The Great Book Giveaway Contest
A notebook entry published on June 16, 2004
To celebrate the launch, and now availability, of Web Standards Solutions, I’m running a little book giveaway contest.
How to Enter
Add a comment (1 per person, anonymous comments will not be counted) to this entry with a link to your favorite article or weblog entry regarding web standards. The topic is wide open — markup practices, CSS tips and tricks, general web standards thoughts, etc. The idea here is twofold. Hopefully we’ll have a nice collection of links for people to browse, while at the same time we’ll have a pool of entries in order to pick a winner.
How to Win
To keep things fair, and to give everyone an equal chance to win, I’ll be drawing three numbers out of a hat (or some such device) — pure BINGO style. Each number corresponding to the number that’s automatically (and sequentially) assigned to each comment.
Entries must be received before 11:59pm EST on Friday June 18.
Update: The contest is now closed. The winners will be chosen and announced soon. Thanks to all who entered!
The Prizes
Each of the three winners will receive one free copy of Web Standards Solutions and one friends of ED T-shirt from the publisher. Did I mention that both were free? Delivered to you.
Good luck to all!
Adam Hopkins → www.hopkinsintranet.com
90% of All Usability Testing is Useless
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Catchey title with a nice amount of information.
http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000328.php
ray → www.reh3.com
“The benefits of Web Standards to your visitors, your clients and you”
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/benefits/
Has helped convince a client on more than one occassion.
Tony White
10 Reasons for Web Standards
http://jessey.net/blog/archive/entries/?id=144
Fabian Deceuninck → givelove.be/
Probably Developing with Web Standards. Nice one to start with the basics of web standards.
Dan → thecramerfamily.org
“An Objective Look at Table Based vs. CSS Based Design”
http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2004/05/
an_objective_look_at_table_based_vs_css_based_design/index.php
The long url broke things so the links on 2 lines
Brian → bludrop.co.nr
“CSS Based Design”
http://adactio.com/articles/display.php/CSS_based_design
One of the first CSS articles I read. Written in an easy to read “Matrix” style.
Lloyd → www.lloydslounge.org
CSS/Edge, cool things you can do with CSS, especially neat are the complexspiral demos.
http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/index.html
Rune D. Andersen → lordhead.dk
Since i haven’t been participating in CSS design for long time, i have not read many articles, but i think this one from “A List Apart” really gave me a deep sight into CSS design.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/taminglists/
Sean → www.ashtonservices.com
The Business Case for Web Accessibility
http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2004/01/the_business_case_for_web_accessibility/index.php
Kevin → www.graphicpush.com
Blue Robot’s Layout Reservoir
http://www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts/
(This stuff is what made me first understand CSS’s layout capability. The 3-column version remains the foundation for graphicPUSH.)
Sean Hoyt → www.fishmarketing.net/
I like Dave Shea’s Roadmap to standards post. I use this a lot when asked how one would break old habits.
Jason Long → www.streetrodstuff.com
The good ‘ol Floatutorial is one of my favorites.
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/
nasu
http://www.zeldman.com/dwws/ which changed the way we design websites today. Or atleast encouraged more people to write a book about web standars and how to use them ;)
Mark Wubben → /
Great idea (perhaps, as a bonus, you can give away Gmail accounts?)
Here’s my link:
http://tantek.com/log/2003/01.html#L20030114t1345
Ryan Schroeder → www.whole-studios.com
Best. Tabs. Ever.
unless they’re outdated now
Mark Hurd → www.druhkram.com
Web Standards ROI by D. Keith Robinson.
Nothing catches the boss’s attention faster than numbers.
Sebastian Sholl → www.tsuku.com
The article that started me on standards.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/tohell/
web → www.ericwebster.net
CSS Crib Sheet @ Mezzoblue
Good for beginners and refreshers.
Also gotta love anything thats translated into 10 diffrent languages.
http://www.mezzoblue.com/css/cribsheet/
Benedikt Müller → www.bensite.net
Wired.com’s explanation why they switched to web standards for their redesign in 2002. It’s just nice to see that there are companies out there who care. :-)
Jeremy Flint → www.jeremyflint.com
This article got me interested in standards-compliant design/development.
jheyer → www.jheyer.com
Making the Absolute, Relative
http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/absolute/
A great explanation of Absolute and Relative positioning.
Mike P. → www.fiftyfoureleven.com/sandbox/weblog/
It seems with me that your only as good as your last game. The very recent The real reason you should care about web standards gets my vote.
(and it’s post #99 on that blog - very significant to a Canadian!)
Brian → www.litzdesigns.com
Rounded Corners without images
Personally I think this is a step in the wrong direction, but it’s just experimentation.
Steven → www.sjarvis.com/
Clagnut’s “How to size text using ems”: http://clagnut.com/blog/348/
I’ve already ordered a copy of the book, but if I should win, I’ll donate it to my local library.
Waylon Baumgardner
Here’s a good article I read a few months ago:
http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/03/10/css_problems/
Good problem-solving checklist for CSS design.
dedi → kweerious.com
i read this recently and decided it would be a great link to point my friends to who are learning about design and some who are thinking about relearning design.
joe o.
I was first inspired to start designing with standards after reading the Elastic Design article (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/elastic/) on A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com).
Darrren → www.ohreal.com
My favorite article is just any article about the LIR; It’s my image replacement of choice and theres no span involved!
http://www.moronicbajebus.com/playground/cssplay/image-replacement/
Michael Sauers
The Business Value of Web Standards
http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000266.php
Jeremy S. → www.jezzjournal.com
http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2003/12/04/css_is_visua/
It’s simple, and I really liked the response.
Anne → annevankesteren.nl/
http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/typography/
Nilesh → nilesh.org/weblog/
A cleaner alternative to Eric Meyer’s ragged floats. Not being a web designer by profession, this is one of my best contributions to a community which has taught me, among other things, the importance of web standards. And approved by the web design community too.
Josh Evitt → evitt.net/blog
The Business Value of Web Standards by Jeffrey Veen:
http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000266.php
Sean → www.pixelnomad.com
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/journey/
This article has both a discussion of standards and an intricate look at the redesign process, both very helpful and a good resource.
jarrod → textbased.com
The Learning Curve of Web Standards by Bobby van der Sluis. Nice, honest look at web standards that’s a resource unto itself.
jacob → www.chompy.net/blogs/jacob/
The infamous Semantic Obsolescence, by Mark Pilgrim.
Sobering, though it didn’t quite change my mind.
Jason
Cool effect.
http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2003/08/22/css_photo_zoom.html
Jordi Bunster → bunster.org/weblog
Wow, sign me up! I go with Dave Shea’s Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death.
Good luck to all of you!
Kim Siever → kmsiever.blogspot.com/
Why tables for layout is stupid
http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/
Brian Lauer → fozbaca.org
Accessible, stylish form layout
http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2004/03/24/
Bryan → www.juicedthoughts.com
I am a big fan of this page, CSS Round Corners, which explains how to create tabs that can expand to the font size. Really a good tutorial and read.
My other site that I have probably spent a ton of time on and learned so much is the Css Vault simply because it gives us an outlet to see all the great css designs around us and allows us to dig inside the code that put those sites together. I am a fan because inside that blog is TONS of standards links to so many different sites.
Great resource to have!
Blake Scarbrough → www.blakems.com
An oldie but goody.
Rules Based Design
David Navarro → www.htmldog.com/
Just an excellent working version of how to learn and use web standards. When anybody asks, I direct them here.
Hrvoje → www.skin29.net/
Great looking navigation via css, Navigation Matrix Reloaded.
David Navarro
http://www.htmldog.com/
Does the second comment count? :P
Jay Jones → www.fusionary.com
“Web Standards ROI” by D. Keith Robinson.
Excellent real-world reasons that effect the $_Bottom Line_$.
http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/archives/web_standards_roi.php
andrew → compooter.org
Navigation Matrix Reloaded by Didier Hilhorst
additionally (not quite CSS but still a killer technique)
Inman Flash Replacement by Shaun Inman
MatÃas → pienso.blogia.com
A nifty CSS thingie that showed me how far it capabilities went to:
http://web-graphics.com/mtarchive/001242.php
Best wishes with the book.
Gavin Montague
Simon Wilson’s rather spiffy approach to
separating out JavaScript from content.
jason stanfill → www.jasonstanfill.com
Helps to convince when you can talk about the bottom line
http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/archives/nonstandard_code_hurts_the_bottom_line.php
Aaron → nebulose.net/
The Business Value of Web Standards has been a good resource for me to pitch to clients when they ask why I code the way I do (instead of, say, Frontpage).
ak → www.alexkeeny.com/simplicity/
sorry to pimp myself, but the first css trick that comes to my mind is my tutorial describing how to acheive a css drop down menu.
the tutorial: http://www.alexkeeny.com/simplicity/archives/entry-21/
the result: http://www.alexkeeny.com/cssdropdown/
Kjell Olsen → station11.net
Making the Absolute Relative, by Doug Bowman.
I love it.
ronanm → zlog.co.uk/
Zeldman’s “Spelling and grammar not the same”.
Seth Messer → www.megalithic.org
I’ll start by giving a link to the site that started it all for me, http://www.twothirty.com, and the article that started it all for me
http://www.glish.com/css/
Brett Epps → www.brettia.com
Reading this interview really made me want to work hard at learning CSS and semantic markup and all that.
http://www.webstandards.org/learn/interviews/dcederholm/
Joseph Lindsay → www.josephlindsay.com/
Accessibility within [Company Name] - Building a business and legal case for accessible websites from <isolani/>
Vishal aka Graphiz → www.graphiz.net
I really sometime feel to listen rather than read.. And that is what was done succefully by webtalkguys
http://www.webtalkguys.com/article-usability-2.shtml
love this one, as its good and also has an audio interview by Steve Krug… His book “Don’t make me think” firstly introduced me to Web Usability .
sosa → www.yosoysosa.tk
http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/
this one definetivily converted me.
Tom Quinn → www.j24.bm
Great presentation content, great design…
Seybold - Why tables for layout is stupid (Go get your boss)
Tom Quinn → www.j24.bm
sosa - great minds think alike…
Josku → www.yojih.net/
Catching web standards by John Allsopp’s girlfriend.
David Yeiser → davedotcom.blogspot.com/
This was the first thing I ever read about web standards (I’m a newbie): Developing with Web Standards.
Mike Mariano → mikemariano.com/weblog/
My favorite web standards article of recent memory has been When Semantic Markup Goes Bad by Matthew Thomas. Because presentational markup is better than markup with false semantics.
Robert
Source Ordered Columns, at positioniseverything.net.
This article got me away from absolute-positioning sidebars.
Ron Stone → www.freshology.com
Youngpup - Article on popup windows, and how you should properly use them.
William Simoni → simonifamily.net
Roadmap to Standards is one of the better reaeds on why standards matter.
On a side note, the comment form was rejecting my comment since my URL contained the nickname for William in it.
Chris → www.chrisrobins.com
Standards with Flash, the best article i have ever seen.
http://alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/
Tom DeForest
http://stopdesign.com/articles/absolute/
This article finally made positioning clear (no pun intended) to me.
Colin Cameron → www.colincameron.com
Not trying to kiss up but this article fixed a lot of issues with my sites.
Chris McDougall
Clagnut made ems easy. Now I use ems all the time for my text.
Tony Crockford → www.xebit.net
I have to propose this as a why not a how article:
The Way Forward with Web Standards
Phil → www.drunkenmonkeys.org
Onion skinned drop shadows at ALA. My latest obsession.
Josh Brandt → www.jooke.net/
silverorange’s updated tabs: durable, crossbrowser, scalable, semantic tabs.
http://labs.silverorange.com/archives/2004/may/updatedsimple
Jeff → www.jeffbostick.net
For all you Dreamweaver users out there: Validating XHTML with Dreamweaver MX!
Timmy → www.timmyfury.com
Sliding Doors by Douglas Bowman
I really am in love with this technique although I have never actually used it I think its fabulous and rules when you use multiple levels of tabs.
Tom → www.tomjleeds.com
I’ve no idea of the amount of times I’ve used Doug’s The IE Factor to make it clear to slightly-techie people how much of a pain IE is, but I know it’s far more than you’d expect to have to do if the most used browser on the planet was of any use.
Kevin Tamura → www.tadashitamua.com
Design Eye for the Usability Guy
http://www.designbyfire.com/000094.html
This has to have been the best read in the last two months. It puts Standards into action and make the visually impaired Jacob Nielsen look good
Ethan
A Practical Start to Web Standards by Steve Smith
Michael → www.bacman.net
An amusing rant about “click here” and it’s misuse on the web:
http://www.scribbling.net/dont_click_here
waylman → achinghead.com
I would have to say that Eric Meyer’s css/edge (espesially complexspiral) really opened my mind to the potential of CSS which in turn helped me see the value of web standards (web standards doesn’t mean ugly)
Josh Fallon → www.fallondesign.com/
The devedge interview with Mike Davidson of ESPN really helped me sell web standards to the bigwigs at my work.
Jeremy Beker → blogs.confusticate.com/jeremy
CSS Design: Taming Lists from A List Apart really made me realize that almost everything in my sites was a list of some sort or another and how to deal with it.
Granted, all of A List Apart is great.
Simon Jessey → jessey.net/blog/
Sam Ruby’s excellent article on i18n was a good one: Survival guide to i18n. Incidentally, I pre-ordered your book on Amazon ages ago, so if I win another copy I’ll roll it over into another competition or something.
TQ → www.q5corp.com
This was one of the neatest css tricks I’ve seen in a while.
Michele → michele.f2o.org/
Mike Rundle’s Accessible Image Replacement.
janco → jancology.com/blog/
Look Ma - no tables! - thats the heading for me. Not sure who wrote the original article but this heading says it all. If you’ve done your first table less xhtml standards based design, then you are really proud of it and wanna tell everyone because its not easy!
Kurt → www.didenhover.org
The latest from A List Apart; using negative margins for layouts is cool.
Creating Liquid Layouts with Negative Margins
John Nunemaker → www.johnnunemaker.com
http://www.orderedlist.com/articles/a_practical_start
Andrew Thomas → www.astreetproductions.com/weblog/
I’ve found the NYPL Style Guide to be a great one-stop resource for the basics on XHTML/CSS/Web standards goodness.
Nico → siriux.net/
Of course Stefan Münz’ SELFHTML, though it is only available in German, French, Español and Japanese right now…
Yannick → axlelabs.thischick.com
I found that this article on A Roadmap to Standards by Dave Shea to be very good and it helped me greatly in starting my journey into designing with Web Standards.
Brian Paulson → www.spectre013.com
This was a great article and reminded me that some times you just need to use the right tool for the job. No matter wheather its tables,css,php,asp or what ever.
Joey Day
Heh… I came here looking for this article:
But it looks like Colin Cameron beat me to the punch. How ‘bout:
XHTML Web Design for Beginners - Part II
That article got me started on XHTML, and I’ll never go back!
Ninn Langel → www.ninnlangel.com
This Article at A List Apart really got me started. It just gives simple starting points.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/practicalcss/
It’s even transformed me into a part-time webdesigner - originally I was only designing my personal site.
Joel → www.vanatta.net
SimpleBits’ article on Standards, comparing Web standards to Home standards, really got me thinking on how good it is to send the same information to everyone, everywhere.
randy
I will find this link useful.
http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2004/06/16/contest.html#comments
sorry the few I came up with were already mentioned.
Andrew Dunning → www.webinspiration.ca/
Separation: The Web Designer’s Dilemma
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/separationdilemma/
darrel → darrelaustin.com
Hope this counts…I just came across this today in a mailing list…it’s a “semantic validator” of sorts. And while you can have valid, web-standards compliant markup without good semantic markup, I think they do/should go hand-in-hand.
http://www.w3.org/2003/12/semantic-extractor.html
Alf Kåre Lefdal → www.lefdal.cc/
Entering quite late in the contest I find quite a few of my resources already listed. But when it comes to illustrate the enormous possibilities to what a standards based design can look like, it was the CSS Zen Garden that opened my eyes.
Simon Willison → simon.incutio.com/
Put me down for a dose of Progressive Enhancement and the Future of Web Design.
Vaughn Wallace
Definitly is going to be the
37SVN Topic Describing Web Standards in 10 Words or Less.
Jonah Cosley → jonahcosley.com/
I was going to say Developing with Web Standards but since it’s been said, maybe I can break the rules a little and go with:
It’s indispensible to me – I use it very often.
Mathew Hoy → www.hellaboss.com
This might seem like I’m fishing here, but I really love this article by you re: moutaintop corners. It helped me out a lot and showed how to do better rollovers and linking with gifs and pngs. Very great.
Link to it: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/mountaintop/ - or click here
Ric → ww.ricnet.co.uk/
I’m torn between dynamic image replacement and dynamic flash replacement.
All of a sudden I find myself wanting to replace text.
Ian Fenn → www.chopstixmedia.com/
Is this a good place to mention that Amazon.co.uk emailed me today to say that the book has been delayed and may not be delivered to me for three weeks? Boo hoo. Really looking forward to it.
Oh, and my links: Douglas Livingstone’s layout examples for three columns and rounded corners really helped recently. The best cross-platform solutions I’ve found to date.
Dave Marks → www.dave-marks.co.uk
I was gonna say Keith Robinsons recent ROI post but i see thats been mentioned at least once or twice.
So, I know this is not a Weblog or Article, although there are probably hundreds of articles about it: http://www.csszengarden.com/ It has so inspired me, and has helped win over clients!
Jacob Patton → 32fifteen.com/
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/practicalcss/
A little old, but it’s a great introduction to some of CSS’s tricks…
Eduardo → www.areconet.com.ar
I like an article about using tables vs css, but dont remember the link (nor find it)
so the second come:
Web Standard roi
monkeyinabox → www.monkeyinabox.net
just Zeldman.
http://www.zeldman.com
everyone has his address embedded on their forehead, but I found reading his site pushed me into css more than anything.
Jeff Carnahan
You can’t go wrong keep the CSS Validator in your favorites list.
Emil Vaagland → emil.mlug.no
A blog entry from diveintomark called Why we won’t help you
John → www.whenitwas.com
I suggest Real World Style. It’s clearly written, enjoyable, and has a number of techniques for handling certain CSS situations that I’ve used many a time.
Chris Jaroszko
It’s been mentioned twice so far I think, but it’s just so good it deserves a third:
everything from boxes to opinions. truly one of the most invaluable resources around.
Nelly Mercado
I’m still learning, and this article is indispensable to me:
Flowing and Positioning: two page models
Javan → javan.us
it was this article that opened my eyes to the beauty and power of css.
Anonymous
Sitepoint’s ‘Equalizing Columns’ sticky post by Paul O’Brien, CSS/Web standards Guru.
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143801
Terrence → www.liquidarch.com
Sitepoint’s ‘Equalizing Columns’ sticky post by Paul O’Brien, CSS/Web standards Guru.
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143801
Johnson Page
I’d just like to reiterate Dave Shea’s Roadmap to Standards. It’s a great post.
Also, Keith’s post that some things are (gasp) more important than web standards, helps me remember that valid XHTML/CSS is only one part of the ballgame.
Magnus Eide
The CSS Zengarden.
When I saw it, I decided to learn and use CSS, and stop using tables.
Phil Balchin
Ok, it might seem a bit obvious, but
It is, after all, where all this web stuff started anyway. If you haven’t read it, what the bloody’ell are you doing here, go and read it. Then read it again! making sure sure you’ve covered the whole thing.
Scott
http://linear1.org/gm/archives/00000172.php
Control printer output of your pages with CSS. This article rekindled my interest in CSS solutions.
Ian
http://www.saila.com/usage/layouts/?front
Jon
Well at risk of getting disqualified for promoting someone else’s book I found that Sitepoint’s “Designing without Tables Using CSS” was a helpful read for understanding CSS and ultimately web standards a little better… The link will get you 4 sample chapters to whet your appetite.
No affiliation, happy customer, etc.
Stephane → www.projetsurbain.com
This link http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dynatext/ simply because it’s the greatest/latest trick I’ve found.
dru → www.drusellers.com
The article that started me down the standards path.
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/authoring/stylesheets/tutorials/tutorial1.html
Marko → maratz.com/blog/
Most of my bookmarks are already here, but i haven’t seen HTML Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
On the side note, when you writers are going to make your books buyable :-) worldwide (Croatia, for example)? Hopefuly some Meyer/Zeldman copies coming next week via my local bookstore, but now you made me interested in yours, too… Damn!
Josh Bryant → www.thescenicroute.org/weblog/
The Business Value of Web Standards
Will you sign the book?
Chris → www.viogroup.com
WHy I started using web standards…
The Business Benefits of Web Standards
Chris
Dan → www.fathomable.com
Today at work I used How to Clear Floats Without Structural Markup and I am quite enamored with the technique.
Chris Gwynne → chrisgwynne.com/
The CSS Crib Sheet by MezzoBlue.
The only thing to read when you’ve screwed up your CSS. And you know you eventually break something.
Sanne
Listamatic, for all your list designing needs:
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/
Faruk Ates → www.kurafire.net/
There are literally a thousand-and-one absolutely superbe articles and tutorials on a ton of excellent websites on CSS and XHTML. But what has really given me personally an incredible boost, ideas-wise, for my new site and for the Fight For Standards itself, was the latest Design by Fire article, The real reason you should care about web standards.
That article has caused an uproar across the bloggers-world, with many people now discussing what is really important: the future of the Internet itself, the way Standards fit into that picture, and the way the W3C go about doing their part, etc.
That entry, for me, is currently the most memorable, because it so perfectly dissects the whole issue that this Standards-advocacy is all about.
Remi Prevost → ifiz.pixelarmy.org
This is a good one :)
Val → www.valcohen.com
When in doubt, read the spec.
Benjamin → www.lifethroughapolaroid.com
this page is an awesome resource for those who are learning the quirks of browsers (which is an absolute must if you want to learn xhtml css based coding properly) and how to get around them.
Sage
We don’t have to go back and check the other 150 some odd comments to see that we’re not doing a repeat, right?
compuwhiz7
Methinks I’m probably not eligible, seeing as I won the T-shirt contest, but…
joel goldstick
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/benefits/
Nice site. I’ll look for the book at the local computer store this weekend.
[m] → mantaworks.nl
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/
Because “standards” doesn’t mean “1995”.
Amy Rae → www.avisualmind.com/
Great summary for jumpstarting that first conversation about web standards.
What Every Web Site Owner Should Know About Standards: A Web Standards Primer
Benvolio → www.conversantstudios.com.au
loved this one - text sizing… up the garden path
http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/font/index.html
Andrew Norman
Ben
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/
I slapped myself when I found out how easy Dan’s solution to this dilemma was.
Kevin → lawver.net
This site is invalid - a slightly askew rant on web standards. Brilliant!
Ry Rivard → braxtonian.com
Hope I’m not repeating a link, but Dean Allen’s Reading Design piece at ALA stands out for me as writer for two reasons:
1. Words are more important than design, because design is fallible
2. Design is fallible.
Stephen → www.sgclark.com
I have found this article very useful in formatting web pages for printing using CSS.
Luke Redpath → www.lukeredpath.co.uk
The one that started it all for me:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/journey/
Loryces → loryces.so-phobic.com
Stolen Shadows by Mandarin Design —http://mandarindesign.com/shadow.html
I think it’s cool.
Alexis Bellido → www.ventanazul.com
I have to agree: A List Apart’s to Hell … was the article which inspired me to know more about web standards. Zeldman and all the guys there really made me rethink the way I used to design.
Brian Rose → www.heimidal.net
While I have several favorites, many of which have already been mentioned, my favorite recent article was posted by Andrei Herasimchuk, one of my favorite blog authors. When one of his recent articles was posted, it was awarded a great deal of fanfare throughout the community and regarded as somewhat trivial. I’d guess many who watch this site also watch Andrei’s, but regardless:
The real reason you should care about web standards
An excellent read, IMHO.
Joe Beharriell → www.avaloncreative.net/
“Getting plugged in is probably the single biggest piece of advice I can give anyone looking to get a start with web standards. Through ongoing reading and sharing of what you know, we all grow as a community. [..]”
— ‘A Roadmap to Standards’ by Dave Shea
Bonde Holm → www.farmdev.com
so many of my favorites have been mentioned… but this book available online had some good info for me at one time:
Justin Michael
Developing with Web Standards is probably the single greatest web standards page I’ve ever come across. It touches on so many aspects and is a great article to point to when you want to introduce someone to the why and how of standards.
Scott Boms → www.wishingline.com
When I first started getting more involved with using web standards and as it was becoming more possible to do on a larger scale, I came across this article on Apple’s website. At the time, it was certainly a good internal marketing tool to use at work and with clients.
Jason Grunstra → www.infowit.com
It may not be web standards per se, but DKR sums up web design/development so perfectly in Give The Web Some Respect. A great read for anyone currently involved in web design or looking to get into it. The article really hit home in so many ways.
Christopher → dekkostudios.com/
Design by Fire: For the greater good of Design, p.1 — Why Trebuchet sucks. (Lucida Sans Unicode is my ultimate alternative now.)
Erin → www.zenhaus.net
The Advantages of Using Valid HTML
A short piece on the benefits of using HTML standards.
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