Standards

Interview with Nicolò Volpato | He who designed PhotoMatt

By Andrew Faulkner on December 5th, 2006.

Welcome Nick. It’s a pleasure to chat. For those that don’t know you, could you say a few words about yourself.
Hi Andrew. It’s a pleasure for me too. Thank you for this opportunity. This is actually my first interview. My name is Nicolò Volpato, …

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Anti-Flash Standardistas - You’re Cutting Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face

By PJOnori on December 3rd, 2006.

The more I read attacks on Flash, the more I end up shaking my head in confusion. Honestly, I am a little surprised this is still being debated. People, we need to get over this. Before I elaborate further, I want to make clear my support for web standards, usability …

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Interview with Matt Davies

By Andrew Faulkner on November 21st, 2006.

Hi Matt. Thanks for talking. I hope to chat with you today about some of the subjects that don’t always appear on general web design blogs. Firstly, for those who don’t know you, can you briefly introduce yourself…

Hi Andy. It’s a pleasure to speak to you.

My name is Matt Davies, …

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Flash and Accessibility

By Mike Bishop on November 13th, 2006.

There has been a pretty heavy backlash against Flash since it’s inception. As a designer first and a programmer second, I understand the importance of very heavy branding and the need for standards once it is deployed. Today’s CMS laden world of the internet has obviously set a mandate for …

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Will My Time Ever Come…

By Al Newkirk on November 10th, 2006.

I don’t know how to say this without sounding like an absolute Loser, but I get an orgasmic-like rush (giddy, I guess is the proper term) when I surf the Net and find new technology. I don’t sleep so well. I work as a web director for a small IT …

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Design Slumpbusting

By Phil Renaud on October 11th, 2006.

Just as every writer eventually experiences writer’s block, every designer will at some point in time hit a wall where they cannot easily continue designing through. When you’re grinding it out for a dayjob, it’s slightly easier - you at least have the paycheque to look forward to - but …

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Standards and Best Practices

By michael on October 5th, 2006.

I just finished Hackers & Painters Big Ideas From The Computer Age by Paul Graham. For those of you not familar, Graham was the co-founder of Viaweb, the web’s first online e-commerce store generator. Graham and Robert Morris sold Viaweb to Yahoo! in 1998. Hackers & Painters is a collection …

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CSS3: what it means, and what it doesn’t

By Phil Renaud on August 20th, 2006.

Just in case you missed it: The CSS3 preview.

What with standardists ruling the web trends scene right now, the emergence of a new specification template for CSS is bound to be a major point of consideration in future endeavors. It is not, however, going to be remembered as the …

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A shortcut to 456 Berea Street

By Johan on July 31st, 2006.

I interviewed (just a little) Roger Johansson, a webdeveloper living and working in Göteborg, Sweden. He is the driving force behind 456 Berea Street, a weblog where you will find a whole bunch of articles related to webstandards, accessibility and usability.

Roger has made a a best of archived articles …

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Web design develops its tactile language

By Andrew Whitacre on July 26th, 2006.

Web design shares with all electronic media a profound limitation: it cannot communicate the feeling of a person’s immediate space; it cannot communicate the feeling of a person. Web design has no sense of touch.

It’s a bit of an irony that tools that put us “in touch” with faraway others …

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Design Resources of the Moment

By Phil Renaud on April 6th, 2006.

The past few weeks have yielded some pretty nice design resources. Here’s a roundup:

Very Simple CSS Tricks:  some simple, and functional bits of markup to help make your project run more smoothly. I like the idea - much akin to Slim, which I love.

CSS Float Tutorial Roundup:  …

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W3C’s CSS spec updates

By Phil Renaud on April 1st, 2006.

The W3C’s CSS specification update this week caught a number of people in the blogosphere off guard, by the look of things. I’ve gotten quite a few emails on the subject over the last couple days, and thought I’d address …

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