CssGlance

Jens Meiert has published on his personal website an index of all elements specified by HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.1, HTML 5, and XHTML 2.0.

Posted by Andrea on 4 Jul, 2007 

Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 beta for Internet Explorer is now available. It provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages.

Posted by Andrea on 21 Jun, 2007 

For the numerous users of Google’s imagebrowser Picasa, some templates to create web photo galleries and slideshows even without any knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript.

Posted by Roberto on 20 Jun, 2007 

Luke Wroblewski, author of UXmatters.com, analyzes four different dynamic Help systems for Web forms. Each of these systems has its distinct advantages and disadvantages. As with all design decisions, an understanding of user needs and business goals should inform which of these dynamic Help systems is right for your Web forms.

Posted by Andrea on 19 Jun, 2007 

How to set Intel-based Macs for testing pages in multiple operating systems and browsers with a single machine.

Posted by Roberto on 11 Jun, 2007 

Jeffrey Zeldman explains why, according to him, the use of HTML and CSS in email impedes rather than aids communication.

Posted by Roberto on 11 Jun, 2007 

From an accessibility point of view, user style sheet is a powerful tool for people with a vision impairment. But per-site user style sheet could be useful also for customising the aspect of common use applications.

Posted by Roberto on 10 Jun, 2007 

Sortable, resizable, editable and accessible tables? Now it is possible using TableKit, a collection of HTML table enhancements based on the Prototype framework

Posted by Roberto on 4 Jun, 2007 

Avviva Directory provides a useful list containing 31 interesting tools for “grading” your website: code validation, accessibility, speed, browser simulators and Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Posted by Andrea on 3 Jun, 2007 

Lxpages.xom Blog provides a list of free CSS Editors that you can work with to improve your website design with CSS by wasting the least amount of time.

Posted by Andrea on 2 Jun, 2007 

Christian Watson, the author of Smiley Cat Web Design, explains this useful technique on his website incuding the Fireworks source file of the grid. You apply the grid to the body of your page as a background image so that it displays behind your site. Thus you can use it to precisely line up your layout.

Posted by Andrea on 2 Jun, 2007 

Creating an impressive site and listing it in a CSS gallery has become a well known strategy for getting traffic. Collis Ta’eed, author of NorthxEast, show us his experience.

Posted by Andrea on 31 May, 2007 

On Digital Web Magazine a chapter excerpt from the recently published book, Web Standards Creativity. Title of the excerpt: Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design by Jeff Croft.

Posted by Roberto on 30 May, 2007 

Nowdays designers’ needs are growing faster than CSS official recommendations. In an article which ends with the suggestion of CSS2.2 as interim step, Andy Buddy investigates the possible causes, both technical and political, of the delay in CSS3 recommendation release.

Posted by Roberto on 27 May, 2007