What does this mean for us as developers? Maybe not much now if our sites might not be aimed at those demographics, but as this population ages, our web sites had better be able to be surfed easily with a cell phone. This means streamlined content and, you guessed it, xHTML and CSS.
]]>What does this mean for us as developers? Maybe not much now if our sites might not be aimed at those demographics, but as this population ages, our web sites had better be able to be surfed easily with a cell phone. This means streamlined content and, you guessed it, xHTML and CSS.
]]>Molly Holzshlag wrote about "Thinking Outside the Grid" after comparing the gridless city of London to the grid of Tucson. Along the way, she applies the grid(less) concept to web sites. Interesting theory.
]]>Molly Holzshlag wrote about "Thinking Outside the Grid" after comparing the gridless city of London to the grid of Tucson. Along the way, she applies the grid(less) concept to web sites. Interesting theory.
]]>In "Graded Browser Support", Nate Koechly, a Senior Web Developer with Yahoo, lays out the notion of supporting all browsers, with "progressive enhancement". As opposed to what we in the web world, usually use which is "graceful degradation". An interesting read and one I fully intend to capitalize on.
]]>In "Graded Browser Support", Nate Koechly, a Senior Web Developer with Yahoo, lays out the notion of supporting all browsers, with "progressive enhancement". As opposed to what we in the web world, usually use which is "graceful degradation". An interesting read and one I fully intend to capitalize on.
]]>This web site goes a long way toward proving that accessible sites don't have to be ugly or simple. The sites were scored on a checklist which is prominently available through the main navigation and the scoring worksheets are displayed with each showcase. Its a good look at the fact that accessible web sites can be visually appealing and usable.
]]>This web site goes a long way toward proving that accessible sites don't have to be ugly or simple. The sites were scored on a checklist which is prominently available through the main navigation and the scoring worksheets are displayed with each showcase. Its a good look at the fact that accessible web sites can be visually appealing and usable.
]]>Today is CSS Naked day and as I promised earlier in the week, my site is without Cascading Style Sheets. For my site, this also means no layout today since I use CSS Positioning to position my site. However, because I use structured HTML for my content, I (at least) think that my content can speak for itself. Its plain, but most people will be able to discern relationships between headers and text, menu groupings, etc.
I know a lot of corporate sites out there can't spend a day publicly naked. But I challenge everyone of you to at least disable your style sheets and take a look at your site naked. Can you easily read it? Could your customers? If you can't, then a blind user to your site using a screen reader can't either. And by the way, the largest blind users on the internet are users you definitely want to use your site. Google, Yahoo, and other search engines are much more concerned with the structure of your site, rather than the presentation. If you can't easily get your information and how its structured without your presentation, then neither can the search engines.
]]>Today is CSS Naked day and as I promised earlier in the week, my site is without Cascading Style Sheets. For my site, this also means no layout today since I use CSS Positioning to position my site. However, because I use structured HTML for my content, I (at least) think that my content can speak for itself. Its plain, but most people will be able to discern relationships between headers and text, menu groupings, etc.
I know a lot of corporate sites out there can't spend a day publicly naked. But I challenge everyone of you to at least disable your style sheets and take a look at your site naked. Can you easily read it? Could your customers? If you can't, then a blind user to your site using a screen reader can't either. And by the way, the largest blind users on the internet are users you definitely want to use your site. Google, Yahoo, and other search engines are much more concerned with the structure of your site, rather than the presentation. If you can't easily get your information and how its structured without your presentation, then neither can the search engines.
]]>So join with me, strip off your CSS For the day and show us your content!
]]>So join with me, strip off your CSS For the day and show us your content!
]]>This one is by Joe Hewit and is called "FireBug". According to the Firefox Extensions page, it can monitor Ajax, let you poke into the DOM and "let you edit just about anything you can inspect."
Do you have a favorite extension for Firefox that helps with Web Development? Tell us!
]]>This one is by Joe Hewit and is called "FireBug". According to the Firefox Extensions page, it can monitor Ajax, let you poke into the DOM and "let you edit just about anything you can inspect."
Do you have a favorite extension for Firefox that helps with Web Development? Tell us!
]]>Its a good read and also says a lot that we as web professionals need to take to heart.
]]>Its a good read and also says a lot that we as web professionals need to take to heart.
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