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There is a lot of commotion over the state of markup specifications these days. Many strong opinions have been voiced, and objected to vehemently. The debate has raged for years and shows no signs of slowing. You may come away from the banter asking “which is the one to rule them all?”, or perhaps your opinion is already solid. You want to use XHTML 1.1? Go for it. HTML 4.01... continue »
Every day we are confronted with a huge amount of data to process. People we talk to, mass media, and the Web provide a never-ending stream of information, facts, opinions, and advertising. So much data can be overwhelming. It's difficult to separate the signal from the noise, so we try to take it all in. Anyone who has played Chinese Whispers knows how quickly a story can change, and how... continue »
A recurring theme of conversation at events and among online chatter seems to be an overload of email and other things vying for our attention. On a few occasions I’ve heard people express their thirst for a simple, clean way of managing the deluge. So here’s my offering. Handle It Once. This chart breaks it into the simplest of terms. You can use this concept for managing... continue »
So there you are, admiring your hard work. Your pixel precise, artfully crafted design with it’s clever use of 24bit alpha-transparent PNG images to create the perfect effect you wanted. Bravo! Well, that is until you look at it in IE6. So you hack the CSS or add special Javascripts to force things to playing nice. How about this? Instead of using one of the many Javascript or CSS... continue »
“Life’s like a play; it’s not the length but the excellence of the performance that matters” Those words were spoken by a Roman philosopher in the mid-1st century AD, and they ring true today as evidenced by the speakers and attendees in the 2 short days of the 2008 Webmaster Jam Session . This was easily the best Jam Session yet. The speakers were awesome... continue »
Jeff Croft started a fire. A fire that needed to be set. I've watched luminaries within the Web community jump on and off the standards soapbox. There is so much fragmentation on this topic, no wonder the proposed finalization date for HTML 5 is 13 years away . I think the value of the firestorm that came from all of this is it brings attention to the fact that somewhere,... continue »
Yesterday Google announced that they enhanced Gmail for IE 6 users. Really? Google updated the Gmail core almost a year ago. According to the post “IE6 wasn’t able to handle the complexity of the new code in a way that met our performance and stability goals”. So now, 10 months later they release new code saying “we’ve been working with the IE engineers at... continue »
So it seems IE8 is petting the cat backwards already. Hakon Lie’s article bashes IE for its use of a broken page icon to denote standards compliant pages. This is a epic misapplication of an icon — but, is it truly a sign of Microsoft denouncing the use of Web Standards? No. As Hakon says in his post, and others have pointed out the default is to render Intranet pages in... continue »
“Two turkey wraps, no cheese, with lettuce, tomato, banana peppers, black olives and a little bit of mustard. No chips, no drink, just the wraps please” I say this nearly everyday around 11am. I say it to the same girl at the same Subway on the lobby level of our building. I eat one immediately upon returning to my desk, and the other around 2pm (I generally eat 5-6 small... continue »
TV networks slowly are shifting roles. As Seth said a few days ago , NBC (and others soon to follow) has made a decision that will ultimately impact their ability to leverage their market position in the new media world. In the old days the 'Big 3' networks were the distribution point for anything that wanted to be seen on the air. Now that the balance of power in distribution is leaning more... continue »