Irrelevant pointless mutterings from modafo....
target="blank" = bad, very bad. Please do not use this.
Irrelevant blurb, not necessarily tech related... I mean, it's not as if i live and breath technology day in day out, 24 7.... I am, after all, just the bottom clog in the corporate mega wheel.
In fact, i doubt this so-called blog will even be:
1. interesting
2. funny and
3. frequently updated.
But thanks for reading nonetheless!
Monday 22 January 2007, 5:09 PM
A List Apart - How to Grok Web Standards
Apart from Digital Web, another great online mag to read (and a firm favourtie i'm sure) for web designers is A List Apart.
Recently, they have a new article entitled "How To Grok Web Standards", which is well worth a read for sure - even if you don't hand-code on a day to day basis.
I know from my own experience that designing a site with CSS in mind can influence and affect design decisions, and the more you use CSS and experiment with it, the more intuitive and natural it becomes - as mentioned in the article, you will begin to intuitively know what style to use and go for, and so on.
Also, when it comes to HTML, things like the semantic structure of the markup is not something that can be (or is even?) greatly appreciated by those outside the front-end realm of coding - it definitely doesn't get the respect it deserves. For many people (in general), it doesn't/wouldn't matter to them if a certain heading text was marked up in a h1, h4, p or div tag - as long as it looked fine visually on the web browser. And i think that's one of the reasons why Web Standards is so greatly under-valued and unappreciated by many (apart from those who adhere to it).
That is the real shame.
Recently, they have a new article entitled "How To Grok Web Standards", which is well worth a read for sure - even if you don't hand-code on a day to day basis.
I know from my own experience that designing a site with CSS in mind can influence and affect design decisions, and the more you use CSS and experiment with it, the more intuitive and natural it becomes - as mentioned in the article, you will begin to intuitively know what style to use and go for, and so on.
Also, when it comes to HTML, things like the semantic structure of the markup is not something that can be (or is even?) greatly appreciated by those outside the front-end realm of coding - it definitely doesn't get the respect it deserves. For many people (in general), it doesn't/wouldn't matter to them if a certain heading text was marked up in a h1, h4, p or div tag - as long as it looked fine visually on the web browser. And i think that's one of the reasons why Web Standards is so greatly under-valued and unappreciated by many (apart from those who adhere to it).
That is the real shame.
Tuesday 16 January 2007, 1:44 PM
Markup as a Craft - yes indeed!
Yes folks, finally another blog post here on ZDNet and again it's due to a Digital Web article that prompted this new entry...
Unfortunately, i haven't been keeping up with Digital Web Magazine for quite a while now (due to a lack of time), so i finally visited the site and see that they have a new article called Markup as a Craft. As a front-end coder myself, i deal with markup on a daily basis - and thus this blog entry concerning the article - and can understand and appreciate the beauty of code.
Is it a step too far to treat it as a craft? As art? Maybe... Or maybe not.
I can certainly appreciate the first guideline in the article - Simplify. Simplify. Simplify. This may sound obvious and a no-brainer, but its amazing seeing all the various websites out there right now that clearly do not take this into consideration (yes, i know, not all websites are hand coded) - and its easy in tight deadline and high pressure situations to "just get the job done". Moreover, we may be stuck in our own particular ways when it comes to marking up our code and its easy to forget an easier, cleaner approach to things.
Sometimes we need to just take a step back and think outside the box more - i know as good as i am in my markup (no, really), i can still vastly improve myself...
Anyway, have a read at the article and enjoy!
Unfortunately, i haven't been keeping up with Digital Web Magazine for quite a while now (due to a lack of time), so i finally visited the site and see that they have a new article called Markup as a Craft. As a front-end coder myself, i deal with markup on a daily basis - and thus this blog entry concerning the article - and can understand and appreciate the beauty of code.
Is it a step too far to treat it as a craft? As art? Maybe... Or maybe not.
I can certainly appreciate the first guideline in the article - Simplify. Simplify. Simplify. This may sound obvious and a no-brainer, but its amazing seeing all the various websites out there right now that clearly do not take this into consideration (yes, i know, not all websites are hand coded) - and its easy in tight deadline and high pressure situations to "just get the job done". Moreover, we may be stuck in our own particular ways when it comes to marking up our code and its easy to forget an easier, cleaner approach to things.
Sometimes we need to just take a step back and think outside the box more - i know as good as i am in my markup (no, really), i can still vastly improve myself...
Anyway, have a read at the article and enjoy!
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