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I can teach HTML. Well.
Andy Mabbett’s training session on the correct and accessible use of HTML tables was described as “informative, interesting and… an accomplishment” Continue reading
The Highway Code should be available as a set of linkable HTML documents, not just PDFs
The Highway Code should be available as a set of HTML documents, not just PDFs, and it should be easy to link to a specific section. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, ideas, web standards
Tagged directgov, double yellow, government, highway code, html, parking, pdf, peteashton, twitter:user=peteashton, usabiity, web
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Marking up the scientific names of living things
A language code is needed, so that the scientific (or taxonomic) names of living things can be distinguished, then pronounced, translated or otherwise processed, appropriately. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, nature, web standards
Tagged biology, Gregor Hagedorn, html, IETF, ietf-languages, iso639, Julius Kuehn Institute, language, latin, systematics, taxacom
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hAccessibility – Unhappy First Birthday
It’s one year today since Bruce Lawson and James Craig published “hAccessibility“, about the misuse of the ‘abbr’ element in microformats (an issue I first raised on 20 September 2006 in Accessify Forums). As recent events show, the microformats cabal … Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, microformats, web standards
Tagged abbr, accessibility, haccessibility, html, microformats, web
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More Nokia N95 (and Opera Mini) wishes
Dear Nokia, and Opera, When using your browsers on my N95, please can I: Copy text from a web page Disable CSS View the HTML source Parse microformats (not least hCard, to add contact details to the address book and … Continue reading