HTML elsewhere on the 'Net.
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7 April 2008
Excellent news: an HTML 5 Working Draft contains a proposal for custom attributes to hold script data. Basically, you can do whatever you like as long as the custom attribute name starts with data-.
(Via Anne van Kesteren)
HTML | Permalink
11 March 2008
After its CSS reference, Sitepoint now unveils the HTML reference. It's still in beta, but looking mighty good.
HTML, Reference | Permalink
4 December 2007
Laclan Hunt explains a few key concepts of HTML 5 in this ALA article. Good to know what's coming.
HTML | Permalink
2 September 2007
Some facts and thoughts about WAI-ARIA support in (X)HTML.
Accessibility, HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
21 June 2007
Turns out some mobile carriers mess with the HTML of web sites. Good to know.
HTML, Mobile | Permalink
15 June 2007
Anne van Kesteren has gone through the trouble of describing the differences between HTML 4 and 5.
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
30 May 2007
Bruce is not entirely happy with the (WHAT-WG) HTML 5 spec. He especially wonders why nobody tested support for elements and attributes that have not been included in the spec; some of them are supported by assistive technology.
More in general, his point is that people speculate too much and test too little; a viewpoint I can wholeheartedly subscribe to. As one of the few people who has actually tested lots of stuff and wrote down the results, I'm always amazed at the abysmally low inclination to test.
Talking is much easier than testing. Pity. Maybe we should confer A-list-status and stuff only on people who actually test their stuff.
HTML | Permalink
15 May 2007
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
11 May 2007
Tommy Olsson disagress sharply with the current HTML WG activity that wishes to define the invalid markup currently being used. He has a point.
(Via Roger.)
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
Finally a good summary of what's going on in the HTML WG. Contains an excellent overview of the current hot topics.
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
8 May 2007
Roger is not happy with the accessibility knowledge level within the HTML WG.
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
2 May 2007
Jeremy discusses the same problem as the previous entry, and tries to narrow down the definition of a microformat.
Microformats | Permalink
Bruce Lawson and James Craig are worried about microformats clashing with accepted practice in HTML; especially the hCalendar datetime.
This article seems to be part of a more general movement to clean up microformat land and define more precisely what they are and what they aren't. The underlying problem seems to be that some people who create microformats are not sufficiently versed in HTML.
Accessibility, Microformats | Permalink
21 April 2007
Tantek introduces POSH, Plain Old Semantic HTML, because he feels that it's being ignored in favour of microformats. Of course microformats are based on semantic HTML, so you have to understand the underpinnings first before venturing off into microformat-land.
Microformats | Permalink
11 April 2007
David "liorean" Andersson takes a look at HTML 5 and XHTML 2. Probably the most complete current overview of where (X)HTML stands right now.
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
9 March 2007
The HTML Working Group is re-formed, as we've all been expecting. The charter looks fine, and the 10 % market share success criterion that the Safari team rightly objected to has been dropped.
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
6 February 2007
Bobby van der Sluis on Flash embedding. The article gives an overview of all methods, and explains why none of them is quite perfect.
Flash, HTML, Reference | Permalink
18 January 2007
Apple's complaints about the new HTML Working Group charter.
- We strongly object to the 10% market share threshold in the Success Criteria. Effectively, this gives Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer veto power over the spec. In general historically there have only been two browsers at a time that have been above this market share threshold.
- We request that the charter call for a formal relationship with Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG), even though the group itself is informal.
- We request that there be no Member-only mailing list; such lists risk being abused for non-public decision making for what should be a public group.
Makes sense, doesn't it?
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
12 January 2007
John Allsopp creates a list of HTML tags and their semantic meaning. No surprises here for web developers who've followed the discussions of the past few years, but such a list is always very useful for newbies who want to do it right but lack some information.
HTML | Permalink
8 November 2006
Now that the HTML Working Group is being restructured, it's time to think about what we want from the new Group. Does HTML have to change? If so, how? Please leave your thoughts and comments here.
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
1 November 2006
Despite the title the larger part of this article is about WHAT-WG and how it came to be. Furthermore Isofarro believes SVG is dead (agree) and XForms might profit from an increased interest in HTML that allows it to be backward compatible (agree).
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
Douglas Crockford proposes a modification to JavaScript's Same Source Policy in order to make cross-domain data retrieval possible.
Data Retrieval, HTML | Permalink
28 October 2006
Tim Berners-Lee replies to the recent critique on W3C and announces the formation of a new HTML Working Group.
The plan is to charter a completely new HTML group. Unlike the previous one, this one will be chartered to do incremental improvements to HTML, as also in parallel xHTML. It will have a different chair and staff contact. It will work on HTML and xHTML together. We have strong support for this group, from many people we have talked to, including browser makers.
An excellent reply. I look forward to the first incremental improvement.
HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
22 September 2006
The difference between HTML and XHTML (and XML) explained once more. Lucid overview.
HTML | Permalink
25 August 2006
About object and embed tags, and serving plug-ins in a standard compatible way.
HTML, Theory | Permalink
9 August 2006
When a <base> element is used in a document containing text in floated elements, a IE bug that causes text to become more or less impossible to select is triggered.
HTML, IE | Permalink
17 July 2006
About definition-list-fundamentalism, float-exegesis, and other undesirable offshoots of the Web standards revolution.
CSS, HTML, Standards/W3C, Theory | Permalink
11 July 2006
Interesting article on embedding Windows Media and QuickTime movies in your pages in a standards compliant way.
HTML | Permalink
3 July 2006
...and the Father of Modern Web Design brings us gifts, too...
Books, CSS, HTML, Standards/W3C | Permalink
18 January 2006
David Flanagan on the defer attribute of the script tag. Microsoft's implementation is acceptable due to a certain vagueness in the spec.
HTML, JavaScript | Permalink
13 December 2005
The subtle yet important difference between required elements and required tags in HTML.
HTML | Permalink
3 December 2005
An advent calendar with a web development tip for every day.
Accessibility, CSS, HTML, JavaScript | Permalink
5 November 2005
John Allsopp presents his research of the use of class names and ids. He hoped for a kind of consensus on 'the best' values for these attributes, but didn't really find any.
HTML, Tests | Permalink
7 October 2005
I just discovered this useful Mozilla sidebar that lists all HTML, CSS and JavaScript elements, declarations and methods. The CSS part contains links to my CSS pages for further information on a few properties.
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Tools | Permalink
25 September 2005
Molly gives some nasty details of the XHTML implementation of mobile phone browsers. And this is only the XHTML, mind you. CSS and JavaScript support will be much, much messier.
Browsers, HTML | Permalink
30 August 2005
Roger Johansson explains the difference between elements, tags and attributes one more time. He's right: many people use "tag" for everything, even ALT.
HTML | Permalink
26 July 2005
Joe Clark points out that there is no HTML element for footnotes. He also bashes Richard Rutter, which is quite undeserved.
HTML | Permalink
11 July 2005
Dedicated to providing solid information, documentation, and community for Mozilla and Firefox developers. Looks like an interesting initiative, and as far as I can see now the JavaScript and DOM pages might eventually take the place of the alas disappeared devedge JavaScript reference.
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Mozilla, Reference | Permalink
10 July 2005
A test suite by Gez Lemon that checks what browsers do right/wrong when you send XHTML pages as text/html or as application/xml+xhtml . Could use a formal compatibility table, but otherwise the tests are quite interesting.
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Tests | Permalink
Interesting series of compatibility tables for HTML, CSS and JavaScript in Explorer Windows, Mozilla and Opera. I think my W3C DOM Tables are more useful and detailed, but the tables here are definitely more complete.
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Reference | Permalink
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