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RNIB Surf Right Toolbar

Damjan Mozetič — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:33:09 +0000

The People at RNIB have released the Surf Right Toolbar, which is — you guessed it — a toolbar for IE, which is designed to bring to the surface the often hidden accessibilty settings, such as turning javascript and images on/off, changing text size and so on.

Quoting:
“The Surf Right Toolbar is really for anyone who wants to adjust the way they view content on the web to make it easier to read. This could include people with mild disabilities, the elderly, people with reading problems, cognitive problems, using dial-up, photosensitivity and so on.”

You can grab the beta, right here.

Webfonts.info - Fonts Embedding

Damjan Mozetič — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:50:32 +0000

An informative new website dedicated to webfonts & @font-face embedding. Features a list of fonts, which specifically allow @font-face embedding and fonts with an OpenFont license, so you can pat yourself on the shoulder, knowing you are a good boy/girl. Now I’d love to hear how many of you are jumping into font embedding, because I am actually considering it myself for a while now… Go.

Video: Live at An Event Apart New Orleans, Eric Meyer on Generated Content

Damjan Mozetič — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:20:45 +0000

For all of you – me included, of course, – who couldn’t make it to New Orleans and join An Event Apart, there is a short video online with Eric Meyer explaining why the W3C’s recommendation to allow browsers to insert quotation marks doesn’t actually make a whole lot of sense. Enjoy.

Download Firefox = Guinness World Record

Damjan Mozetič — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:18:12 +0000

Yeah, the Firefox Team is aiming at the Guinness World Record for the most downloaded software in 24 hours, and guess what, I am all into it. I love quality bug-free software, especially if it means I can contribute at the shortening of the atrociously long wait, till IE6 will be abandoned and forgotten by its god-forgive-them-and-give-them-grey-matter users, and bless us, good web developers.

Google Doctype - Documenting the Open Web

Damjan Mozetič — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:07:31 +0000

Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more. The reference section includes a growing library of test cases for checking cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.

A welcome addition to my virtual library, I guess.

A List Apart 258 - Half A Convincing Issue

Damjan Mozetič — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:19:46 +0000

An inspiring article by Flickr’s core team member George Oates is well worth a read if you are planning on growing your online community, while you should probably steer clear and wisely avoid the filler article.

WCAG 2 Live By The End Of The Year

Damjan Mozetič — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:01:56 +0000

The W3C announced today that the WCAG2 Candidate Recommendation is likely to go live by the end of the year. With their words, “Candidate Recommendation means that we think the technical content is stable and we want developers and designers to start using WCAG 2.0, to test it out in every-day situations.”

If you are interested to help them, you are warmly welcome to do so by building your content following the recommended guidelines outlined here.

WSD+D LinkedIn Group

Damjan Mozetič — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:26:11 +0000

Hey fellow web developers and designers, there is a new LinkedIn group available for your collaborating and stay-in-touch necessities called “Web Standards Design + Development“, enstablished by Greg Storey from airbagindustries.com. The membership is free, but you’ll have to be approved to join in.

And you are waiting for… what? Sign in.

Crafting Ourselves

Damjan Mozetič — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:20:03 +0000

In response to the recent dust cloud caused by Jonathan Snook admitting he doesn’t use a reset style sheet, Eric Meyer responds with a serious and non-sarcastic “Good for you.“.

Seriously guys, this isn’t interesting anymore.

CSS Gradients Support in WebKit

Damjan Mozetič — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:25:45 +0000

WebKit, the development version of Apple’s Safari web browser now supports another advanced CSS feature, which keeps blowing it way ahead of the competition…

Competition?

For more info on the subject, visit Surfin’ Safari Blog.