Max Design - standards based web design, development and training

This presentation is a practical introduction to eyetracking in which the latest mobile unit will be demonstrated. Peter will introduce the field, describe how the technology works and how it is providing unique insights in evaluating websites as key part of usability studies. Included in the session is a demonstration of the latest advancements […]

CSS Centering - fun for all has now been translated into Turkish by Kara - CSS ile ortalama

We are very excited to announce a special Web Standards Group meeting will be held on Friday 16 May at 7pm with two international speakers from the W3C - Richard Ishida and José Manuel Alonso.
Details:
What: Sydney Web Standards Group meeting
When: Friday 16 May
Time: 6.30pm for 7pm start
Where: Australian Museum 6 College Street Sydney
Cost: Drinks and […]

Styling abbreviations and acronyms has now been translated into French by Eric Grimois - Mise en forme des abréviations et acronymes

I was recently sent this question:
I am trying to apply a div to a page and it will not show when I use the name “420wide” but it will if I use “wide420″. Why is this? Is this rule documented somewhere?
The simple answer is that the ID name must be unique in a document and […]

The Email Standards Project has heard from designers all over the world how frustrating it is that Gmail, the otherwise excellent webmail client, does such a disappointing job rendering HTML email. I had no idea how hard it was for developers until I saw this movie - which moved me with its raw emotion.
I guess […]

Donna Maurer and I have just wrapped up our first 2-day Website user experience & CSS workshop in Canberra. An enthusiastic and fun group of people!
Some feedback from participants includes:
Well structured, plenty of interactivity
Made CSS click together for me - solved some issues!
Fantastic, entertaining

The Web today is very different to what it was in 1994, when the World Wide Web Consortium was established. Roger Hudson’s article - The Evolving Web - looks back at the early history of the Web and uses Pace Layering theory to consider some recent developments and the role of the W3C in the […]

It seems the IE8 development team have been listening to the community, which is great news:
We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously.
Microsoft’s Interoperability Principles and IE8

I don’t know about you, but I get very excited when I see an Internet Explorer 6 bug in the wild. It’s like bird-watching - coming across these weird and quirky rendering bugs in their natural habitat.
Take for example a recent update I made to a client’s home page. The two new buttons at the […]