Archived posts, December 2007

456 Berea Street highlights of 2007

A list of some of the most popular and most discussed articles published here during 2007.

  • December 21, 2007
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Internet Explorer 8 announced, passes the Acid2 test

The next version of Internet Explorer will be called IE 8, and passed the Acid2 test, meaning it has support for much wanted CSS features.

DOM Assistant updated to 2.5, adds CSS selector support

Robert Nyman’s JavaScript library DOM Assistant has been updated to version 2.5, and now has support for CSS selectors.

  • December 19, 2007
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Overdoing accessibility

Some accessibility features are commonly misused or overused by well-meaning developers, in some cases leading to decreased accessibility.

  • December 17, 2007
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Accessibility is part of your job

James Edwards notes that as Web professionals we owe it to ourselves and our clients to do our jobs properly, which means taking accessibility seriously.

  • December 14, 2007
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Choosing a JavaScript framework

There is a large number of JavaScript libraries or frameworks available. But how do you choose which one to use?

  • December 10, 2007
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The Email Standards Project launches

A project that will work with email client developers and web designers to improve web standards support and accessibility in HTML email has been launched.

  • December 5, 2007
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Choose an accessible image replacement method

When you have to use image replacement for text, choose a method that causes as few problems as possible for as few people as possible.

  • December 3, 2007
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