A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 233

February 26, 2007

Flash and standards, the love that dare not speak its name. Plus the silent weight of invalid markup.

Semantic Flash: Slippery When Wet

by Dan Mall

Love it or hate it, Flash has become a fixture of modern web design. Author Dan Mall cuts through the misconceptions to show us how Flash can be used to enhance our standards-based web designs. (“Shiny floor” standards-friendly Flash project included.)

Where Our Standards Went Wrong

by Ethan Marcotte

To validate or not to validate; that is the question. A List Apart’s own Ethan Marcotte helps us to re-examine our approach to standards advocacy and how we can better educate our clients on the benefits of web standards.

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Editor’s Choice

originally ran: November 21, 2003

Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards

by Daniel M. Frommelt

A look at the markup behind Slashdot.org demonstrates how simple and cost-effective the switch to a standards-compliant Slashdot could be. (Part I of a two-part series.)