Web Standards News
Business Cards Made From Discarded Letterpress Posters
11 Mar 2010Business Cards Made From Discarded Letterpress Posters: In addition to hauling tees around at SXSW, I’ll be carrying some of these business cards made from copies of my letterpress poster (first one) that weren’t fit for sale for one reason or another. Please ask for one, I’ll be happy to hand... continues
via [Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author]
Reverse chronological order comments
11 Mar 2010by Roger Johansson
Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I don’t get why some sites display reader comments in reverse chronological order. It seems especially popular on newspaper sites, which also for some reason tend to use paging for comments. I think the combination of reverse order and paging makes trying to follow d... continues
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html5media Script Renders in Any Browser
11 Mar 2010html5media Script Renders in Any Browser: As you’re probably aware, the element isn’t natively supported by all browsers (yet). This was the only missing piece in my attempt to make the Colosseo site fully HTML5, and it meant embedding the “making of” video via Vimeo (Flash) rather than st... continues
via [Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author]
Authentic Jobs: February’s record month, and SXSW tees
11 Mar 2010Authentic Jobs: February’s record month, and SXSW tees: Me, posting an update to the Authentic Jobs blog: Last month, Authentic Jobs had a record month. More job openings were posted during February 2010 than any other month in our four-year history. For me, this is clearly an indication not o... continues
via [Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author]
Speaking at 2010 HOW Design Conference
11 Mar 2010This year’s HOW Design Conference resumes in Denver, Colorado beginning June 9. Some of the brightest minds in the design industry, including Debbie Millman, Armin Vit, and Von Glitschka, will speak on topics that cover design inspiration, making the leap from print to web, copywriting, business p... continues
via [Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author]
Beyond the Still: An HD Video Contest by Canon
10 Mar 2010Beyond the Still: An HD Video Contest by Canon: The idea is simple: Vimeo/Canon supply a still photograph, and contestants then submit short films based on the still. The contest comprises 7 chapters, with each chapter building on the previous one. Kind of like Layer Tennis, only with film. The ina... continues
via [Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author]
HTML5: The Difference Between , and
10 Mar 2010HTML5: The Difference Between , and : If you’re confused as I was about when to use vs. when coding an HTML5 document, this article by Oli Studholme will help clear things up. To decide which of these three elements is appropriate, first think if the enclosed content would make sense on it... continues
via [Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author]
I Could Move to Australia Solely to Live In This Home
10 Mar 2010I Could Move to Australia Solely to Live In This Home: The view, the interior… absolutely stunning. On the market for roughly USD $2.5 million.
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‘Web Standards for E-Books’
9 Mar 2010by joeclark
My new article on the use of ePub (hence XHTML) in electronic books is now out at A List Apart
via [Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto » Web standards]
ColosseoType.com, An All-HTML5 Endeavor
9 Mar 2010ColosseoType.com, An All-HTML5 Endeavor: The site for the Colosseo poster is my first production-ready website with HTML5 under the hood. I’ve coded sites semantically with HTML5 class names before (see Jon Tan’s article), but this is the first with legitimate HTML5 elements such as and in the... continues
via [Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author]
Colosseo Letterpress Poster: Now Available
9 Mar 2010This is a behind-the-scenes look at the printing (and making) of the Colosseo. Purchase a copy here. Also, read a little more about the successes and failures of creating the video in the description on Vimeo.
via [Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author]
Phantom HD Camera: 1080p, 1,052 fps, $118,000 price tag
9 Mar 2010Phantom HD Camera: 1080p, 1,052 fps, $118,000 price tag: Uncrate: Sure, it costs as much as 47 Canon 5D MK IIs, but you’d need nearly that many — configured in some sort of crazy, Matrix-like setup — to match the unbelievable 1,052 fps high-speed 1080p recording of the Phantom HD Camera ... continues
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Web Standards for E-books
9 Mar 2010by contact.us at alistapart.com ( Joe Clark)
E-books aren’t going to replace books. E-books are books, merely with a different form. More and more often, that form is ePub, a format powered by standard XHTML. As such, ePub can benefit from our nearly ten years’ experience building standards-compliant websites. That's great news for publish... continues
via [A List Apart]
Flash and Standards: The Cold War of the Web
9 Mar 2010by contact.us at alistapart.com (Dan Mall)
You’ve probably heard that Apple recently announced the iPad. The absence of Flash Player on the device seems to have awakened the HTML5 vs. Flash debate. Apparently, it’s the final nail in the coffin for Flash. Either that, or the HTML5 community is overhyping its still nascent markup language ... continues
via [A List Apart]
Seven HTML related working drafts published
8 Mar 2010by Roger Johansson
On March 4, the W3C published no less than seven new or updated working draft documents related to HTML: HTML5 HTML: The Markup Language HTML5 differences from HTML4 HTML+RDFa HTML Microdata HTML Canvas 2D Context Additional Requirements for Bidi in HTML Read full postPosted in (X)HTML, HTM... continues
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Visual display of alternative text
4 Mar 2010by Roger Johansson
The fact that web browsers have different ways of displaying alternative text when images are missing or disabled is something that I talked about in Safari, WebKit and alt text for missing images and Steve Faulkner expanded on in alt and title content display in popular browsers. In How should Web... continues
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A browsable, searchable archive of tweets
2 Mar 2010by Douglas Bowman
In the past, I’ve wanted to browse or search through my own tweets. Viewing my Twitter profile is one way to do that. But if I want to browse back through history, it’s a chore to go back very far. And forget about searching through my own tweets on Twitter since Twitter Search currently... continues
via [Stopdesign]
Accessibility issues on Vancouver Olympics websites
1 Mar 2010by Roger Johansson
Being a pretty big fan of many winter sports I have spent most evenings of the past two weeks in front of the TV, watching the action from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. With excellent live TV coverage from the games I had no reason to visit either the Vancouver2010.com or the CTVOlympics.ca w... continues
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You cannot copyright a Tweet
25 Feb 2010by Douglas Bowman
Though this may not completely eliminate liability if a publisher or artist rewraps a whole series of your tweets in a different shell, Zeldman makes an interesting point on the limitations of copyright in regards to short phrases (i.e. tweets): As messages sent via Twitter cannot be longer than 140... continues
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Accent Folding for Auto-Complete
23 Feb 2010by Douglas Bowman
Carlos Bueno highlights an oft overlooked aspect of internationalization. His address book auto-complete example at the beginning of the article crystalized the problem for me immediately. The solution he discusses for a fuzzy character match dubbed accent folding seems logical, especially in certai... continues
via [Stopdesign]
Training the Butterflies: Interview with Scott Berkun
23 Feb 2010by contact.us at alistapart.com (Liz Danzico)
Whether it’s in front of a huge audience or a handful of executives, smooth public speaking is essential to a successful web design career. Yet most of us are more afraid of speaking in public than we are of death. In a lively give-and-take, Liz Danzico interviews Scott Berkun, author of Confe... continues
via [A List Apart]
CSS efficiency tip: use a single stylesheet file for multiple media
22 Feb 2010by Roger Johansson
The way most people link CSS intended for different media types, such as screen, print, or handheld, is to use multiple files. The files are then linked either through link elements with a media attribute or through @import statements with one or more media types specified. There is nothing wrong w... continues
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50 Useful Coding Techniques
21 Feb 2010by Douglas Bowman
Smashing Magazine rounds up a few tricks for “CSS Layouts, Visual Effects and Forms”. Not everything in here looks useful to me, but I did notice a few gems while quickly browsing through. Bookmarked for later investigation. link
via [Stopdesign]
Remember the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
18 Feb 2010by Roger Johansson
An increasing number of web developers are aware of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) (though they don’t necessarily use them in their work). But another set of accessibility guidelines seem to be almost completely overlooked – the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG). W... continues
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How to respond to email messages that contain multiple questions
15 Feb 2010by Roger Johansson
Email messages often contain a number of questions that the sender wants the recipient to answer. I find that many responses to such messages are much more difficult to understand than they should be. Not because of grammar or spelling errors, but because of how the responses are structured and form... continues
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Specify a text colour for img elements
11 Feb 2010by Roger Johansson
When an image specified with an img element is missing from a web page, some browsers display the alt text instead. Why not all browsers do that is a separate topic which I talk a bit about in Safari, WebKit and alt text for missing images. I think most people will agree that it is a good thing for... continues
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Words that Zing
9 Feb 2010by contact.us at alistapart.com (Colleen Jones)
When someone consults a website, there is a precious opportunity not only to provide useful information but also to influence their decision. To make the most of this opportune moment, we must ensure that the site says or does precisely the right thing at precisely the right time. Understanding the ... continues
via [A List Apart]
The Problem with Passwords
9 Feb 2010by contact.us at alistapart.com (Lyle Mullican)
Abandoning password masking as Jakob Nielsen suggests could present serious problems, including undermining a user’s trust by failing to meet a basic expectation. But with design patterns gleaned from offline applications, plus a dash of JavaScript, we can provide feedback and reduce password err... continues
via [A List Apart]
sIFR default CSS hides content from at least one screen reader
8 Feb 2010by Roger Johansson
Just a heads-up to anyone using sIFR to render text: the default CSS that comes with sIFR hides the replaced text from the VoiceOver screen reader. I don’t know if any others are affected – VoiceOver is the only screen reader I have been able to verify this problem in.Read full postPosted in Acc... continues
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Forgotten CSS selectors
4 Feb 2010by Roger Johansson
Anyone who has been using CSS for any length of time has probably been frustrated by the lack of selector support in Internet Explorer 6. There are quite a lot of cases where a CSS 2.1 selector will let you target elements in all other relevant browsers, but where you, if you want it to work in IE 6... continues
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SpamEdits
4 Feb 2010via [css-discuss]
EasyAndCleanFloatedColumn
4 Feb 2010via [css-discuss]
HolyGrail
4 Feb 2010via [css-discuss]
WikiBlackList
4 Feb 2010via [css-discuss]
FooterBeneathSidebar
4 Feb 2010Cleaned spam text (wasn't a link)
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ListMenus
4 Feb 2010Cleaned missed spam link
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EarlCooley
4 Feb 2010Cleaned missed spam link
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StyleSwitching
4 Feb 2010Cleaned up missed spam link
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IE7
4 Feb 2010Cleaned out missed spam link
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InternetExplorerWinBugs
4 Feb 2010Cleaned up missed spam link
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A New Direction and a New Project
2 Feb 2010by agustafson
In an effort to increase adoption of web standards, we're going to try something new.
via [The Web Standards Project]
Bet against HTML and you lose
29 Jan 2010by joeclark
Bet against HTML for online distribution and you’ve backed the wrong horse
via [Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto » Web standards]
Using SVG for Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part II
26 Jan 2010by contact.us at alistapart.com (Shelley Powers)
In Part II, dig deeper into the technology behind using SVG for your site design. Explore how to incorporate SVG in a cross-browser friendly manner, including using SVGWeb to ensure that the SVG shows in Internet Explorer. And discover the unique characteristic that makes SVG ideal for page backgrou... continues
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Using SVG For Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part I
26 Jan 2010by contact.us at alistapart.com (Shelley Powers)
Many of us think of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as an also-ran: fine for charts and tables, but not much else. Yet SVG can actually enhance a site’s overall design, and can be made to work in even the most stubborn browser. In Part I of a two-part series, Shelley Powers covers important basics ... continues
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France and Germany call for the end of IE6
20 Jan 2010by agustafson
Google's disclosure of a December cyber attack, originating in China, prompts two major governments to push for the aging browser's demise.
via [The Web Standards Project]
The Michael Surtees Coding Horror Marathon continues
19 Jan 2010by joeclark
Another ill-coded Web site from the loveliest Web designer with the worst coding chops, Michael Surtees
via [Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto » Web standards]
Ben Hammersley’s useful precedent
7 Jan 2010by joeclark
Ben Hammersley and I agree: Marked-up documents are rare to nonexistent in the book and magazine world
via [Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto » Web standards]
Looking Back at Google in 2009
29 Dec 2009by Douglas Bowman
A fairly thorough retrospective of Google and the huge impact the company had over the past year. Check out the list of releases and new ideas Google pushed in 2009. Impressive and scary at the same time. I wish the little blip about me leaving earlier this year weren’t present, though I’... continues
via [Stopdesign]
Success secrets of graphic designer superstars
29 Dec 2009by Douglas Bowman
Worth skimming through, if even just for the eye candy. But also for each designer’s nuggets of wisdom. link
via [Stopdesign]
The Survey, 2009
15 Dec 2009by contact.us at alistapart.com (ALA Staff)
For the third year in a row, good citizens of the web, we ask that you take a few minutes to tell us about your professional skills, educational background, career prospects, job benefits, and more.
via [A List Apart]
Web Standards Links
Updated RSS Feed - Reminder
Just wanted to remind those of you still pointing your feed readers or links to this feed. The new RSS feed for design.Principles can be found here: http://resource.reh3.com/index.php/feed/A List Apart: Articles: Web Standards for E-books
The Web Standards Project
HTML5 (including next generation additions still in development)
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
Interview: Tantek Celik, Conceptualizing DiSo 2.0 - monkinetic weblog | monki...
Open Web Foundation
The Open Web Foundation is an independent non-profit dedicated to the development and protection of open, non-proprietary specifications for web technologies.A Marriage Made in Heaven? HTML 5
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 W3C Working Draft 11 March 2010 /via @w3c http://j.mp/azhvjE #w3c #webstandardsCSS checklist
A List Apart: Articles: Flash and Standards: The Cold War of the Web
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - The Web Standards Project
World Wide Web Consortium
XHTML & CSS: A Web Standards Approach - Introduction
CSS no Lanche - Ingerir CSS na hora do lanche não engorda
Blog sobre Desenvolvimento Web com XHTML e CSS. Tutoriais sobre Tableless, WebStandards, Semântica, CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, jQuery, SEO.html5media - Project Hosting on Google Code
HTTP/1.1: Header Field Definitions
How to render video and audio
In-depth article on working with HTML5 to get video and audio elements working in a pageHTML5 Doctor, helping you implement HTML5 today
70 dicas para escrever CSS | Blog do Maujor
CSS3 . Info - All you ever needed to know about CSS3
westciv - tools & resources for web professionals
SVG Wow!
WebDeveloper.com
Perishable Press • Digital Design and Dialogue ~
The empty div clearfix anti-pattern — Web Standards Tips
clearing floatsAcid2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Web StandardsAIDA
Giz Explains: Why HTML5 Isn't Going to [Change Things Right Away]
The beardier parts of the web-o-sphere have been abuzz about HTML5, the next version of the language that powers our internet. Will it revolutionize web apps? Will it kill Flash video? Will it fix our gimpy iPads? Yes... and no.You cannot copyright a Tweet
Though this may not completely eliminate liability if a publisher or artist rewraps a whole series of your tweets in a different shell, Zeldman makes an interesting point on the limitations of copyright in regards to short phrases (i.e. tweets): As messages sent via Twitter cannot be longer than 140... continuesAccent Folding for Auto-Complete
Carlos Bueno highlights an oft overlooked aspect of internationalization. His address book auto-complete example at the beginning of the article crystalized the problem for me immediately. The solution he discusses for a fuzzy character match dubbed accent folding seems logical, especially in certai... continuesThe Ultimate Testing Checklist
50 Useful Coding Techniques
Smashing Magazine rounds up a few tricks for “CSS Layouts, Visual Effects and Forms”. Not everything in here looks useful to me, but I did notice a few gems while quickly browsing through. Bookmarked for later investigation. linkLooking Back at Google in 2009
A fairly thorough retrospective of Google and the huge impact the company had over the past year. Check out the list of releases and new ideas Google pushed in 2009. Impressive and scary at the same time. I wish the little blip about me leaving earlier this year weren’t present, though I’... continuesSuccess secrets of graphic designer superstars
Worth skimming through, if even just for the eye candy. But also for each designer’s nuggets of wisdom. linkPerfect Pitch
Helping Adactio get that perfect pitch. To nail it, even. You should probably link to his page too, if you’re so inclined to fight DMCA take-downs for the sake of SEO. linkWhy Bottom Posting Sucks
I agree. Time for the end of bottom-posting arguments. linkA Deep Breath
You’re encouraging the random and random is how you’re going to win. Random is how you’re going to discover a path through a problem that no one else has found and that starts with breathing deeply. Even though the subject matter and approach differs, this pairs nicely with an article on A Lis... continuesIntroducing Typekit
Emphasis is my own… As a Typekit user, you’ll have access to our library of high-quality fonts. Just add a line of JavaScript to your markup, tell us what fonts you want to use, and then craft your pages the way you always have. Except now you’ll be able to use real fonts. This really is [... continuesUniversal Internet Explorer 6 CSS
Mr. Clarke advocates creating one single universal style sheet to handle all styling in IE6, and to stop worrying about making content in IE6 look anything like the high-end experience. I’m now advocating to my clients (and to you), that where feasible, not to waste hours in time and a client&... continuesVia Delicious.
CSS Table less Web sites
Paquin design, a graphic design agency from Quebec
Paquin design, a graphic design agency from QuebecWESLL. Lean Into It.
WESLL. Lean Into It.The personal portfolio of Visual Communication Designer Irene Demetri
The personal portfolio of Visual Communication Designer Irene DemetriWings for Children vzw
Wings for Children vzwkre8iveminds - Web design, Web development
kre8iveminds - Web design, Web developmentweberica - web dizajn
weberica - web dizajnFreelance Web Design Belfast Northern Ireland Lee Munroe
Freelance Web Design Belfast Northern Ireland Lee MunroeZeniltuo.com - inspiration journey
Zeniltuo.com - inspiration journeyNew web site for a castle hotel in Northern England
New web site for a castle hotel in Northern EnglandOnline portfolio of freelance designer, Matt Thompson
Online portfolio of freelance designer, Matt ThompsonExclusive Media Izrada Web stranica
Exclusive Media Izrada Web stranicaLoveBento - This is what we love
LoveBento - This is what we lovevia CSS Tableless Web Sites.
