Where our web standards went wrong
I just came across this article on A List Apart. An ongoing argument I have and hear at work is about the extent to which web standards should be adhered to. Most of us agree that we would like every page on a site to be fully compliant and validate, for a number of best practice, business and accessibility reasons. However, there are other, more relaxed designers, who think that Standardistas are going over the top and limiting what design can do. After all, who really notices if a page has one or two validation errors, if they don’t impact on usability or page layout?
The article on A List Apart does a wonderful job at explaining how we got to where we are and how all those involved in developing the internet should think about going forwards.
Read it here.
I just came across this article on A List Apart. An ongoing argument I have and hear at work is about the extent to which web standards should be adhered to. Most of us agree that we would like every page on a site to be fully compliant and validate, for a number of best practice, business and accessibility reasons. However, there are other, more relaxed designers, who think that Standardistas are going over the top and limiting what design can do. After all, who really notices if a page has one or two validation errors, if they don’t impact on usability or page layout?
The article on A List Apart does a wonderful job at explaining how we got to where we are and how all those involved in developing the internet should think about going forwards.
Read it here.
45 Fresh, Clean and Impressive Designs
Interesting stuff….Sometimes it’s just amazing to see, which level of usability, legibility and visual appeal can be achieved using some basic design techniques. In fact, some talanted web-developers manage to deliver powerful, functional and gorgeous web-design in “look-and-feel”-style. Let’s take a look at their masterpieces.
Interesting stuff….Sometimes it’s just amazing to see, which level of usability, legibility and visual appeal can be achieved using some basic design techniques. In fact, some talanted web-developers manage to deliver powerful, functional and gorgeous web-design in “look-and-feel”-style. Let’s take a look at their masterpieces.
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