Don’t be a slave to a standard.
By now, web standards should be something we are all used to. We can validate page markup against the Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) and HyperText Markup Language (HTML) specification documents. We can check style sheets against the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) specifications.
Then there are guidelines…
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The Webdesign UK site, a resubmission of a previous grading, has improved from having the look of a typical corporate, fixed width, boxy looking site to a more modern, stylish and focused site. Its use of canonic icons as well as the general layout of information makes for a more pleasant and effective user experience. We were also pleased with the use of mostly clean and semantic markup.
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we’ll actually produce a family of standards, and coverage of Web 2.0 and RIA issues will naturally be key
Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78 — “Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites” — was released in the UK in March 2006. Aimed at non-technical site owners and managers, the document describes the role of standards and user testing within web site development. But, although PAS78 was developed by the British Standards Institute (BSi), it is not a UK standard — although it was seen as the first step in in the creation of a formalised standard.
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I command thee, headings. Do not defy me as I am the all-powerful web developer. I am your master for I wield a style sheet with which I can make you mine…
Wow! Where did that come from? It sounds so dramatic. And, yet, it so well defines our relationship with heading elements. Of course not everyone will feel this way. I, for one, recall a time when headings where something I avoided using. I mean, really, they’re so big and black and ugly. That was early-on in my foray into the craft, though, when paragraphs — or pseudographs as I like to call them now — were made by placing two break elements between two blocks of text. I didn’t know better. I didn’t realize the power I had at hand via my style sheet. I learned.
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