Archive for February, 2006
Should a web site open pdf files in a new window?
5 Comments Published 5 years, 11 months ago in Accessibility, JavaScript and Link Digg ThisA few years ago, I was visiting some friends in Paris. One is a fairly conservative priest and the other a socialist teacher. I asked them a seemingly innocent question: What’s the deal with Robespierre? Why do people feel so strongly one way or another about him? I had just begun learning about the French [...]
Firefox search plugin for www.alistapart.com
0 Comments Published 5 years, 11 months ago in Firefox, Online Resource and Standardista Digg ThisEveryone has their bible. For some, it is the Holy Bible, for others, something not quite so reverent. As a child, our family life would come to a screeching halt when our bible arrived in the mail. Being the youngest, I usually got the National Enquirer after it had been scanned, read, and laughed about [...]
Preparing for IE7 – Hacks and Conditional Comments
1 Comment Published 5 years, 11 months ago in Conditional Comment, CSS, Hacks and IE7 Digg ThisCSS filters and Hacks are so 2005 I think the future of CSS is not in hacks but looking seriously into using conditional comments. I’m saying this as someone that is trying to figure out the best approach for retrofitting older conversions. Conditional comments are IE statements that say if IE6 or any other version, [...]
Standards-based web development resources made even easier
1 Comment Published 5 years, 11 months ago in Firefox, Online Resource, Standardista and W3C Digg ThisChris Pederick of the all mighty Web Developer Toolbar mentioned a great service today on his blog. Rollyo allows you to create your own personal search page that is super easy to build. I’ve jumped at the chance to build a firefox toolbar to search the best standards-based resources available (and my site to boot.) [...]
Attribute selectors to provide language information
1 Comment Published 5 years, 11 months ago in :after, Accessibility, attribute selector, background, CSS, CSS2, Image Sprites, Link, padding and W3C Digg ThisAttribute Selectors for International Web Sites Sébastien Guillon, recently wrote a post about using the CSS2 attribute selector and content rule to let visitors know what to expect when clicking on a link to an international web site. Inspired by his approach, I’ve simplified some of the code and added background images to represent the [...]
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