Standards Archives
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Pixel8 Podcast
March 19, 2008
More about version targeting: Craig Shoemaker interviews Jeffrey Zeldman for Pixel8. The interview was conducted in February 2008, after Microsoft had announced version targeting in its IE8 browser, but before the company, bowing to public opinion, changed version targeting so that advanced standards would be supported by default.
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A List Apart 254: Design Double
March 4, 2008
In Issue No. 254 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, creative director Andy Rutledge explains why designers should shake off the mantle of “creativity” before it comes back to bite them, and rising supernova designer Naz Hamid explores the rewards of obsession.
In other A List Apart-related news, Microsoft has reversed the version targeting default in upcoming IE8, supporting advanced web standards by default. Details and linkage at zeldman.com.
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ALA 253: Two on target
February 20, 2008
In Issue No. 253 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, Jeremy Keith argues that version targeting in IE8 is all right, but its default is all wrong, while Happy Cog founder (and ALA publisher) Jeffrey Zeldman insists that the default seems wrong, but is actually right.
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“King”’s Canadian Keynote
February 1, 2008
Happy Cog’s Jeffrey Zeldman delivered the opening keynote, “Return of the King of Web Standards,” at Web Directions North 2008 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In his address, Zeldman told tales of the history and achievements of the web standards movement, from its beginnings in 1998 through today’s confusing challenges.
Web Directions focuses on practical and inspiring concepts, technologies and techniques for people whose day-to-day job is building websites, applications and services. Dubbed “the King of Web Standards” by Business Week, Jeffrey Zeldman co-founded and led the group and movement that brought standards to our browsers and changed the way designers and developers create and produce web content.
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ALA 251: the filth and the fury
January 29, 2008
Issue No. 251 of A List Apart blew the roof off the internet, with articles by Aaron Gustafson unveiling, and Eric Meyer reviewing, Microsoft’s proposed update to the toggle browsers use to distinguish between content that is authored to web standards and stuff that is not. Even we, who knew we were publishing a controversial issue, were surprised by the passions (not to mention the invective) No. 251 unleashed. Version targeting (the name Microsoft has given to its proposed web standards rendering toggle) needs to be discussed and understood, and ALA is where that begins. Look for more on version targeting in upcoming issues of the magazine.
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ALA 250: HTML 5, Design for Flow
December 4, 2007
In Issue No. 250 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, Jim Ramsey bucks conventional wisdom by citing the virtues of making your site somewhat hard to use; and Lachlan Hunt, a contributor to HTML 5, tells us what we can expect from the emerging markup specification.
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ALA 249: setting type, understanding web design
November 21, 2007
In Issue No. 249 of A List Apart for people who make websites:
- How to Size Text in CSS: Richard Rutter, creator of the best practice most of us follow in setting type on the web, presents a better best practice (and the experiments it rode in on).
- Understanding Web Design: Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman explains why cultural and business leaders mistake web design for something it’s not; shows how these misunderstandings retard critical discourse and prevent projects from reaching their greatest potential; and provides a framework for better design through clearer understanding.
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Next CSS, iPhone design
August 28, 2007
In Issue No. 244 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, father of CSS Håkon Wium Lie advocates real TrueType fonts in web design, while Iconfactory’s Craig Hockenberry (developer of Twitterific) describes in detail how to optimize websites for iPhone.
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BusinessWeek love
August 7, 2007
Although it is entitled “Jeffrey Zeldman: King of Web Standards” Jessie Scanlon’s new article in BusinessWeek might help designers and developers who aren’t named Jeffrey Zeldman sell web standards to their bosses or clients.
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Event Apart Savings End Friday
July 25, 2007
Earlybird savings on An Event Apart Chicago end this Friday. Registration for the two days of web standards, best practices, and inspiration is regularly $895, but you can get it (and the meals, party and swag that go with it) for just $795 if you order by July 27. Seats are going fast. Don’t miss out.