The W3C has released a set of Mobile Web Best Practice guidelines, providing a consistent framework for developers of content for mobile devices to work with. In theory, at least. Today, many more people have access to mobile devices than access to a desktop computer. This is likely to be very significant in developing countries, where Web-capable mobile devices may play as similar a role in ... Read full entry
Mobile Web Best Practice guidelines
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 30 July, 2008 to the technology subset
On way to rid the world of IE 6, stop supporting it
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 8 July, 2008 to the comment subset
Web application producer 37signals will shortly cease offering support for legacy browser Internet Explorer 6. That's certainly one way to get people to try something just a little bit newer. The Internet Explorer 6 browser was released back in 2001, and Internet Explorer 7, the replacement, was released nearly two years ago in 2006. Modern web browsers such as IE 7, Firefox, and Safari provide significantly better online ... Read full entry
The Accessibility Checklist you should vow to abide by
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 12 June, 2008 to the design and art subset
As Aaron Cannon points out, it's not perfect, but it's a great starting point, and as a bonus, many of the items on the list are commonsense, especially for standards minded web designers, making it even easier to adopt. When I wrote the ... checklist, I attempted to answer the question, "What concise pieces of advice can I give to designers that will have the greatest impact on accessibility in ... Read full entry
Design Decisions vs. Audience Considerations
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 22 May, 2008 to the technology subset
Design Decisions vs. Audience Considerations We design a website for its users, and not ourselves, nor even our clients. For a website to succeed it must somehow engage the end user, and finding the best way to bring that about is the role of the web designer. And users means everyone, not those using a particular browser, or accessing the internet at speeds close to the velocity of light. Understand the ... Read full entry
The Open Letter Initiative and the Mobile Web
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 2 May, 2008 to the technology subset
The Open Letter Initiative and the Mobile Web Lisa Herrod and the "we want more discussion about best practice and mobile accessibility issues" Open Letter Initiative. What I'd really like to see is a lot more information presented by web community groups and industry nights that focus on accessibility issues for the mobile web. I don't give a toss about what the latest Nokia is, or what cool data ... Read full entry
Starting with CSS and bug fixing tips
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 1 May, 2008 to the design and art subset
Starting with CSS and bug fixing tips An extensive, and excellent, list of books and websites to assist both novice and experienced web designers work with web standards, and iron out CSS bugs. This is one list you'll want to bookmark :)
Stop using Ajax!
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 to the technology subset
Stop using Ajax! James Edwards aka Brothercake, and co-author of the The JavaScript Anthology, argues the case: See, the web already was accessible to everyone. Tim Berners-Lee's original vision for the web was all about universal access; and the technologies involved - such as HTTP and HTML - were designed to be platform and device agnostic; it shouldn't matter what kind of technology you use to access the web. ... Read full entry
CSS Naked Day
Posted by John Lampard on Sunday, 6 April, 2008 to the events subset
CSS Naked Day: strip off your... website styles in support of web standards on 9 April 2008. The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple. This includes proper use of (x)html, semantic markup, a good hierarchy structure, and of course, a good 'ol play on words. It's time to show off your <body>. Firefox users wishing to see what disassociated.com looks like sans styles can click ... Read full entry
Opera and Safari Pass Acid3 Test
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 5 April, 2008 to the technology subset
Opera and Safari Pass Acid3 Test Good. I use both browsers. I recommend Windows (and even Mac :) users give Safari a whirl, as I especially love the way disassociated.com renders a treat therein :) Of course it's a great browser besides that.
Time breakdown of modern web designer
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 28 March, 2008 to the design and art subset
Time breakdown of modern web designer (GIF image) Sometimes this is what it feels like. Stand out observations: • Time spent looking for that one extra space character in the JavaScript that Firefox is throwing a wobbly over. Not so good. • Time spent trying to get the layout to work using only CSS before giving up and using tables. Not good at all. On the plus side though, the ... Read full entry
