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- The Dangers of HTML5: WebSockets and Stable Standards
- New HTML5 technologies like WebSockets offer some amazing new opportunities for Web developers. But they also show how...
- Internet Explorer 6: What Have We Learned?
- IE6 shipped more than 10 years ago, but its non-standard implementation of the shifting standards of 2001 still haunts...
- Crank Up the Volume with HTML5 Music
- With HTML5, music is making a comeback on the Web. Create amazing music site experiences where adding an audio file is as simple...
- Dojo.behavior: Write Modularized HTML Document Event Handling
- The dojo.behavior module provides a simple and lightweight mechanism for listening to HTML document events. Find out what makes...
- The Dojo Publish/Subscribe Event Mechanism
- Learn how to use the Dojo Toolkit's versatile ContentPane widget to load dynamic content into your Web pages. ...
- Post a Message on a Facebook Wall with JavaScript
- Allowing your visitors to easily post links to your website on Facebook can really boost traffic.
- Loading Dynamic HTML Content Using the Dijit ContentPane
- Load dynamic content into your Web pages using the Dojo Toolkit's versatile ContentPane widget.
- Handling Exceptions with ASP.NET
- Exceptions can make Web applications useless from a user's perspective, but understanding how to prevent and handle...
- Optimize Your Web Page with CSS Sprites
- CSS sprites mash up all the images used on a webpage into one large image and display only the part that contains the image...
- 3 Fun Conditional Tricks for Your WordPress Custom Fields
- These three tricks for manipulating the keys and values of WordPress Custom Fields produce some very interesting results. ...
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- An End to Aging IE Installs
- Do you hear that sound? That?s right Johnny, it?s the sound of millions of web professionals breathing a collective sigh of...
- Beyond the Blue Beanie?
- You put on your blue beanie every year. But you can make a difference throughout the year. For several years, web workers...
- The Sherpas are Here
- After many months of hard work, we’re excited to announce the launch of Web Standards Sherpa.
- HTML5? Check. Accessible HTML5? Um?
- The Paciello Group and others are examining the accessibility of HTML5 implementations across the current spate of browsers....
- HTML5 logo: W3C takes a step in the right direction
- With a little back-pedalling, the W3C has moved away from their blanket characterization of modern web tech as...
- HTML5 logo: be proud, but don?t muddy the waters!
- In which we ask that the W3C to come up with a new monicker for the umbrella of modern web technologies.
- Small Business Update
- A while back I announced WaSP's new small business outreach effort and, thanks to your help, we've been making great...
- IE9 looks really promising
- The IE9 "developer previews" continue to impress. HTML5, CSS3, & speed improvements <abbr title="for...
- InterACT With Web Standards Book Released
- You may have noticed that the InterACT curriculum team recently released its first book: <a...
- Six New Courses Added to the InterACT Curriculum
- Today, six more essential courses join the WaSP InterACT curriculum to help schools prepare their students for a career working...