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August 30, 2002 Vol.1 #8
What's new at the Web Design Reference site?
============ New Links In These Categories ============
1. ACCESSIBILITY
2. CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
3. EVENTS
4. FLASH
5. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
6. MISC.
7. PHP
8. STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS
9. USABILITY
10. XML
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1. ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility: the myth of ugly
By Jeffrey Zeldman
Keeping Web Accessibility in Mind
By Web Aim
Gain an understanding of why Web accessibility is so
important in this video overview presented by WebAim.
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2. CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
Table Layouts, Revisited
By Jeffrey Zeldman
No to worry...a List Apart isn't reverting to a table-based layout. Talk of reformatting ALA in this post means finding a workaround for the float bug in IE6. Zeldman's point is that modern browsers do have some bugs that can mangle CSS layouts as badly as 4.0 browsers do, affecting branding and usability.
Consistent List Indentation
By Eric A. Meyer
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3. EVENTS
Web Builder
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
September 9-11, 2002
User Interface 7 East
October 14-17, 2002
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Web Design World
November 18-21, 2002
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
I.A. Summit:
Information Architecture "Making Connections"
March 21-23 2003
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
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4. FLASH
Macromedia Flash MX Accessibility FAQ
By Macromedia
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5. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
MSWeb: An Enterprise Intranet #1
By Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville
"...the first of two excerpts from upcoming second edit on
of "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web." The
excerpts look at MSWeb, which the authors say provides a
glimpse of what most intranets will be doing in three to
five years."
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6. MISC.
The indie life: Talking with Louis Rosenfeld
by Paul Nattress
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7. PHP
Professional PHP4 XML, Part 3
By Luis Argerich, et al.
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8. STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS
What is the W3C?
By Jennifer Kyrnin
An Explanation of the Standards of the Web and the
Group Who Determines Them.
My Web site is standard! And yours?
By Karl Dubost
Using Web Standards in Your Web Pages
By Ian Oeschger and Jim Ley
Covers the element, the DOM, style sheets,
components and plug-ins, and more.
No Standard for Migrating to Web Standards
By Josh Porter
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9. USABILITY
What Is "Usable" e-Learning?
By Michael Feldstein
Choose Your Usability Approach Wisely
By Lon Taylor, Nick Gould and Peter Hughes
(Please note that this is an acrobat PDF file. If you do
not have acrobat you can download the acrobat viewer from
.
This download is for people who do not have Acrobat
installed on their computers. It allows you to open and
view a PDF file. Additional Adobe free tools are available
to assist visually impaired users at
)
Keep it Simple
By Peter-Paul Koch
Luke Wroblewski On The Pursuit of Simplicity
By Luke Wroblewski
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10. XML
XML 101
By Jeff Jones
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What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site?
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Accessibility Information
Association Information
Book Listings
Cascading Style Sheets Information
Color Information
Dreamweaver Information
Evaluation & Testing Information
Event Information
Flash Information
Information Architecture Information
JavaScript Information
Miscellaneous Web Information
Navigation Information
PHP Information
Sites & Blogs Listing
Standards, Guidelines & Pattern Information
Tool Information
Typography Information
Usability Information
XML Information
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