Eight New Standards from W3C
The W3C has announced that they have published eight new standards in their XML Family.
The new standards will play a large role in connecting databases with the Web and they “will support the ability to query, transform, and access XML data and documents.” - Eight New Standards from W3C.
Anyone remember WCAG 2.0?
WCAG 2.0. Published by the WAI on the 27th April 2006, all that time ago. So what’s happening? Did it slip of the edge of the world? Was it seized by crazed Standardistas and ransomed for fudge and tea?
Well, The Pickards may have an answer.
Markup as a Craft
Excellent overview / inroad on the art of markup by Garrett Dimon. Simplicity is the key in Markup as a craft.Carefully crafting your markup is like making a lucrative investment in the future of your code base. It’s easier to create and maintain back-end code when it integrates with clean and simple markup.
Your CSS can be elegant. Your DOM scripting can connect seamlessly.
You’ll have made a significant first step towards improved accessibility. And you might even pick up some extra search engine traffic. It’s time to treat markup as a craft, and give it the love and attention it deserves.
New Research in Form Creation
Interesting little in road into results and conclusions from research in form creation and specifically on the placing of form labels and impact on user experience.