Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Yesterday Google announced that Doctype, an encyclopedia for web developers, written and maintained by web developers is now available. Take a moment to read their own announcement. I’m sure this will become a valuable resource and tool for all of us:
“The open web is the web built on open standards: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and more. The open web is a beautiful soup of barely compatible clients and servers. It comprises billions of pages, millions of users, and thousands of browser-based applications. You can access the open web with open source and proprietary browsers, on open source and proprietary operating systems, on open source and proprietary hardware.
Google has built its business here, on the open web, and we want to help you build here too. To that end, we are happy to announce the formation of an encyclopedia for web developers, by web developers: Google Doctype.
In its current (beta) form, Google Doctype contains dozens of articles written by top Googlers on topics important to all web developers: security, performance, caching, DOM manipulation, CSS styling, and more. It contains over 8,000 lines of JavaScript code: Google’s own battle-tested JavaScript library, released today under a liberal open source license. And it contains the beginnings of a test-driven reference of the open web: a reference of every element, every attribute, every DOM method, every CSS property, all backed up by test cases.
Well, not quite every property; at least, not yet. We’re still working on filling in a few of the details about the world’s largest development platform ever, and we need your help. And so we humbly offer this fledgling encyclopedia under a Creative Commons Attribution license, and we invite the web developers of the world to contribute to it. Sign in with your Google account and edit any page, any article, anywhere. Create new ones, update old ones, and help expand the world’s understanding of the open web.”
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
As a follow up to the last article, I wanted to share this article suggested by Valik that he found. Max Design is a leading web design and development company based out of Sydney, Australia. Make sure you have some time to sit down and go through their web standards article, because it is extensive and very thorough. Their list of standards is laid out well and is obviously well thought out. In their own words:
“About the checklist
This is not an uber-checklist. There are probably many items that could be added. More importantly, it should not be seen as a list of items that must be addressed on every site that you develop. It is simply a guide that can be used:
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- to show the breadth of web standards
- as a handy tool for developers during the production phase of websites
- as an aid for developers who are interested in moving towards web standards”
This is a definite must read article if you are thinking of forming your own list of standards for your own web design services. As David Ogilvy would have said, this is definitely one of those magic lanterns to learn from, file away, and use again in the future.
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
I read an article this morning over at a great blog called Design Sojourn about establishing design laws and it caused me to think about this for a few moments. I know that here at WDI (Web Design Ideas), many of our design laws are fleshed out in some of our larger articles. I also think that many of our readers can ascertain that we adhere to a high quality standard based on the sites we feature, tutorials we suggest, and other information we highlight here.
But, we do lack a definitive list…a ‘magna carta’ of sorts. So, my question is…do you have a set of standards that guide you in your design processes? We will be working to produce one and will publish it here. If you’d like to share your list or send us a link to your standards, please feel free. So, be looking for a set of design standards to be published here in the near future!
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