Designing with Web Standards
Times read
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Notes
camflan: If you design websites, read this book. Comment 3 months ago for Designing with Web Standards
Montgomery: The book that changed the Web. Comment 3 months, 3 weeks ago for Designing with Web Standards
ritz: Implementing access enhancements can deepen your understanding of “design.” Considering things like tab order can take you beyond a vision of design as a decoration of surface appearance (”look and feel”) and into the realms of user flow, contingency design, ... Quote 4 months ago for Designing with Web Standards
ritz: Those who complain about the cost of accessibility (and who also typically complain about the cost of web standards) are invariably the same people who waste thousands on browser detection, conditional scripts, conditional CSS, and even conditional HTML. Quote 4 months ago for Designing with Web Standards
ritz: If you design with web standards and follow certain guidelines, your site should be as accessible to screen readers, Lynx, PDAs, and old browsers as it is to modern, compliant browsers. Standards and accessibility converge in agreeing that one web ... Quote 4 months ago for Designing with Web Standards
ritz: To the greatest extent possible, you want to use CSS for layout. In the world of web standards, XHTML markup is not about presentation; it’s about core document structure. Well-structured documents make as much sense to a Palm Pilot or ... Quote 4 months ago for Designing with Web Standards
ritz: The point is not to bog down in differences or reject the whole because you’re uncertain about one or two small parts. The point is to begin making changes that will help your projects reach the most people for the ... Quote 4 months ago for Designing with Web Standards
stickwithjosh: This book, and Zeldman's work on A List Apart and zeldman.com are responsible for my current career and passion for the internet in more general terms. Note 4 months, 1 week ago for Designing with Web Standards
jason23z: This is the book that started it all for me. Zeldman really helped me understand why standards are important. Note 4 months, 1 week ago for Designing with Web Standards
naturegeek: One unexpected great thing about this book (so far) is that he encourages use of standards, any way you can - so hybrids, beginners, any amount of standards are encouraged. This is a good approach and likely to get more ... Note 4 months, 2 weeks ago for Designing with Web Standards
