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		<title>Jens Meiert – Blog</title>
		<link>http://meiert.com/en</link>
		<description>Jens Meiert (Google, W3C, O’Reilly) on professional web design, web development, accessibility, and usability. Researching and describing what makes the perfect website since 1999.</description>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2000-2008 Jens Meiert.</copyright>
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			<title>Jens Meiert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Website Optimization Measures, Part&#160;IV</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080505/optimization-measures-4/</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
			<category>Usability</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Once again, though already covering a few weeks of various improvements. Some have been taken place in Bremen, others in Zurich, all on one or more of my sites. Anyway, enjoy some additional tips, this time roughly touching typography, usability, SEO, and web development with performance focus …]]></description>
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			<title>The World’s Best HTML&#160;Template</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080429/best-html-template/</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[… again, exclusively, and as long as HTML 5 matures.]]></description>
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			<title>Tip: Coral&#160;CDN</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080424/tip-coral-cdn/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080424/tip-coral-cdn/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Quick tip for low-budget sites targeting more than one country or language and not using a server farm: Coral CDN, a free content distribution network. To use it just append “.nyud.net” to the host name of absolute URIs to images, style sheets, and what you’d enjoy as well …]]></description>
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			<title>Why “Reset” Style Sheets Are&#160;Bad</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080419/reset-style-sheets-are-bad/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080419/reset-style-sheets-are-bad/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Okay, Jonathan set the pace, Eric countered, a few people carried on, and me, officially having announced comprehensive reset and undo style sheet criticism in January, feels finally obliged to politely point out that reset style sheets are bad: A novice should not use them, an expert would not use them …]]></description>
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			<title>Standardistas, Help Fix&#160;Wikipedia</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080413/help-fix-wikipedia/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080413/help-fix-wikipedia/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
			<category>Accessibility</category>
			<category>Usability</category>
			<category>Design</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[When it comes to professional web design and web development, not only the English Wikipedia is in questionable condition. And considering the value Wikipedia has as a contact point for rubbernecks and novices, it should be in our best interest to take care of …]]></description>
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			<title>Relocation,&#160;Again</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080331/relocation-again/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080331/relocation-again/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Uncategorized</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Distracted for about one week.]]></description>
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			<title>CSS: All Properties from CSS 1 to CSS&#160;3</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080327/css-properties-index/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080327/css-properties-index/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[What would HTML be without CSS? And what is an index of all HTML elements without an index of all CSS properties? To fix the latter I indeed proudly present a continuously updated index of all properties specified in CSS 1, CSS 2, CSS 2.1, and even CSS 3, including all initial values as well …]]></description>
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			<title>The 10 Design Theses of Dieter&#160;Rams</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080325/design-theses-of-rams/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080325/design-theses-of-rams/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Design</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Moving up industrial design on my agenda and studying the work of German top designer Dieter Rams, who was responsible for the mostly great design of Braun products for about 30 years, I considered it to be useful to bring up his design theses again …]]></description>
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			<title>Webdesign mit CSS: And the Winner Is&#160;…</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080322/webdesign-mit-css-winner/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080322/webdesign-mit-css-winner/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Uncategorized</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Presenting the book raffle winner, photos of the gala, and survey results!]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft and Interoperability: The Hidden&#160;Threat</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080320/microsoft-and-interoperability/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080320/microsoft-and-interoperability/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft’s Interoperability Principles are not only a nice read, they’re in fact a great signal. I could stop writing now if there wasn’t at least one thing that raises doubts though, namely the “Extensions” passage under “Support for Standards” …]]></description>
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			<title>Website Optimization Measures, Part&#160;III</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080317/optimization-measures-3/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080317/optimization-measures-3/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
			<category>Usability</category>
			<category>Design</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jens on quality assurance again, this week featuring the link richness challenge, updated ping service lists, improved WordPress plugins and security, revised layout grids, font karaoke, and more prominent update information. Hot and spicy as always.]]></description>
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			<title>Great CSS Techniques and the Simple Truth Behind&#160;Them</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080311/great-css-techniques/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080311/great-css-techniques/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[There is a simple recipe to judge CSS techniques: Does the method in question require HTML additions and modifications beyond introducing certain IDs or classes? If yes, the technique is likely to be not very elegant, in fact, it might be inadvisable, depending on the strictness you’re applying …]]></description>
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			<title>Win a Signed Copy of “Webdesign mit&#160;CSS”</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080310/win-webdesign-mit-css/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080310/win-webdesign-mit-css/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
			<category>Accessibility</category>
			<category>Design</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am giving away a free yet signed copy of my German book Webdesign mit CSS – and you know what’s in the 2nd edition :) Winning is easy even though I want to get to know you a little bit better: Just write down your favorite football club and your postal address, then email jens(at)meiert.com …]]></description>
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			<title>The Secret of&#160;Maintainability</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080307/maintainability/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080307/maintainability/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Keep it simple.

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			<title>Compatibility and IE 8,&#160;Again</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080304/compatibility-and-ie-again/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080304/compatibility-and-ie-again/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[After massive, legitimate criticism and concerns, there is a happy end: Microsoft decided against the “opt-in to the browser version I tested with” strategy and had Dean Hachamovitch announce that IE8 will show pages requesting “Standards” mode in IE8’s Standards mode …]]></description>
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			<title>The 1,000 Dollar&#160;Donation</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080301/the-1000-dollar-donation/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080301/the-1000-dollar-donation/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Uncategorized</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[A few minutes ago, I donated the 1,000 US dollars I offered in the 1,000 Dollar Comment Game. I rounded the 1,000 dollars to 700 euros and remitted the money to the “Selbsthilfe für Wohnungslose e.V.”, Hannover – 400 euros directly to this aid group for homeless people, 300 euros to …]]></description>
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			<title>Akismet Plugins&#160;Archive</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080227/akismet-plugins/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080227/akismet-plugins/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Uncategorized</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Since no older versions of famous WordPress spam protection plugin Akismet seem to be available (anymore?) even though this can be useful yet necessary, I decided to offer several former Akismet variants for download (your API key may get all excited) …]]></description>
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			<title>“helvetica, arial”, Not “arial,&#160;helvetica”</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080220/helvetica-arial/</link>
			<comments>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080220/helvetica-arial/#comments</comments>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
			<category>Design</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Unless Arial really is your standard font, please use the order helvetica, arial in your CSS font declarations, not the popular arial, helvetica. Why? Because Arial basically still means kind of a copy of Helvetica, and Helvetica is ubiquitous or popular enough so that one can actually reference it …]]></description>
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			<title>Website Optimization Measures, Part&#160;II</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080215/optimization-measures-2/</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
			<category>Design</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Now that we talked about blog clean-ups, structure and element revisions as well as search engine verification in part I, here are some additional suggestions, small measures for improvement consisting of .htaccess stuff, SEO, and consistency checks …]]></description>
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			<title>Website Optimization Measures, Part&#160;I</title>
			<link>http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080210/optimization-measures-1/</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jens Meiert</dc:creator>
			<category>Web Development</category>
			<category>User Experience</category>
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			<description><![CDATA[Permanent focus on QA includes more thorough website revisions from time to time, and that does certainly not mean a “redesign” or “relaunch”. This week I spent a lot of time analyzing, refactoring, and optimizing some of my private sites, and I thought I’d quickly share a few of these things …]]></description>
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