Articles posted in Web Standards

Gmail and HTML Emails

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

Opera’s Antitrust Action With Microsoft

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

Web Standards in Email Clients

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

Embracing progressive enhancement

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

Delivering inclusive websites

The UK Government has published a consultation document outlining that all government websites must meet W3C AA requirements by 2008. Read more

10 ways to spot a good front-end coder

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

Why use Web Safe Colours?

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

The Benefits of Usablity, Accessibility and Web Standards

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

First WSG London Event

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

Why Web Standards Matter

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