July 07, 2004
Causes, Campaigns & Coding
In doing just a wee bit of that blog surfing I planned to blow off the rest of the night. Ran across a few spots that seem to be trying to spread the word about issues near and dear to my coding and computing heart.
First, here's one the students will love. A new *sticker* to strut on the pages they are creating with their new found coding skills:
This *sticker* button links to information about why table layouts should be avoided and the value of table free design.
And how about spreading the word that messIE6 is [ahem] not the ideal choice in browsers? It's about time some of the superior and more compliant browsers like Mozilla/FireFox and Opera started getting more attention and use:
Commentary from scottandrew.com:
http://www.scottandrew.com/main/ie-psa
Several links to articles like this one are included.
Internet Explorer is Too Dangerous to Keep Using:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1617931,00.asp
And last, but not least, what about these notes on an unfortunate step backward in time from Apple and the Dashboard project?
http://jking.dark-phantasy.com/log/?post=91
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/07/07/wrapped-in-canvas/
Okay, I'm pooped now. Enough for tonight. Time to snuggle in with a fella, a pillow and THE _^..^_.
Sweet dreams all!
Farron
Posted by farron at July 7, 2004 11:57 PM