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Archive for July 2009
Usability, User Experience Design
Read More and Click Here Links July 29th, 2009
The recent posting on Smashing Magazine, Designing “Read More” And “Continue Reading” Links, made me chuckle. To read about advocating ‘click here’ links baffles me. WCAG 13.1 states Clearly identify the target of each link.
HTML5 from the Mobile Perspective July 23rd, 2009
So there’s an interesting article over at Cloud Four which takes on the HTML5 discussion from the standpoint of the mobile market.
Interaction Design, Social Networking, Usability, User Experience Design, Visual Design, Web Development
Audio and Video Standards in HTML5 July 1st, 2009
Ian Hickson on the HTML5 spec and why it will not contain language around what codec browsers should support for the <audio> and <video> tags (emphasis mine):
I have therefore removed the two subsections in the HTML5 spec in which codecs would have been required, and have instead left the matter undefined, as has in the past been done with other features like <img> and image formats, <embed> and plugin APIs, or Web fonts and font formats.
CMS Application Development with Web Standards July 1st, 2009
Today’s Web sites and Web applications are getting more and more complex. On the front-end at least, this is largely because interactive features are getting more advanced. There’s been a jump forward in recent years in terms of Web browser capabilities that has enabled sophisticated, almost desktop software quality features. Loading external content, hiding and showing page elements, fixed positioning, animation, drag and drop, and alpha transparent layers have all become commonplace in advanced Web-based experiences.
Making Web Redesign Easier, Calvert Investments Case Study July 1st, 2009
If you missed the live session “Making Web Site Redesign a Little Bit Easier: Calvert Investments Case Study,” you’ll find the presentation and a recording below.
To learn more about how to plan for success at the outset of a Web redesign project, you’ll want to watch my discussion with Noah about the Calvert Investments Case Study.
During the session you’ll learn:

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