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The 100% Easy-to-Read Standard
Many web sites are crammed with small text that’s a difficult to read. Why? There is no reason for squeezing so much information onto the screen. It’s just a stupid collective mistake that dates back to a time when screens were really, really small. So…
Screen vs. magazine: 100% is NOT big;
Don’t tell us to adjust the font size
We do not want to change font site on our browser every time we visit a website!
Don’t tell us that busy pages look better
Crowded websites don’t look well: they look nasty. Filling pages with stuff has never helped usability. It’s laziness that makes you throw all kinds of information at us. We want you to think about your content and chose what’s more important. We don’t want to do your work.
Do not tell us that scrolling is bad
Because then all websites are bad. There is nothing wrong with scrolling, nothing at all. Just as there is nothing wrong with flipping pages in books.
Don’t tell us that content is not important.
90% of what is commonly referred to as web design is typography.
Don’t tell us to get glasses
Rather, stop licking your screen, lean back (!) and continue reading in a relaxed position.
5 Simple Rules
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Screen vs. magazine: 100% is NOT big;
Don’t tell us to adjust the font size
We do not want to change font site on our browser every time we visit a website!
Don’t tell us that busy pages look better
Crowded websites don’t look well: they look nasty. Filling pages with stuff has never helped usability. It’s laziness that makes you throw all kinds of information at us. We want you to think about your content and chose what’s more important. We don’t want to do your work.
Do not tell us that scrolling is bad
Because then all websites are bad. There is nothing wrong with scrolling, nothing at all. Just as there is nothing wrong with flipping pages in books.
Don’t tell us that content is not important.
90% of what is commonly referred to as web design is typography.
Don’t tell us to get glasses
Rather, stop licking your screen, lean back (!) and continue reading in a relaxed position.
5 Simple Rules
( Read more )
Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup
1. What is HTML?
HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language, is a markup language that's primarily used for Web documents. Any document that's written in a markup language is interspersed with tags that indicate the meanings of certain passages. Since version 2.0, HTML has been an application of a more generic markup language: SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language).
HTML defines a number of element types. An element type assigns some semantic meaning to its content. For example, the em element type gives its content emphasis over the surrounding text. An element is a concrete instance of an element type. An element usually consists of a start tag (), some content, and an end tag ().
This HTML stuff is really, really nifty!
HTML allows some end tags (and even a few start tags) to be omitted. Don't confuse tags with elements; a body element will be present even if the and tags are omitted. Certain element types must not have an end tag. One example is br, which signifies a line break.
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full
A start tag can contain attributes, comprising an attribute name, an equal sign (=), and an attribute value. For example, we can use the lang attribute to specify the language of an element's content.
Jean-Claude often exclaimed bon sang despite the fact that no-one understood him.
Attribute values must be quoted in some instances, so it's good practice always to quote all attribute values. Some boolean attributes are allowed to be minimised in HTML, which means the name and the equal sign are omitted (e.g. selected instead of selected=«selected»). Some attributes are required for some element types, e.g., the alt attribute in an img element.
Beginners often use phrases like «alt tag», but this is incorrect nomenclature; alt is an attribute, not a tag. Tags are surrounded by <...>.
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HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language, is a markup language that's primarily used for Web documents. Any document that's written in a markup language is interspersed with tags that indicate the meanings of certain passages. Since version 2.0, HTML has been an application of a more generic markup language: SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language).
HTML defines a number of element types. An element type assigns some semantic meaning to its content. For example, the em element type gives its content emphasis over the surrounding text. An element is a concrete instance of an element type. An element usually consists of a start tag (), some content, and an end tag ().
This HTML stuff is really, really nifty!
HTML allows some end tags (and even a few start tags) to be omitted. Don't confuse tags with elements; a body element will be present even if the and tags are omitted. Certain element types must not have an end tag. One example is br, which signifies a line break.
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full
A start tag can contain attributes, comprising an attribute name, an equal sign (=), and an attribute value. For example, we can use the lang attribute to specify the language of an element's content.
Jean-Claude often exclaimed bon sang despite the fact that no-one understood him.
Attribute values must be quoted in some instances, so it's good practice always to quote all attribute values. Some boolean attributes are allowed to be minimised in HTML, which means the name and the equal sign are omitted (e.g. selected instead of selected=«selected»). Some attributes are required for some element types, e.g., the alt attribute in an img element.
<img src="/images/sitepoint.gif" alt="SitePoint">Beginners often use phrases like «alt tag», but this is incorrect nomenclature; alt is an attribute, not a tag. Tags are surrounded by <...>.
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