Category: Web standards

August 6, 2010

Responsive Design – the future of web design

We’ve entered a new period of transition on the web, just after things seemed to be getting comfortable. I mean things were nice. We reached a least-common-denominator screen size of 1024px. (Good riddance 800 x 600!) All the modern browsers …

December 4, 2009

24Ways: HTML5 heads toward desktop apps

Filed under: Flash,Flex,Resources,Web development,Web standards - 04 Dec 2009

Breaking Out the Edges of the Browser” by Remy Sharp reveals the future: HTML5 has features that enable web developers to write applications that work both online and offline. One commenter stated that “When this really starts to grow …

April 5, 2009

CSS: Attaching style sheets

Filed under: Resources,Web development,Web standards - 05 Apr 2009

What are the differences between using @import vs. <link> when attaching an external style sheet to your HTML web page? i liked this article “What’s the Difference Between @import and link for CSS?” from About.com. It’s comprehensive and well …

March 1, 2008

A giant leap forward for web accessibility

Filed under: Accessibility,Resources,Usability,Web standards - 01 Mar 2008

As of 26 February 2008, the WCAG Samurai errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 are available. The WCAG Samurai was a group of developers, led by Joe Clark, that publishes corrections for, and extensions to, the Web …

December 9, 2007

Top 100 Blogs on web design, experience design, web standards and accessibility

Filed under: Design,Resources,Web standards - 09 Dec 2007

http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/top-100-user-centered-blogs/

November 25, 2007

What makes a web site great? (1)

Filed under: Accessibility,Design,Web standards - 25 Nov 2007

The best web sites take into account the visitor’s perspective first. For your web site visitor, the three most important factors are:

Content & functionality
Navigation & usability
Design

I want to point out, these were determined by a thorough scientific study consisting of …

November 18, 2007

Help! My web site is broken!

Filed under: Articles,Browser testing,Design,Web standards - 18 Nov 2007

Which web browser do you use? Firefox? Internet Explorer (IE)? Which version of IE? Why does it matter?

Well, which browser you use is less important than having the realization that not everyone on the Internet uses the same web browser …