Writing Archives
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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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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 275: duty now for the future
January 6, 2009
Ring in the new year by exploring where the medium is going (or isn’t). In Issue No. 275 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, John Allsopp explains why semantics in HTML 5 are a dead end, and Dominique Hazaël-Massieux explains how to make mobile style sheets work. (No, really!)
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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 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.”
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A List Apart No. 266
September 7, 2008
CSS Sprites, the next generation. Cartography, the next metaphor for webmaking. Dave Shea and Aaron Rester aim high and score in Issue No. 266 of A List Apart, for people who make websites.
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ALA 265: listen!
August 12, 2008
In Issue No. 256 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: The web is a conversation, but not always a productive one. In “Putting Our Hot Heads Together,” Carolyn Wood shares ways to transform discussion forums and comment sections from shooting ranges into arenas of collaboration. Plus: Because of limited awareness around Deafness and accessibility in the web community, it seems plausible to many of us that good captioning will fix it all. It won’t. In “Deafness and the User Experience,” Lisa Herrod explains how to enhance the user experience for all deaf people.
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The Survey, 2008
July 29, 2008
It’s back, it’s improved, and it’s hungry for your data. Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is practiced worldwide. Please take the survey and encourage your friends and colleagues who make websites to do likewise. The world is watching.
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ALA 261: magic layouts & prototypes
June 17, 2008
In Issue No. 261 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, Eric Sol introduces Faux Absolute Positioning, combining the strengths of absolute positioning and float-based layouts, and David Verba shares the magic of prototyping.