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These posts are short comments on longer articles posted elsewhere. They vary in length, and some have interesting discussions going on in the comments.

Understanding and extending semantics in HTML

John Allsopp on the current and possible future states of semantics on the HTML based Web.

  • August 31, 2007
  • Comments closed. 26 comments posted.

Why styling form controls with CSS is problematic

Eric Meyer explains the technical reasons for form controls being so hard to style consistently across platforms.

  • May 24, 2007
  • Comments closed. 20 comments posted.

WCAG 2.0 Working Draft updated

The WCAG Working Group has published an updated Working Draft of WCAG 2.0 and issued a new Call for review.

  • May 21, 2007
  • Comments closed. 4 comments posted.

O’Reilly sites implement ReadSpeaker voice technology

The same technology that I use to offer an audio version of my RSS feed is now used across the O’Reilly network of websites.

  • May 15, 2007
  • Comments closed. 16 comments posted.

Is HTML 5 a slippery slope?

Tommy Olsson comments on the possibility of backwards compatibility and standardised error handling being bad for overall code quality.

  • May 10, 2007
  • Comments closed. 29 comments posted.

Interviewed for AppleMac.se

In an interview for the Swedish Apple blog AppleMac.se, I talk a bit about my experience of being a Mac user.

  • April 30, 2007
  • Comments closed. 9 comments posted.

The Autistic Cuckoo returns (sort of)

Tommy Olsson temporarily resurrects his blog to inform us of some great articles he has published on other sites.

  • April 26, 2007
  • Comments closed. 13 comments posted.

5 questions for 35 designers

Smashing Magazine asked 35 designers 5 questions each and compiled the answers into a huge article with many good design tips.

  • April 23, 2007
  • Comments closed. 14 comments posted.

Unobtrusive and keyboard accessible connected select boxes

One nice approach to creating connected select boxes that are keyboard accessible and do not require JavaScript.

  • April 18, 2007
  • Comments closed. 10 comments posted.

Guidelines for creating better markup

Writing good markup is a craft. Here are some guidelines that will help you improve the quality of your markup.

  • April 12, 2007
  • Comments closed. 32 comments posted.

Adding vs. not removing accessibility

Only sites that are badly constructed to begin with or have had too many accessibility-removing additions grafted on need to be made accessible.

  • April 11, 2007
  • Comments closed. 9 comments posted.

base2.DOM is my kind of JavaScript library

Dean Edwards has created a library that is standards-based and lets JavaScript look like JavaScript.

  • April 3, 2007
  • Comments closed. 18 comments posted.

Joining the W3C HTML Working Group

The new W3C HTML Working Group really is open to the community of Web professionals. Consider joining. I did.

  • April 2, 2007
  • Comments closed. 3 comments posted.

WCAG 2.0 released today

Completely out of the blue, the Final Recommendation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 was released today.

  • April 1, 2007
  • Comments closed. 10 comments posted.

Truwex Online: An accessibility and quality validator

Another online tool to help you keep the quality of your sites up. This one checks all HTML on a page, including any that is generated by JavaScript.

  • March 28, 2007
  • Comments closed. 9 comments posted.

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