Archived posts, February 2007

International RSI Awareness Day 2007

In honour of the RSI Awareness Day, here is a nice tip for reducing the risk of getting wrist, arm, and neck pain from using a mouse.

• February 28, 2007
• Comments closed. 45 comments posted.
• Posted in Accessibility Ergonomics Usability

How did you get into Web accessibility?

I have several reasons for being interested in making the Web more accessible. What about you?

• February 27, 2007
• Comments closed. 27 comments posted.
• Posted in Accessibility

Browser testing CSS and JavaScript

My preferred CSS and JavaScript browser testing order.

• February 26, 2007
• Comments closed. 55 comments posted.
• Posted in Browsers CSS

Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax (Book review)

Chris Heilmann explains how to write modern, unobtrusive, and accessible JavaScript.

• February 23, 2007
• Comments closed. 16 comments posted.
• Posted in JavaScript Reviews

For sale: 12-inch Apple iBook G4

I am selling my 12-inch Apple iBook G4.

• February 22, 2007
• Comments closed. 15 comments posted.
• Posted in Mac

Validation alone is not enough

Whether an HTML document is valid or not does not tell the whole story about its quality.

• February 16, 2007
• Comments closed. 22 comments posted.
• Posted in Web Standards

Worst code ever

Got some examples of really nasty markup, valid or invalid? Let’s see it!

• February 14, 2007
• Comments closed. 75 comments posted.
• Posted in (X)HTML

The Dutch accessibility law is awesome

The new Dutch accessibility law goes way beyond the WCAG and embraces the spirit of modern, Web standards-based Web development.

• February 13, 2007
• Comments closed. 57 comments posted.
• Posted in Accessibility Web Standards

Connection07: a conference about the modern Web

I’m speaking at Connection07, a Web conference taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden on March 27.

• February 12, 2007
• Comments closed. 16 comments posted.
• Posted in Conferences

Authentic job opportunities

This site now contains ads for Authentic Jobs, a job listing site targeting standards-aware Web professionals.

• February 7, 2007
• Comments closed. 13 comments posted.
• Posted in Job openings

New CSS properties in Safari

Safari gets support for multi-column layout and the text-stroke and box-shadow CSS properties.

• February 6, 2007
• Comments closed. 24 comments posted.
• Posted in Browsers CSS

Information, sponsorship, and externals

Best of 456 Berea Street

Flexible news list (view demo)

Using CSS to style a list of news excerpts.

Efficient CSS with shorthand properties

Save space in your CSS files by using shorthand.

CSS tips and tricks, Part 1, Part 2

My favourite time and trouble savers when working with CSS.

Indicating language choice: flags, text, both, neither?

Do not use flag icons to indicate language choice. Instead use the name of the language as text in the language itself.

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.

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Random places to go

• The Autistic Cuckoo
• Clagnut
• Juicy Studio
• molly.com
• snook.ca
• Beast-Blog.com
• Design View / Andy Rutledge
• AlastairC
• Adactio: Journal
• Accessify