant
2. Utrecht, The Netherlands
3. About 1.5 - 2 years?
4. Maybe once or twice? Maybe not, I’m not sure.
5. More technical articles, insights on unobtrusive javascript, accessibility, usability, but also on design.
January 9, 2007 by Victor Welling
1. Victor Welling, web developer (client side) for a dutch online retailer.
2. The Netherlands.
3. A year, year and a half.
4. Yes, once or twice.
5. I think you’re doing a great job as it is. Your website is a great resource to keep up with what’s going on in the world of web development.
January 9, 2007 by Tom Klev
1. Tom, web editor and designer
2. Norway
3. ~12 months
4. Never before
5. You’re already at my top 10 list, so please don’t change anything … I tend to spend more time on usability and technical questions, though.
January 9, 2007 by Magnus
1. Magnus. Frontend developer.
2. Stockholm, Sweden.
3. Around a year. Two prehaps. Time just fly.
4. Dont think so.
5. I’m satisfied with the current blend of topics. Maybe some more tips and tricks?
January 9, 2007 by Phil Sherry
1. Phil Sherry, web developer and author.
2. I’m from Liverpool, UK, but I’ve been living in Stockholm, Sweden, since September 2005.
3. I’ve been visiting this site for about 3-4 years, I guess? Can’t really remember.
4. I have bothered this site with my comments before, yes.
5. I think you need to get into a thing called “accessibility” because I’ve never heard you mention it before. You need an angle in this game, and I think this is something you could really get your teeth into.
January 9, 2007 by Goran Smiljanic
1. Goran Smiljanić, web/graphics designer
2. Novi Sad, Serbia
3. 1 year
4. No
5. Topics are ok. Keep up.
January 9, 2007 by Mara
1. Mara, web editor/web content manager
2. Italy
3. some time less than a year
4. nope
5. as said: “just keep on sharing your knowledge” :-)
tha.
January 9, 2007 by buntklicker.de
1. Martin, Business Support Services Consultant for a software and configuration management software vendor. When I started reading your blog, I was Regional Sales Manager for a CMS vendor, so I was more professionally involved in web technology. I kept the subscription because a) I consider web tech one of my hobbies and b) I like what you write.
2. Berlin, Germany
3. Little over half a year, I think.
4. I have, occasionally (I think).
5. By and large, keep it up. I am very interested in clever CSS coding without browser hacks and not so interested in pixel-by-pixel layout reproduction, but I am not implying that you are not satisfying my curiosity already. :)
January 9, 2007 by Anders Ekkje Slettebø

1 Web developer 2 Norway 3 About a year? 4 Think so, but not often 5 Almost every article is great. Keep up the great work!
January 9, 2007 by Niels
1. Niels, webdesigner
2. Antwerp Belgium
3. For about 4-5 months now
4. Nope
5. Some serious complaining about simple stuff that can’t be done with CSS. Or is still pretty buggy. Some insights into the buggy behavior of the clearfix hack (the :after in FF and Opera are not perfect). Some bitching about background positioning in a liquid/elastic design.
Stuff like that :)

Apart from that, I just like reading the posts and the insights of others.
January 9, 2007 by Håvard Pedersen
1. Håvard Pedersen, web developer (HTML, CSS and JavaEE) for a group of 8 local newspapers.
2. Tromsø, Norway
3. I’ve been reading 456 Berea Street via RSS for about half a year.
4. I think I’ve commented here before, but I’m not 100% sure. ;)
5. I like the present mix of usability and CSS. Keep it up! :)
January 9, 2007 by Félix Zapata

1.- Félix Zapata, Web Developer 2.- Valladolid and Madrid, Spain 3.- One year or more 4.- I don´t remenber. 5.- The articles you write are fine, so I think that you don´t need to change nothing ;)
January 9, 2007 by Rowan Lewis
1. Rowan Lewis, Web Designer and Developer
2. Adelaide, Australia
3. Years and years!
4. Yeah, despite the use of Markdown.
5. Whatever you want to write.
January 9, 2007 by Bramus!
1. Bram Van Damme, Web Developer (JS&CSS&XHTML-guru) amongst other geeky stuff (Server Administration and the alike)
2. Deinze, Belgium (yup, same city as Veerle)
3. I think I started visiting early 2005, when I started using Web Standards
4. Every now and then I do find myself posting a comment here … not actually de-lurking thus :P
5. Just continue posting the stuff you already are posting … surprise us!
January 9, 2007 by Lucian Lature

Lucian Lature, web developer/designer Bacau, Romania I’ve been reading 456 Berea Street via RSS for about two years. I never commented here (I’m a shy guy…) or some things have been already said I like the articles about javascript and usability. Overall, every article has a good point.
January 9, 2007 by Max
1. Max Manders, Web Developer.
2. Edinburgh, Scotland.
3. About a year.
4. I don’t think I ever have posted :-S.
5. Great site, carry on posting the great info.
January 9, 2007 by Guy Carberry
1. Who? - Guy Carberry, web designer
2. Where? - Southampton, England
3. How long? - 3 or 4 years I think
4. Commented before? - Not sure, possibly
5. What would I like to read more about? - The business processes of web design. Process mapping, methodologies, time management, project management and customer relationship management. I always find that kind of stuff very interesting. Got a few good ideas from things you posted. For example, the tip toward the ‘Getting stuff done’ book. An invaluable tool. I’d also love to read more about accessible, aestheticly pleasing CSS based form design.
Keep up the great work!
January 9, 2007 by Martin Melin
1. Martin Melin, Student who does web development for fun & profit.
2. Stockholm, Sweden
3. I’d say about a year.
4. I don’t think so.
5. I especially enjoy your accessibility and usability articles.
January 9, 2007 by Rich Archer
1. Rich Archer - Web developer (client side stuff mostly)
2. London, UK
3. Oooh, ages
4. Probably, if I like a post I tend to comment, even if it’s to say “yes, good point”
5. Actually; nothing - there’s the reason I keep coming back!
January 9, 2007 by Alex
1. Alex, graphic designer for a US airline
2. Originally Poland, many years in the US, now in Brighton, England
3. Less than a year
4. Nope!
5. Web design workflow. Communicating with clients, etc.
January 9, 2007 by Martin
1. Martin, web developer
2. Stockholm, Sweden
3. ~6 months
4. Not until now
5. More hands-on information about best practice accessibility. Otherwise, just keep up the good work.
January 9, 2007 by zooey
1. Karlis, developer ((x)html/css)
2. Latvia
3. A year, or so
4. AFAIR - no
5. CSS, accesibility and usability articles
January 9, 2007 by Schalk Neethling
1. Schalk Neethling Developer/Designer/Evangelist
2. South-Africa
3. About 2 years
4. Yes, I think once or twice.
5. All I can say is keep up the great work. Your insights into the areas of CSS and accessibility are always helpful and makes me, as a developer, think more in detail about the topics covered.
All the best for 2007!
January 9, 2007 by Matt Zuerrer
1. Matt Zuerrer, art director / web designer
2. Staefa, Switzerland
3. 2 years I guess
4. afraid no - that’s why I de-lurk myself
5. I’m interested in design concepts and usability - the technical stuff I usually figure out by myself :-)
Thanks a lot for the good work!
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