A look at the working drafts and recommendations for the new CSS3 standard. Some of the recommendations include a new Speech Module, and a new Content module which describes how …
My thoughts are with the family of James Sawers
My thoughts are with my post-grad uni lecturer’s family and relatives from last semester, James Sawers, who sadly passed away suddenly yesterday. James was an inspiring person to me, who …
New book by J. Zeldman – Designing with Web Standards
Jeffrey Zeldman has published his book, Designing with Web Standards. It will be available for purchase from May 14, 2003 and is being published by New Riders Publishing. The 1st …
How to achieve web standards and quality on the Web?
The W3C (the Web governing body) have posted an interesting and useful article on making a website standards compliant. The article covers good and useful techniques to adopt, the types …
What is a Web Beacon?
I came across the proper definition for a term/process I had used in the past and knew existed, but didn’t know its name until just then. Here is a definition …
Auto-discovery of topic and subject servers
Here is an interesting article by Ben Trott on Auto-Discovery of Subject and Topic servers. He comments briefly on the current use and suggests two methods in which this could …
DevEdge comments on the Business benefits of Web Standards
Netscape DevEdge has published an interesting article (with useful links) which comments on some of the advantages of developing with Web standards. The article comments on search rank, speed, extensibility, …
The interesting life of Whitespace
We often forget that most programming languages have a common character which sits silently in the background yet plays a significant role in any computer program. During development and execution, …
David Heller comments on alternatives to HTML
David Heller has written an interesting and explorative article titled, HTML’s Time is Over. Let’s Move On. The article comments on the new technologies which have and are further being …
What is Bioinformatics?
Daniel Steinberg comments on Bioinformatics saying optimistically that the field will not have strong focus in 10 years (2012) as it will have the same/similar context as other scientific disciplines. …
Extended Drag & Drop fuctionality in Internet Explorer 5.0
Nicholas C. Zakas writes an interesting article in Web Reference on some of the extended drag and drop “events” built in functionality & behaviour of Internet Explorer version 5.0. Images …
The Reqwireless Webviewer for any J2ME mobile phone
A look at the Reqwireless Webviewer 2.0 for any mobile Java J2ME device. The WebViewer allows you to access the Web and any website for that matter, via your Java-enabled …
Stop Design comments on public design advantages
Douglas Bowman from Stop Design comments on “Public Design” and the interesting ways in which public comments during development is helping commercial and non-commercial websites better develop, consider and design …
Accessibility tools to help develop and view
Accessify.com lists a collection of useful Accessibility tools to help you both develop and view any site with accessibility in mind. The tools include everything from Favlets, add-ons for Dreamweaver …
A look at the .htaccess Apache file
A useful series of Apache documentation on the .htaccess file. The article covered redirecting urls, denying users by IP and other useful tips you quickly forget. http://javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml