Posts in: (x)HTML
- “Design Code” by the Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper)
- I am incredibly impressed with this dude’s ability to rhyme about web standards. Not that his rhyming skills are hot, mind you, but the subject matter isn’t exactly the stuff of legendary hip-hop. [27 Mar 2008]
- Web Standards Project releases Acid3
- Three years after the Acid2 test was released, the WaSP has developed Acid3. What’s Acid? It’s a reference test designed to help browser developers determine whether they are complying with W3C specifications, and how well they handle invalid code. Acid1 and Acid2 tested for compliance with CSS 1 and CSS 2 specifications. Acid3 also tests for [...] [3 Mar 2008]
- On IE8: Pragmatic and practical, but I still don’t like it
- For some background on this post, please start by reading Aaron Gustafson’s Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 on this week’s edition of A List Apart, or any of the links from my Internet Explorer 8 round-up post. This post is an extended version of my comment there. About 6 years ago, I remember [...] [25 Jan 2008]
- Internet Explorer 8 round-up
- My take: On IE8: Pragmatic and practical, but I still don’t like it UPDATES: Microsoft versioning: accessibility implications What Internet Explorer’s change means for accessibility. Best Standards Support Sam Ruby offers a server-side suggestion for handling IE8 content requests. Mike Davies argues that this should and perhaps could be the end of the line for Internet Explorer. Microsoft᾿s “Super Standards” Mode: Important [...] [22 Jan 2008]
- How many HTML 4 elements can you name in 5 minutes?
- I managed 55: 55 It’s harder than it looks. Take the quiz. [Via Tripleodeon] UPDATE: There’s also one for CSS Properties [21 Nov 2007]
- Validator S.A.C.: A stand-alone markup validator for Mac OS X
- Ever need to validate your HTML files without an Internet connection? Or maybe you just weren’t quite ready to upload your files to a server, but still wanted to check them. That’s where Validator S.A.C. comes in handy. Validator S.A.C. is a Mac-only, stand-alone version of the W3C Markup Validator. With it, you can check the [...] [16 Oct 2007]
- Dallas, TX: Webmaster Jam Session
- Get up to speed on web standards and design techniques with some of the industry’s top names. Just based on the speaker list, this could be the web conference to attend if you can’t make it to South by Southwest next March. Speakers include Molly Holzschlag, Garrett Dimon, Stephanie Sullivan, and Jared Spool. It’s really a [...] [7 Aug 2007]
- Links for 2007-07-24
- The Cascading Style Sheets Working Group has a blog. And they’ve used that blog to announce that CSS 2.1 is a Candidate Recommendation (Via Molly). Finally, researchers are starting to debunk the above-the-fold/scroll myth. You may also want to read Unfolding the Fold. Indiana University researchers show that phishing is easier when you spoof a social connection. The folks [...] [24 Jul 2007]
