Jens Oliver Meiert

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Web Development (10)

Why “Conditional Comments” Are Bad, Repeat: Bad

“Conditional Comments” are inadvisable to use. They contradict the goal of separating structure from presentation, and because of that they will hurt you one day.

#8 · · html, css, maintainability

QA: On Errors, and Why Paying for Errors Pays Off

A pseudo-scientific approach to improve websites and services, and that is applicable almost anywhere.

#7 · · quality, design

Internet Explorer Filter or Hack Using Character Escapes

Searching for a valid and “safe” way to circumnavigate an ugly layout problem in Internet Explorer I discovered the following filter that does not work in [IE ≤6].

#6 · · css

Evangelists, Focus on Standard Ad Code

On the quality of online ad code, and what we could do.

#5 · · quality

“nofollow” Still Considered Harmful

Well, nofollow is crap.

#4 · · html

Eye Conditions and Accessible Web Design

Accessibility is not only about blindness (and not only about eyesight).

#3 · · accessibility

Elements, Tags, and Attributes

“Tag” is a frequently used term in web development when it comes to HTML/XHTML elements. Unfortunately, it’s not only used incorrectly by outsiders and beginners.

#2 · · html

Jens Meiert Declares His Love to CSS…

#1 · · interviews, css