A List ApartFlash and standards, the love that dare not speak its name. Plus the silent weight of invalid markup.
by Dan Mall · 64 Comments
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.)
by Ethan Marcotte · 64 Comments
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.
As products and services move online, dependence on component libraries can create a pattern of missing the forest for the trees.
In this excerpt from Orchestrating Experiences, you’ll learn about weaving touchpoints together into a seamless experience.
ALA’s Zeldman bemoans our industry’s fetish for the needlessly complicated over the straightforward.
Samantha Lynn weighs in on 20 years of ALA, 350 articles, and how far we’ve come as an industry.
Oliver Williams argues that we can and should develop websites for modern browsers without leaving IE users behind.
Want to write a professional article? ALA’s own Brandon Gregory gives some advice on common pitfalls in submissions.
Come share with us! Our industry-leading editors, tech editors, and copy editors are ready to help you polish your best idea.
Little-known, yet highly effective, priority guides are the content-first, responsive alternative to the ubiquitous wireframe.
We think of our job as controlling the user’s experience. But the reality is, we control far less than we imagine.
