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CSS3 Techniques You Should Know »

CSS3 Techniques You Should Know.
Great article to get you started on picking up some CSS3 and use it now.

Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility with WAVE »

Web Accessibility
via Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility with WAVE.

Designer with CSS puzzle? »

Those very nice people at Litmus (the site and email testing service) have launched a free help site called Doctype. It’s a question and answer site for those of us whose profession requires regularly wrestling with CSS esoterica.
Here’s what they say:

Each question has browser (or email) compatibility screenshots
All content on Doctype is editable so it’s [...]

When good browsers go bad—and they all do »

When good browsers go bad—and they all do | Web Publishing | Creative Notes | Macworld.
Good reading. Maybe even something you can send to clients when they rant about IE

5 CSS3 Techniques For Major Browsers using the Power of jQuery | Noupe »

5 CSS3 Techniques For Major Browsers using the Power of jQuery | Noupe.
noted, filed.

Jeffrey Zeldman: Inventing Something New on the Planet »

This is a very good interview. the best part is the following quote:
what’s really going to drive standards awareness in the next months is the release of IE8. For the first time, IE will no longer support “IE-only” websites by default. Instead, it will support standards by default. Think about that. If you’re a developer, [...]

SaveTheDevelopers.org :: Making The Web A Better Place, One Campaign At A Time… »

SaveTheDevelopers.org :: Making The Web A Better Place, One Campaign At A Time…
Faye posted this link. I am adding the js to this site, and possibly my own site. I’ve not had support for IE6 in my contract for about 6 months now, even though I do still make sure the site works in it. [...]

How to get Cross Browser Compatibility Every Time »

How to get Cross Browser Compatibility Every Time | Anthony Short | Web Design & Development
Pretty complete resource right here in one spot. Looks like this is going to get dog-eared in my bookmarks. Better yet, I’ll clip it to evernote. Don’t have Evernote? I have a few invites, so comment below and ask!
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Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser? »

There is always discussion on our mailing list on just this thing, designers pulling their hair out trying to make their web site for the customer look EXACTLY the same on all platforms and browsers. Now we are not talking about functioning or looking decently close, we are talking about the (anal) compulsion to be [...]

Surprise of the year: IE8 will use Standards mode by default | 456 Berea Street »

Surprise of the year: IE8 will use Standards mode by default | 456 Berea Street
wow! can microsoft actually be doing the RIGHT thing?