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HTML elements index

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.

Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 beta for IE

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.

Free templates for Picasa

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.

Dynamic Help in Web Forms

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.

Cross browser testing on Mac

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

Css and HTML for email design?

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

User Style Sheets Come of Age

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.

Dynamics Tables with TableKit

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

Grade your website: 31 free online tests

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).

Free CSS Editors

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.

Using a Background Image Grid to Lay Out Your Web Site

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.

Using CSS Galleries to get visitors

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.

Chapter Excerpt from ‘Web Standards Creativity’

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.

Maybe is it time for CSS2.2?

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.

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