Category: Web Standards
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A browser standards compliance test
I note, from a post in James’ site, that The Web Standards Project have released a test (called Acid2) to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products. This test supersedes the original Acid test. According to the Web Standards Project website – “Acid2 is a brand new test designed to…
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Will the real Caoimhe please stand up
I was browsing my blog stats this evening and I noticed that lots of people were coming to my site having searched for the term Caoimhe blog. Caoimhe is a very well known Irish blogger and she was recently interviewed on a daytime TV program called The Big Bite along with several other Irish bloggers…
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Irish web standards compliant websites revisited
I wrote a post a few weeks back about Irish web standards compliant websites and development agencies. In that post I listed commercial and non-commercial Irish web standards compliant websites and development agencies who develop to the web standards, in response to queries from participants on a talk I gave for the Irish Internet Association.…
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Web standards and blogging – important skills for new graduates
I was invited to deliver a talk to the final year Computer Science students in University College Cork yesterday. The title of my talk was Computer Science Prospects – it was a talk, from the perspective of someone who has been in the industry for a few years now (ahem!), advising prospective graduates on useful…
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Web standards compliance
Michele mentioned my post listing standards compliant websites in an article on his site this morning. He correctly pointed out that many development companies think that they can jack up the price when asked to produce standards compliant sites – “Mention w3c standards and the price starts to climb”. Unfortunately, this is often the case…
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Irish standards compliant web development agencies and websites
Since I delivered the talk for the Irish Internet Association last Thursday in Mitchelstown, several people have asked me for the names of web development agencies who develop standards compliant websites. I know of a few Irish web development agencies who develop web standards compliant sites and will list them here – if anyone knows…
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Practical Web Design Advice presentation
The IIA (Irish Internet Association) have asked me to give a presentation at a one day E-business Seminar they have organised in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, in association with Ballyhoura Development. I agreed to give the talk – the title of my presentation is Practical Web Design Advice. I’m recommending the use of web standards, particularly…