Tag: Markup
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Why Standards Fail
An old (2000) essay by CSS co-creator Bert Bos, ostensibly written to explain the principles behind W3C standards development, actually sheds light on what separates great design from the muck we normally wade through. It…
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ALA 288: Access & semantics
In Issue No. 288 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: How to integrate accessibility with front-end development instead of treating it as an afterthought—an item on a checklist. And why not every…
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Web fonts, HTML 5 roundup
Excellent, informative third-party posts on web fonts, CSS3, and HTML 5.
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HTML 5 is a mess. Now what?
Lawson explains just why HTML 5 is a mess. And I ponder what we should do about it. Moving forward, compatibly.
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HTML 5: nav ambiguity resolved
An e-mail from Chairman Hickson resolves an ambiguity in the nav element of HTML 5.
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Jeffrey Zeldman’s Web Standards Advisor
Newly launched Dreamweaver Extension validates HTML, CSS, and microformats and checks for subtleties of standards compliance in nine different areas—everything from structural use of headings to proper ID, class and <div> tag use.