XHTML 2 Canned…
July 7th, 2009 by nickfitz
In other news:
- Phlogiston “seemed like a good idea at the time”;
- Doubt cast on Ussher chronology;
- Cold Fusion - yeah, right.
Next, the Shipping Forecast.
Archive for the 'Web Development' Category
New Theme: GiltEdge 0.1 alpha
January 27th, 2009 by nickfitz
At long last, I’ve got around to developing a new theme for the site. Given the gold-and-lead colour scheme, and the dire financial straits the World currently finds itself in, the name GiltEdge seemed fitting :-)
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Urgent Update of Internet Explorer - Install It Now
December 18th, 2008 by nickfitz
Given that I’m so prone to criticising Microsoft, I have to give them credit for moving so rapidly to provide a patch for the recently discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
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More On ASP.NET’s Broken Error Handling
December 10th, 2008 by nickfitz
I’ve looked a bit more into the way ASP.NET handles HTTP errors, and frankly it now seems not just irritating, but downright bizarre.
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Why Can’t Microsoft Just Use HTTP Like Everybody Else?
December 7th, 2008 by nickfitz
A few moments ago I was following a link from Google to Raymond Chen’s excellent MSDN blog The Old New Thing. As has happened to me before, I ended up getting redirected to an ASP.NET error page at a totally different URL, telling me that the site was “unable to service my request.”
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Bandwidth? Yeah, whatever…
August 13th, 2008 by nickfitz
Well, that’s nice.
The Council’s electoral registration form came through the door today, so I visited the web site to indicate that everything’s the same.
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Why “left: -9999px;” is Better For Accessibility Than “display: none;”
February 14th, 2007 by nickfitz
Update: Thierry Koblentz points out in the comments that either technique may be appropriate, depending on circumstances. I mention this in the last paragraph, but just to be clear, there should have been a “usually” or “often” or some such word in front of the “better” of the title. That, or a different title.
Update 2, December 2008: It is now accepted that it is better to use top: -9999px;, as using left: would cause a scroll bar on a page with right-to-left text.
A recurring question on various mailing lists such as the Web Standards Group discussion list is “How can I hide content but still have it accessible?” This is usually asked in the context of image replacement techniques, where one might for example wish to display a heading in a fancy typeface, but still have the content accessible to users of assistive technologies such as screen reading software.
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WebDD: Microsoft’s Reality Distortion Field is Fully Functional
February 6th, 2007 by nickfitz
Last Saturday I went to the WebDD conference at Microsoft Campus, Reading. Following my standard conference procedure, I checked in, obtained coffee, and fired up my MacBook.
BarCamp London 2.0
January 22nd, 2007 by nickfitz
It’s back! BarCamp London 2 will be hosted by BT on February 17th - 18th. Check out the BarCamp site (above) for signup details.
WebDD: February 3 2007
January 22nd, 2007 by nickfitz
WebDD is a web design and development conference to be held at the Microsoft Campus in Reading, UK this coming 3 February (a Saturday). There is, naturally, a certain emphasis on Microsoft technologies, but not exclusively. Actually, although there are several presentations involving MS technologies, I was wrong to think that Microsoft were somehow involved in organising WebDD: they are providing sponsorship and hosting the event, but it is indeed a community-organised conference. Thanks must go to Phil Winstanley and Dave Sussman for organising this. With sessions covering Accessibility, CSS, Microformats and much more it promises to be an interesting event. Best of all, it’s “free as in beer”! Registration is opening Real Soon Now now full; my badge arrived in the post a few days ago.