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Jens O. Meiert (Google, W3C, O’Reilly) on professional web design, web development, accessibility, and usability. Researching and describing what makes the perfect website since 1999.
On Solutions
Solutions require problems. If you don’t have a problem, you don’t need a solution. This is exactly why you should, whenever someone proposes a solution—which includes design and technical changes—ask what problem that solution solves …
CSS Validation and Vendor Extensions: Throw Warnings, Not Errors
If you understand valid code as a quality baseline, you will validate your code. If you validate style sheets, you will have come across errors like “Property ‘-moz-border-radius doesn’t exist’” …
Real Web Developers Don’t Need Debugging Tools
Bottom line: try to limit your use of web dev debugging tools—like Firebug or Chrome’s Developer Tools—in order to grow your skills. In theory, debugging tools make the developer life easier …
Celebrating CSS Naked Day 2010
April 9 is CSS Naked Day. This year too. Mr. Diaz didn’t seem to announce it this time though.
How to Relocate, the Alternative Guide
If there’s one area of expertise I’m only involuntarily linked with, it’s moving. I moved 25 times so far, spanning cities, countries, and now continents; my career stats mean .81 relocations per year, or 1.24 years per relocation …
px Is Dead, Long Live px
It’s over. There is no ban on px anymore. The only reason why we as web developers had to adjust coding practices were user agents that failed to meet user agent accessibility guidelines …
How to Become a Solid Web Developer, the Short Version
Every once in a while people ping me on how to master web development and design. Given that there’s still so much I have to learn this makes me blush. Chronically short on time I typically reply …
WDR #4: Having Conversations in HTTP
The Web Dev Report, issue #4.
Moving Target
Please excuse some particular delay between posts right now. Over the next weeks I’ll be busy moving to the United States …
My Year in Cities, 2009
Same procedure as at least last year.
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