Ma.gnolia: Mike Cherim's Bookmarks

Mad World to Mad Web - Beast-Blog.com

MikeCherim — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:09:24 PDT

I rewrote the lyrics of Mad World by Tears for Fears, 1982, as performed by Gary Jules, 2001. Introducing 'Mad Web' which covers various web development related topics in an effort to provide levity

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Tags: song, lyrics, mad web, mike cherim, 2008, mad world, tears for fears, 1982, gary jules, 2001, rewrite, version, web standards, accessibility, security, cross-browser, compatibility, usability, topical, humor

Web Excessibility - Beast-Blog.com

MikeCherim — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:52:31 PDT

Too much of a good thing often ends up being less good. The same applies to web accessibility.

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Tags: accessibility, usability, simplicity, validity, accesskeys, alt text, tabindex, layers of accessibility

Don’t Freak Out Over Pests - GreenMethods.com

MikeCherim — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:20:24 PDT

Finding pests and not freaking out is good. Put it in perspective. Simple solutions are often handy

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Tags: gardening, relax, don't freak, organic, lawns, care, imperfections, enjoyment, satisfaction, healthy, homeopathic, fun, aphids, lupine, cutworms, slugs

Kudos to Camden, Maine’s No Spray Way - GreenMethods.com

MikeCherim — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:49:50 PDT

Camden, Maine takes a strong approach to pesticide usage on town land and suggests the same for private properly. We salute Camden for taking this approach. More need to follow suit.

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Tags: camden, maine, pesticides, policy, town land, private property, turf, pests, organic, good news

Web Design Blog » Web Browser Usability Issue - Designbit

MikeCherim — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:13:12 PDT

Browser makers could easy to use and consistent textsize widgets as part of the browser.

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Tags: text size, widgets, accessibility, usability, browsers, user agents

HTML Basics: Introducing Elements - GBHXonline.com

MikeCherim — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:51:14 PDT

This is an introduction to the basics of HTML or HyperText Markup Language. In this post we introduce HTML elements. More to come.

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Tags: elements, html, hypertext, markup, language, code, tutorial, lesson, how-to, introduction, learn, basics

What it’s like to run a web design gallery — Tyssen Design

MikeCherim — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:56:22 PDT

Web design gallery owners answer questions about what it's like to run their galleries as well as some perspectives from SEOs.

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Tags: design, galleries, owners

Accessibility Evaluators Aren’t Worthless - Accessites.org

MikeCherim — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:47:16 PDT

We accessibility tools can be very useful, just don't love them or hate them too much, but simply extract any value they can offer.

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Tags: accessibility, web, evaluation tools, validators, confirmation, use, value, warnings

Understanding this RSS Thing - GBHXonline.com

MikeCherim — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:40:59 PDT

This article attempts to introduce and explain Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and how you can put it to use for you

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Tags: rss, really simple syndication, feed, feeds, aggregator, feed reader, news service, syndication, software, browsers, how-to, tutorial

The Green Marketing Era - GreenMethods.com

MikeCherim — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:20:29 PDT

Everyone is selling green nowadays, but who's doing it right. Are false claims being made. The six sins of greenwashing

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Tags: green, marketing, sales, green goods, claims, six sins, greenwashing, greenwash

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

MikeCherim — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:49:19 PDT

The April 30th, 2008 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WACG 2) candidate recommendation... this could be it folks

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Tags: wcag 2, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, candidate recommendation, april 30 2008

Protecting Forms from Spam ‘Bots - Beast-Blog.com

MikeCherim — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:47:00 PDT

Securing forms on the web is critical. These four techniques, when used together, provide excellent 'bot-posting mitigation

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Tags: contact form, form, script, bots, robots, post, posting, spam, protection, anti-spam, easy methods, effective methods, php

Will the Road to HTML 5 be Rough? - Beast-Blog.com

MikeCherim — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:17:40 PDT

I think HTML 5 is a great step forward and I fully support it, but how will the industry get from 4 to 5. A transition plan is needed

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Tags: html 4, html 5, whatwg, transition, adoption, segue, user agents, browsers, support, elements, attributes, accessibility, usability

Nikita the Spider * Bulk/Batch HTML Validation, Link Checking and More

MikeCherim — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:16:30 PDT

A pretty cool validator, runs batches... nice :)

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Tags: validation, validator, batch

The WordPress Author’s Checklist - GBHXonline.com

MikeCherim — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:47:52 PDT

There are 15 different things most WordPress authors should attend to before publishing a post. This is a checklist of those items

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Tags: wordpress, checklist, posting, publishing, posts, pages, to-do, guidelines, recommendations, suggestion

KNOWBILITY :: Business Services :: Web Accessibility Consulting and Verification

MikeCherim — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:02:38 PDT

The John Slatin Accessibility Fund Project is an independent volunteer collaborative effort of many individual and business accessibility experts who are generously donating time.

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Tags: john slatin, accessibility fund, project

Captioning Sucks!

MikeCherim — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:12:43 PDT

And now we know.

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Tags: captioning, it sucks, joe clark, open and closed project

Understanding WordPress Auto-Conversions - GBHXonline.com

MikeCherim — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:07:48 PDT

WordPress is smart in that it will handle some of the more tedious mark-up and character conversions. This article is an overview of these abilities.

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Tags: wordpress, wp, markup, code, conversion, characters, entities, ndash, mdash, ellipses, apostrophe, quotes, ampersand

Gmail: Custom Time Sent

MikeCherim — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:49:48 PDT

Hahaha

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Tags: april fools joke, gmail

Views From a Screen Reader User - Beast-Blog.com

MikeCherim — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:13:59 PDT

Based on one screen reader user, a lot of form elements and other abuses can be easily tolerated and survived, but a lot depends on user settings.

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Tags: screen readers, elements, semantics, fault tolerance, blind users, blind, web browser, ua, at, future-proofing

Before Hiring a Web Developer or Designer - GBHXonline.com

MikeCherim — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:15:45 PDT

Before you hire a web developer or designer, there are certain things you should know enough about to ask. The answers will be revealing

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Tags: questions, developer, designer, candidate, hire, hiree, page layout, tables, css, styles, accessibility, seo, natural, training, support

Specifications, Standards, Guidelines and Recommendations - Accessites.org

MikeCherim — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:54:10 PDT

Web accessibility standards or guidelines can sometimes conflict with Best Practice recommendations. Which one do you follow?

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Tags: standards, specifications, guidelines, recommendations, best practice

Law Office of Lainey Feingold

MikeCherim — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:34:00 PDT

This is an early WCAG 2.0 implementation site: The official web site of disability civil rights attorney Lainey Feingold who advocates disability rights through structured negotiations and settlement agreements.

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Tags: lf legal, lainey feingold, site, wcag 2.0, wcag implementation, example

IEBlog : Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8

MikeCherim — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:31:59 PST

We've decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously. Why Change? Microsoft recently published a set of Interoperability Principles . Thinking

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Tags: microsoft, ie8, standard-compliance

Web Essentials 2005 - The Title attribute - what is it good for?

MikeCherim — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:43:56 PST

Extended information about using the title attribute

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Tags: html, accessibility, browsers, attirbutes, title attribute, title

CSS: Pushbutton Links | Mike’s Experiments | MikeCherim.com

MikeCherim — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:01:26 PST

Pushbutton Links: Make real working pushbuttons from ordinary links using CSS only.

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Tags: css, links, pushbuttons, buttons, no images, working buttons

The Four Principles of Web Accessibility - Beast-Blog.com

MikeCherim — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:25:33 PST

The WCAG 2.0 guidelines and Success Criteria are organized around four principles, which lay the foundation necessary for anyone to access and use Web content. Anyone who wants to use the Web must have content that is: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust. If any of these are not true, users with disabilities will not be able to use the web page.

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Tags: wcag 2.0, guidelines, success criteria, four principles, foundation of accessibility, content, perceivable, operable, understandable, robust, disabilities

Doctype switching for IE 8 | 456 Berea Street

MikeCherim — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:51:42 PST

Version targeting as it has been presented is an incredibly bad idea to force upon the minority of people in the web industry who have a clue.

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Tags: ie, ie8 version targeting, doctype switch

CSS Type Set

MikeCherim — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:28:16 PST

CSS Type Set is a hands-on typography tool allowing designers and developers to interactively test and learn how to style their web content.

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Tags: tool, css

MikeCherim — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:44:54 PST

In this part one a look at six of twelve things most sites should probably have as an integral part of their being.

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Tags: basics, web design, article, wpdfd

Ma.gnolia: Mike Cherim's Bookmarks

Mad World to Mad Web - Beast-Blog.com

Web Excessibility - Beast-Blog.com

Don’t Freak Out Over Pests - GreenMethods.com

Kudos to Camden, Maine’s No Spray Way - GreenMethods.com

Web Design Blog » Web Browser Usability Issue - Designbit

HTML Basics: Introducing Elements - GBHXonline.com

What it’s like to run a web design gallery — Tyssen Design

Accessibility Evaluators Aren’t Worthless - Accessites.org

Understanding this RSS Thing - GBHXonline.com

The Green Marketing Era - GreenMethods.com

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

Protecting Forms from Spam ‘Bots - Beast-Blog.com

Will the Road to HTML 5 be Rough? - Beast-Blog.com

Nikita the Spider * Bulk/Batch HTML Validation, Link Checking and More

The WordPress Author’s Checklist - GBHXonline.com

KNOWBILITY :: Business Services :: Web Accessibility Consulting and Verification

Captioning Sucks!

Understanding WordPress Auto-Conversions - GBHXonline.com

Gmail: Custom Time Sent

Views From a Screen Reader User - Beast-Blog.com

Before Hiring a Web Developer or Designer - GBHXonline.com

Specifications, Standards, Guidelines and Recommendations - Accessites.org

Law Office of Lainey Feingold

IEBlog : Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8

Web Essentials 2005 - The Title attribute - what is it good for?

CSS: Pushbutton Links | Mike’s Experiments | MikeCherim.com

The Four Principles of Web Accessibility - Beast-Blog.com

Doctype switching for IE 8 | 456 Berea Street

CSS Type Set

Twelve Things Most Sites Need - Part I | Web Page Design for Designers ©