This article is one in a series of brief discussions about the proposed specifications for HTML 5. View the Working Draft for HTML 5 at the W3C. The nav element is a new semantic element. It is meant for navigation or a table of contents. Each nav may include other HTML elements, particularly lists of [...]
This article is the first in a series of brief discussions about the proposed specifications for HTML 5. View the Working Draft for HTML 5 at the W3C. The DOCTYPE declaration for HTML5 is very simple. <!DOCTYPE html> This DOCTYPE declaration can be used for documents that use either HTML and XHTML syntax. It is [...]
Why browser zoom shouldn’t kill flexible layouts from zomigi talks about whether browser zoom solves all the problems solved by flexible and liquid layouts. Zoe contends that zoom doesn’t do all that. The fallacy of page zooming from All in the Head is another voice in the discussion. And two posts from early in the [...]
Experimental CSS compatibility table from westciv is worthy of a bookmark. This page currently lists compatibility for more recently added features of CSS in contemporary browsers. What’s new in Safari 4 on the Apple site describes features of the newest Safari browser. Check out the developer tools, which are automatically included and need only be [...]
The big hoopla this week in the world of technology came from Google’s I/O conference. Among the announcements was one about Google Web Elements. What are they and what can you do with them? Google Web Elements are widgitized versions of Google products such as calendars, chat, maps, custom search, YouTube news, and docs. You [...]
A look at whitehouse.gov, a tool to improve reading comprehension, Opera celebrates its 15th with a retro bash.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Video of Nate Koechle from Yahoo! about what front end developers actually do. The reason I’m hoping you’ll take the time to watch this video is because it so clearly states, from an industry perspective, why the WaSP InterAct curriculum project is so important and what it’s actually about.
I haven’t seen all the April 1 stuff yet, I’m still working on my first cup of coffee, but I don’t think anything will be able to top this: SaveIE6. I’m seeing on Twitter that the site above has been up for a while, and isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke. But it’s still hilarious. [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Internet Explorer blog released a story by JP Gonzalez-Castella, IE8′s accessibility program manager. Here’s a summary of their points and the changes in IE8 that will improve accessibility. All users will benefit from the new features. Making software more accessible helps everyone. Improvements in keyboard use include Caret Browsing feature, Accelerators, Web Slices and [...]
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