Archive for the 'Standardista' Category



Hedger Wang, who’s never met an HTML challenge he didn’t like, is moving his laboratory from Yahoo! 360 to his own web site. Don’t miss out on the latest tip, trick, hack, or gizmo from this relentless explorer.

The Web Sig in the Silicon Valley is putting together a very impressive meeting at the end of the month. Browser Wars, it’s a spoof of Star Wars and the dreaded browser wars of the 90’s.

I’m the first to cringe when someone discusses Star Trek or Star Wars in reverential tones. The theme alone [...]

In December, I made a number of predictions for the 2007. I confidently predicted that Gez Lemon would discover a solution to AJAX accessibility issues. Gez had earlier defined the virtual buffer’s role in JAWS.

Understanding the virtual buffer is essential for empowering screen reader users, particularly considering the number of Web 2.0 applications that [...]

Standardista Dream Job

Paypal is offering a dream job for the uber-standardista. Do you have what it takes? Here’s a snippet of the job description:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Standards evangelism: Requires extensive knowledge of Web standards, a passion for advocating their correct usage, excellent communication skills (written and verbal), and a high comfort level [...]

The standardistas were abuzz a year ago with hopeful predictions for the coming year. Visions of sugar plums dropping rounded corners, AJAX, and alpha transparent pngs danced through their heads. 2006 has been a great year for web development. Did we get what we wanted? Did we get too much of what we wanted? Further, [...]




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