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  • Responses to the browser targeting debate.

    Excerpt from Molly Holzschlag’s blog:read entire post here
    If you work in Web design and development and haven’t read any of the articles and discussions taking place regarding IE8 and its use of meta versioning for standards compliance, it’s time to read up on it ASAP. Begin with Aaron Gustafson’s “Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, [...]

  • The W3C Cannot Save Us

    Excerpt From:The W3C Cannot Save Us
    In order for the future to be better by a large amount, it must be different by a large amount.
    I think that statement alone is enough to indict Opera’s anti-trust actions as stupid and ill-considered. But we should also recognize that it forms the basis of Opera’s grievances. We should [...]

  • IE8 Passes Acid2 Test, Web Standards Project Dies of Shock

    Excerpt from:
    IE8 Passes Acid2 Test, Web Standards Project Dies of Shock
    These are all incredibly useful features that the other major browsers have supported for some time, but which have not been available for real-world use because of the lack of support for them in Internet Explorer. That’s all about to change. Support for CSS tables [...]

  • 50+ Amazing Jquery Examples

    50+ Amazing Jquery Examples
    A list of @50 JQuery plugins for a variety of tasks.
    “Many of us have been using a good deal of jQuery plugins lately. Below I have provided a list of the 50 favorite plugins many developers use. Some of these you may have already seen, others might be new to you. [...]

  • Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar!!

    Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
    Finally! I’ve found something that looks like it will help with troubleshooting things on IE (and it comes from Microsoft, surprisingly). I have it loaded in 7 right now, not sure if it works for 6. It’s very similar to the Web Developer add-on for Firefox with some of [...]

  • The Future of the Web: What to Expect in 2008

    Excerpt from:The Future of the Web: What to Expect in 2008
    6. You Hit Save, and it Disappears into the Cloud
    With the market striving to approach a state of ubiquitous connectivity, there’s less of a need for local storage. Storing your digital life somewhere in the cloud is a scary thought, but it’s something that’s creeping [...]

  • HTML 5

    Original article: A List Apart
    Excerpt:
    To give authors more flexibility and interoperability, and enable more interactive and exciting websites and applications, HTML 5 introduces and enhances a wide range of features including form controls, APIs, multimedia, structure, and semantics.
    Work on HTML 5, which commenced in 2004, is currently being carried out in a [...]

  • Web Directions South

    Web Directions South
    Web Directions South, held in Vancouver, was a jam packed couple of days with 28 presentations delivered by over 30 presenters. All of the presentations are available at the above link, many of them also including an audo recording of the presentation as well as the slides.

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