Buzz Archives for January 2005
Once Bitten…
Sam Palmisano, the CEO of IBM, challenged his entire company to migrate to Linux for their desktop systems by the end of this year. Turns out things aren't going so well. IBM is running into this one tiny little problem. You may have heard of it, it's called Internet Explorer. See, ...
By Dave Shea | Filed in Web Standards (general)
- I Got An “Easy Button” For You
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If you’re an especially sharp-eyed WaSP reader and you’re shopping for office supplies, you might have seen that Staples just redesigned their customer rewards center. While the new look isn’t a huge departure from the old yellow ‘n’ red, things under the hood look quite different—the site’s new layout ...
By Ethan Marcotte | Filed in CSS, HTML/XHTML
- Ground Up, Accessibility
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In a Digital Web Magazine article this past week, a W3C web accessibility specialist Matt May offers up a short primer for web designers. The article, Accessibility From The Ground Up, gives a quick overview and answers key questions regarding accessible web design. Accessible design or authoring may seem ...
By Holly Marie Koltz | Filed in Accessibility, Web Standards (general)
- Because You KNow Someone Will Ask…
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Every once in a while, you might wind up with a project sponsor who since 1997 hasn't let go of their opinion that aniGIFs are the panacea for web design ennui. For you hapless, Bruce Lawson has adapted the CSS Zen Garden template. [Warning: may cause seizures in susceptible viewers.] [From L. ...
By Ben Henick | Filed in CSS
- Buzzwords, Web Design, and Me
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There is a saying amongst engineers: “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.” Making the rounds is an AP Wire story admitting that the stench hasn’t gone away: “Tech Marketing Words Getting Scrutiny.” At the very least, I can relate. As of the end of September, web site ...
By Ben Henick | Filed in Web Standards (general)
- Macworld Expo and Web Standards: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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I just got home from Macworld Expo, and I spent some time looking around through the eyes of someone who cares about Web standards… The good: If you have OS X, and you don't have TextWrangler 2.0 from Bare Bones, go download it now. It's okay, I'll wait. Back now? Hey, ...
By Dori Smith | Filed in Authoring Tools
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W3C Offers Online Training Course: Mobile Best Practices
By Holly Marie Koltz | May 4th, 2008
The W3C Mobile Web Initiative is offering the online training course: An Introduction to W3C’s Mobile Web Best Practices from May 26 - June 20, 2008. The course is free, registration is open, but limited.
This course is aimed at experienced Web developers and designers who are interested in learning to develop content for mobile Web access using W3C’s Mobile Web Best Practices.
Participants will have access to lectures and assignments providing hands-on practical experience with using W3C’s mobile Web Best Practices. They will have direct access to W3C experts on this topic who are the instructors for this course. Participants will also be able to discuss and share experiences with their peers who are faced with the challenges of mobile Web design.
For more information about the course, instructors, topics, and to view a free sample course, visit Online Training Course: An Introduction to W3C’s Mobile Web Best Practices
Thanks also go to Henny Swan for posting an entry about this on her site at Want to Get Your Content Mobile.
Update: Registration is full and now closed.
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