With the recent beta release of Chrome - Google’s new web browser, there has been plenty of talk about how fast it is and also how standards-compliant it is. Built as an open source project using components from Webkit, Safari and Firefox, it certainly hits the ground with a good pedigree and so far [...]
My current project to re-template this blog using semantic markup and microformats has raised some interesting questions.
Why use semantic markup?
There are plenty of good reasons to use semantic markup, the main one being that the markup gives context to the content elements. One of the goals of semantic markup is that the content can be [...]
I’ve been harangued by a forum troll over recent weeks concerning a site that I’m still in the process of re-engineering the posts run along the lines of:
Dave - There’s a very simple answer. Go on…….. ask me what it is.
What is the ‘fundamental rule of web design?’
Again…What is the ‘fundamental rule of web design?
I’m [...]
I was going to write a detailed post about how to incorporate ajax functionality in a way that allows the page to degrade gracefully for downscale browsers. Then I saw
Peter Quinsey’s article “User-Proofing Ajax” on A List Apart which not only covers the same ground but adds an excellent extra element.
The basic idea is [...]
Although we web designers and developers rave on about how important web standards are, many clients still don’t realise what the business reasons for adopting them are. There are various good reasons to use well formed XHTML with CSS for web page construction. These fall generally into three main categories.
Accessibility
From a Business perspective, every user [...]
