How important is it to follow web standards?
I recently found out that most of the major websites fail W3C's markup and CSS validation tests. Therefore, how important is it really to follow web standards? ...
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Convert existing asp.net application (large) to web standards
Hello, I have a very large ASP.NET project that i need to make good with web standards -- the application has two parts: 1.) An administrative piece that allows users to 'build' sites 2.) Front end that makes up the users sites (many web controls, master pages, usercontrols, etc... much of it is just code) I was wondering what poeples ...
Should all links on a webpage be underlined?
Is there a rule that states that all links should be underlined to make them look like links? I have seen many sites where the footer, for example, does not have underlined links. ...
Resuable Asp.net server control with Quirks and Standards mode.
Hi, I am developing a reusable ASP.net server control that needs to work in IE 6+, FF 2+ and Safari both Quirks and Standards mode. The control will expose two user definable properties height and width both of these attributes can be defined as either a percentage or as a pixel value. Inside the control I have two column Divs that c...
Should web based applications follow web standards?
By day, I am a front-end web developer but in my off time I dabble with other languages such as C, Objective-C, Python, etc. When I first got into web development the idea of web applications was just getting started. Since then two amazing frameworks have appeared, SproutIt's SproutCore and 280 North's Cappuccino (+Objective-J). Sprout...
Absolutely positioning everything on a website?
I had a discussion with someone about absolute positioning. He claims that the best practice to secure that everything looks all the same across most browsers and that it's the easiest way to maintain the looks and feel that you intended for a website. I disagreed with his opinion, that absolute positioning would be the remedy and an ov...
EXI (efficient XML interchange) coming... Are XML APIs ready?
W3's EXI (efficient XML interchange) is going to be standardized. It claims to be "the last binary standard". It is a standard to store XML data optimized for processing and storage, is bundled with XML schema (making the data strongly typed and strongly structured). Well, there are a lot of claimed advantages. I was impressed most by t...
What does an HTML E-Mail look like?
I am trying to automatically build html emails and am trying to figure out whether there are standards and what attributes in an email work and which have to exist. Do I need a ? And if no does there have to be a body? Do I need to specify what Doctype I am using? I am working with the Zend Framework in their example they don't set anyt...
Example of a URI that isn't a URL?
It's been explained to me numerous times that all URLs are URIs but not all URIs are URLs. Can anyone give an example of something that is a URI but is not a URL? ...
How to Target IE7 IE8 with CSS valid code.?
I want to Target with CSS valid code. to IE7 and IE8, Please Give me some Information about this Issue and CSS code should be W3C Valid. IE8 is here. Some time we fix for IE7 but not work in IE8. ...
What is the proper way to URL encode Unicode characters?
I know of the non-standard %uxxxx scheme but that doesn't seem like a wise choice since the scheme has been rejected by the W3C. Some interesting examples: The heart character. If I type this into my browser: http://www.google.com/search?q=♥ Then copy and paste it, I see this URL http://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%99%A5 which mak...
Is there a standard for line break characters in web forms?
Can I expect line breaks in text boxes to be one of the common line break conventions or does it depend on the user's OS? i.e.: CR or CR+LF or LF ...
Are png images cross-browser compatible?
Hi, I just wanted to know - do all modern browsers support png images including 16 6.0? thks ...
(X)HTML Markup for Book Titles
Should book titles be contained in an <em> tag? If not <em> is there more appropriate markup? ...
What speech readers support CSS3 speech attributes?
Are there any screen readers out now that support CSS3 text-to-speech attributes like richness, pause or pitch? If there's competition, which one is more popular? Are there varying levels of standards compliance? ...
Which tools is Best to make Accessible site ? open source or commercial?
Which tools is Best to make Web standards, W3C validate and Accessible site ? open source or commercial? ...
is a DIV inside a TD a bad idea?
It seems like I heard/read somewhere that DIVs inside of TDs was a no-no. Not that it won't work, just something about them not being really compatible based on their display type. Can't find any evidence to back up my hunch, so I may be totally wrong. ...
how to mix links ( <a> tag ) and headings ( <h1> tag ) in web standard?
What is the correct code to create a link with heading 1 according to web standards? is it < h1>< a href="http://stackoverflow.com"> stackoverflow < /a>< /h1> or < a href="http://stackoverflow.com">< h1> stackoverflow < /h1>< /a> Thanks ...
CSS Frameworks & "Semantic Naming"
I've looked at two CSS frameworks that could save me a lot of time (Blueprint, 960gs) but have questions on how to use them and comply with web standards. For example, Blueprint has things like: <div class="span-24 last"> and 960gs like: <div class="grid_6 prefix_3 suffix_3"> This doesn't personally bother me, but I've seen mention ...
IE8, compatibility view on local files?
I just developed a small website and tested it locally in IE8, there is no compatibility view button but under settings i find an option called "display intranet sites in compatibility view", this option is checked so i trust that all local files are rendered as IE7. I then upload the page to my server and everything works fine in IE8-m...