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  • A List Apart No. 269: understanding progressive enhancement; 10 years of ALA
    In Issue No. 269, master the basics of progressive enhancement and look back in orange at the first ten years of A List Apart. Understanding Progressive Enhancement by AARON GUSTAFSON Steven Champeon turned web development upside down, and created an instant best practice of standards-based design, when he introduced the notion of designing ...

  • An Event Apart Chicago sells out
    An Event Apart Chicago, the final AEA event of 2008, has sold out. If you’ve already secured a seat for this remarkable two-day web design conference, we look forward to seeing you October 13–14 at the Sheraton Towers Chicago—along with Andy Clarke, Sarah Nelson, Robert Hoekman Jr., Jason Fried, Cameron ...

  • ALA 268: rethinking standards
    Q. Why did the semantic web cross the road? A. @#$% you! Issue No. 268 of A List Apart fine-tunes the mechanics of progressive enhancement and rethinks the assumptions of standards-based design: Web Standards 2008: Three Circles of Hell by MOLLY E. HOLZSCHLAG Standards promised to keep the web from fragmenting. But as the web ...

  • A List Apart is changing
    A List Apart, for people who make websites, is slowly changing course. For most of its decade of publication, ALA has been the leading journal of standards-based web design. Initially a lonely voice in the desert, we taught CSS layout before browsers correctly supported it, and helped The WaSP persuade ...

  • A modest proposal
    It is illegal to make false claims in a TV or radio commercial unless you are running for political office. If you're selling toothpaste, your claims must be vetted by legal and medical professionals. But not if you're selling a candidate. If you're selling a candidate, not only can you lie about ...