Archived posts, October 2008
Google to webmasters: Write clean HTML and consider accessibility
Google encourages webmasters to make sure their websites work in all browsers by writing valid HTML and considering accessibility.
Recently discovered web developer-related Firefox add-ons
A few very useful Firefox extensions/add-ons that I only recently discovered: ColorZilla, Firefox Accessibility Extension, Screengrab!, and WAVE Toolbar.
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NoScript for Firefox
Surfing the web with NoScript installed lets you decide which sites are allowed to run JavaScript, Flash and other active content in your Firefox.
Upgraded to Movable Type 4.21
After years of stalling I finally upgraded Movable Type from 2.65 to 4.21 and ran into one or two issues that may be of interest to other Movable Type users.
The WebKit/Safari Web Inspector is getting even better
The latest update to the Webkit Web Inspector is very impressive and makes WebKit (and Safari, once it includes the new version of the Web Inspector) a viable web development browser.
Scroll Magazine puts web stuff on paper
Scroll Magazine is a magazine for web professionals, available on paper and for on-screen reading in PDF and HTML formats.
How (a couple of) screen readers handle JavaScript events
Screen readers don’t always work as well with JavaScript as you might want or expect them to. But what exactly is it that doesn’t work?
Validate an entire site with the Free Site Validator
The Free Site Validator crawls an entire site, validates all pages it finds with the W3C validator, and verifies all links it finds on the site.
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