11 Apr 2008
The Email Standards Project has posted a tongue-in-cheek video asking Google to improve standards support in Gmail. Yahoo have acted on Yahoo Mail and have achieved everything in the acid test. Gmail needs to follow suit. Read more
14 Dec 2007
Opera have filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission stating that Microsoft is abusing its market position by selling the Windows operating system together with its Internet Explorer browser. Read more
28 Nov 2007
Fed up of writing Web 0.1 HTML for emails? You are not alone. Join the campaign to sort out standards support in HTML clients. Read more
23 Nov 2007
Striving to make sites the same cross-browser at the presentation and behaviour layers is a bad philosophy for the web and for the browser market. Instead designers and developers should embrace Progressive Enhancement and accept a lesser experience for less capable browsers. Read more
5 Nov 2007
The UK Government has published a consultation document outlining that all government websites must meet W3C AA requirements by 2008. Read more
14 May 2007
Front-end coding is certainly a craft and there are some amazing people doing it. When I visit a good site I often rummage around in the undergrowth to learn from the Masters. Here are ten practices I commonly see from the best coders. Read more
19 Oct 2006
I've always designed using the web safe colour palette. Recently I realised I didn't actually know why. After a bit of research it would seem it is less relevant than I thought. Read more
24 Sep 2006
Sourcing a professional web developer can be daunting task for clients. This article is a guide for clients and outlines the many benefits of employing a professional Agency focussing on Usability, Accessiblity and Web Standards. Read more
18 Jul 2006
I was very pleased to be able to attend the first Web Standards Group event in London that was very well organised by Stuart at Muffin Research. I discovered two excellent speeches and a community intent on not resting on their laurels. Read more
2 Apr 2006
At Shape Shed we have a philosophy of hand coding websites to International Standards. Why go to the trouble of validating code? This article explains why and outlines the benefits we can give to our clients as a result. Read more