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.
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.
Overdoing accessibility
Some accessibility features are commonly misused or overused by well-meaning developers, in some cases leading to decreased accessibility.
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.
Choosing a JavaScript framework
There is a large number of JavaScript libraries or frameworks available. But how do you choose which one to use?
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.
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.
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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.
Latest articles
- Validation statistics from Nikita the Spider Comments off
- An analysis of the sites crawled by the bulk validation tool Nikita the Spider during March 2008.
- Authentic Jobs API and Affiliates program Comments off
- The Authentic Jobs job listing service now has a public API and an affiliate program.
- What does Acid3 mean to you and me? Comments off
- Opera and Apple have announced that their web browsers pass the Acid3 Browser Test, but how will that help web designers and developers?
- Designing Web Navigation (Book review) Comments off
- Learn the fundamentals of navigation design and design better navigation systems for large and small sites as well as for web based applications.
- DOMAssistant bundle for TextMate Comments off
- To save keystrokes and speed up development I have created a DOMAssistant bundle for TextMate.
- First impressions of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Comments off
- My impressions after trying out Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for a couple of days.








