Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston
2008 March Archive
Acid 3: It’s not about winning, it’s about taking part
It’s an exciting time to be a web developer, as all four major browsers have released / are releasing new versions with extended CSS & HTML support. However, as Opera and Webkit race to be the first to score 100% on the Acid3 test, a lot of people are getting caught up in the excitement […]
Who can hook me up with twine?
Does anybody have a spare invitation to twine they’d be willing to send my way? I’m very curious to see what it’s all about.
Safari 3.1 introduces web fonts for all
Apple have released Safari 3.1 for Windows and OS X (and Linux using Wine) today, and the feature that really stood out for me was the introduction of web fonts. Website makers have been bound to the same core fonts for years now, so suddenly having a huge palette to choose from is going to […]
More findings from IE8: XHTML and @import
Had the chance to run a few more tests to find out what’s new (and what’s not) in IE8. Good: @import media types seem to be implemented; Bad: XHTML still isn’t parsed, so everyone who thinks they are coding XHTML are still kidding themselves.
First impressions of IE8
As just about everyone in the development community must know by now, Microsoft released a first Beta of IE8 today. I’ve been testing it for the last hour or so, and here are some notes I’ve made - the first of which is that this is really more of an Alpha than a Beta; there […]
IE8 opt-in becomes IE8 opt-out
I am very pleasantly surprised. Microsoft have announced today that they have reversed their decision on the new standards mode trigger in IE8; instead of having to opt in to standards mode by using the META tag, you will have to opt out by using it instead.
In light of the Interoperability Principles, as well as feedback […]
Aside
It was announced on the HTML Working Group mailing list this morning that the font element will be absent from the next draft of the HTML5 specification. The inclusion of font in the spec was controversial, as many (including myself) thought it was a purely decorative element that had no place in semantic code.
Of course, browsers will still have to support the element because of the many legacy sites on the web; but as of now any software that generates mark-up should use the style attribute instead. It’s a small increment better.
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