Feb 16 2007 at 2:55pm
I’ve come across a few interesting posts on code validation & standards today. Roger Johansson says that Validation alone is not enough while Stuart Brown believes that Web Standards Don’t Matter (As much as you think). While I think Brown goes a bit too far in his post, I believe that his post has a point.
Feb 14 2007 at 3:12pm
I’ve had this post sitting in the queue for awhile but Robert Nyman’s Worst Code Ever topic (also covered at 456 Berea Street) prompted me to finally post it.
I’m not just talking about the stuff we know is bad. The endless layout tables, garish background images, and old school layouts. I’m talking about the stuff we thought was supposed to be good. CSS layouts are finally starting to become more common. Big web sites are redesigning with CSS, and they might even look more fresh and modern. But is it really better? You’d think, until you actually look at the code.
Jan 31 2007 at 7:34pm
For the past year or so there has been quite lot of buzz about Microsoft’s new committment to web standards. They’ve talked about it on their blog, they’ve upgraded support in IE 7, and even released a new suite of standards compliant development tools. One of their employees has been named interim chair of the W3C HTML working group. Today eminent web standards evangelist Molly Holzschlag announced that she has been hired by Microsoft to consult on web standards.
By all appearances, they have changed their ways. Microsoft is now committed to web standards and working together with web developers. We can move on and embrace this new relationship. Some web developers really believe this.
But can we really? Have they really changed their ways for good? Read more…
Dec 18 2006 at 12:46pm
Enough acronyms for ya? Tee hee 
Don’t you just love advanced CSS? I do. Check out this FAQ I made last week for work. Definition lists. Pseudo-elements. Generated Content. Unobstrusive JavaScript. CSS that isn’t supported by IE? Conditional comments. Ooooh, are you drooling yet?
I even sort of wrote the Javascript myself. And I wrote a whole article about how I developed it, which will be published on our new content site 
Oct 26 2006 at 2:43pm
A few weeks ago I decided it was time to do something about the external links on the site I maintain at work. There are a few reasons why I felt the need to do this:
There are two problems that need to be solved here: what icon to use and how to apply them using HTML and CSS. Read more…
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