Publications Archives
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ALA 291: HTML5, working with web forms
September 1, 2009
In Issue No. 291 of A List Apart, for people who make websites — Ready or not, here it comes. Despite the confusion surrounding its evolution, real-world HTML 5 is right around the corner. Longtime ALA contributor J. David Eisenberg returns to get us all up to speed on the markup we’re about to be writing. Plus: Web forms don’t have to be irritating, and your inline validation choices don’t have to be based on wild guesses. In his examination of inline form validation options, Luke Wroblewski offers that rarest of beasts: actual data about which things make people smile and which make them want to stab your website with a fork.
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Pre-order DWWS 3e
August 24, 2009
The 3rd Edition of Designing With Web Standards, founder Jeffrey Zeldman’s magnum opus and the foundational web standards text, is now available for pre-order at savings of 37% off. Written with Ethan Marcotte, this major revision to the book that changed how websites get designed and developed captures the explosion of new ideas and technologies that are shaking up standards-based design. From HTML 5 to web fonts, CSS3 to WCAG2, Designing With Web Standards 3rd Edition captures this moment, makes sense of it, and keeps readers smartly ahead of the pack. Zeldman’s blog describes what’s new in this edition. There is also the first page of a new book mini-site, which makes interesting use of embedded web type that works in all browsers.
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Zeldman in .net
May 26, 2009
The upcoming issue of .Net, the UK/US magazine devoted to web design and development, features as its cover story an interview with Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman. Get the low-down behind the rise of web standards and the scoop on emerging trends and themes as JZ sees them. Read in PDF (4.2 MB download) or purchase at your local newstand. Visit netmag.co.uk for more of the best in web design and development.
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ALA 282: Real Type on the Web
April 21, 2009
In Issue No. 282 of Happy Cog’s A List Apart, For People Who Make Websites: We discuss the licensing and technical hurdles of bringing real type to the web with The Font Bureau’s David Berlow, and explore the usability benefits of beauty in design with Stephen P. Anderson.
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ALA 277: design, debug
February 3, 2009
In Issue No. 277 of A LIST APART, for people who make websites: Hallvord R. M. Steen and Chris Mills share the lowdown on Advanced Debugging with JavaScript, and Kevin Potts reveals the secrets of successful designers who keep their eye on The Details That Matter. P.S. You can now follow A List Apart on Twitter.
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ALA 276: education issue
January 20, 2009
In Issue No. 276 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: Web design education is stuck in the Stone Age. Join Leslie Jensen-Inman and Aarron Walter in surveying higher education’s web design curriculum (or lack thereof). Participate in the movement to create a sustainable foundation for the future.
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ALA 274: Content Matters
December 16, 2008
In Issue No. 274 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: Content strategy gets as little respect today as information architecture did in 1995. Halvorson tells how to stop pretending site content is someone else’s problem, and learn, practice, and plan for content strategy. And MacIntyre defines the roles, tools, and value of this emerging user experience specialist.
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ALA 273: Agile vs. IA
December 2, 2008
Issue No. 273 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, looks at web design from both sides now. Learn how traditional, research-based IA leads to better site design—and why many are abandoning traditional methods in favor of agile design.
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ALA 272: captions ’n code
November 18, 2008
In Issue No. 272 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, Joe Clark asks what it will take to make video on the web accessible by default. (Answer: Legislation, probably, as voluntary compliance has not worked.) And Mr Dean Frickey improves the humble 404 page to the point where it might not need to be so humble any more.
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ALA No. 271: write right
November 4, 2008
The fundamental things apply in Issue no. 271 of A List Apart, for people who make websites. Erin Kissane tells how non-writers (i.e. the people who write most of the stuff on the web) can make every word count in “Writing Content that Works for a Living.” And Aaron Gustafson wraps our introductory series on progressive enhancement with a look at the thinking behind (and best practices for executing) “Progressive Enhancement with JavaScript.”