Update: I had given a wrong example of the cite element. It is corrected now.
There are several ways to quote/emphasise using HTML, you can use the <q>, <blockquote>, <cite>, <em>, <strong>, <pre>, <code> and there are subscripts <sub> and superscripts <sup>.
Sometimes as an accessibility newbie, whenever I am “forced” to use tables for layout, I use these attributes “summary”, “headers”, “scope” considering them the necessary ingredients for an accessible layout. But reading the Techniques for WCAG 2.0, I realise that it is a mistake to do it that way.
From the technique description:
I read this article titled "Without God" by Steven Weinberg a week ago and had to blog my thoughts on it.
The article is a very thoughtful analysis of the weakening of religious belief in countries with advanced science.
He attributes the causes for it to these:
The well respected and loved Holli Conger is organizing a halloween special contest: Pumpkinjunkin. If you win, you will get an illustration none other than from the famous artist herself! Put on your halloween hats and get crackin' on your pumpkins!
If anyone knows where to get a full pumpkin in Singapore, I will get going too!
I read Web Design Marketing Solutions for Business Websites last week and here is my review of the book.
The book is a summary of list of techniques and details that goes into creating a full-fledged business website for an enterprise. It is a book that is a useful reference to check if you have covered your bases with respect to all aspects of your website and as a starting point to doing more with your website. It is not the holy bible of business websites though.
I came across this great list of usability rules in a presentation by Denise Stephen called "Enabled by Design meets Scripting Enabled" which was given as part of the Scripting Enabled event organized by Christian Heilmann. Here goes the list:
It has not sunk in yet, despite having made plans for it more than a year now. This would be the longest period I have been away from Singapore since I came here in 2000.
I came across the blog of Ben Buchanan who has blogged about Opera frequently. Here are two great links from his blog:
Buttons to add to standard toolbars rather than access these functionalities through deeply buried menu items - provided you use those toolbars (I dont!)
Indian Roads are living, thriving economic entities that not many Indians pay attention to. It takes an outsider to recognize how noisily vibrant the market on the roads is.
Mike Davidson has written about his design signature which has inspired me to write about the elements of my web design signature. As he had mentioned, it seems following my signature leads to no or negligible use for IE specific style sheets.
Update: There is another informative article on getting cross-browser compatibility every time.