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Frontend Dogma

“1990s” News Archive

(Frontend Dogma is a constant work in progress, but that’s particularly true for the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Reach out to suggest articles, videos, and books from these decades—including your own.)

Entry (Sources) and Other Related TopicsDate#
Writing for the Web185
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An Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)184
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HTML 4.01 Specification (leh+/w3c)183
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The 60 Second Battle: Keeping the Visitor182
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How to Save Hours With SSIs181
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XML Looks Like a Winner, but Where Are Its Tag Sets?180
XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 (w3c)179
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Making Sites Accessible to the Whole Wide World178
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The Money Page (ali)177
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Graceful Degradation of Scalable Internet Services (nng)176
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How the Web Works: HTTP and CGI Explained (lar)175
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An Introduction to XML (lar)174
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Where the Web Leads Us (tim)173
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Ten Good Deeds in Web Design (nng)172
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Detect-and-Route With JavaScript (mho)171
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Design Web Pages With Class (mho)170
Building Worldwide Web Sites169
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MIT Disabilities Resources: Universal Design and Web Accessibility (mit)168
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Conformance Testing for XML Processors167
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Markup Languages166
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Reduce Network Traffic With Web Caching165
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evolt.org Browser Archive164
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What Is XML?163
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Web 101 for Dummies162
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Why Open Standards Are a Myth (cne)161
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JavaScript Guidelines and Best Practice160
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Everything You Never Need to Know About HTML 4.0 (mho)159
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Netscape Bites Bullet (zel/ali)158
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Framesets and Nested Frames157
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The Web Accessibility Initiative: A Reality Check (zdn)156
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Web Design for Dyslexia155
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What Are Web Standards and Why Should I Use Them? (wa)154
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Disabled Accessibility: The Pragmatic Approach (nng)153
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to XML (zdn)152
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A Divided Approach to Web Site Design: Separating Content and Visuals for Rapid Results151
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Bitmaps and Vectors: Web Graphics Evolve (zdn)150
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XSL Considered Harmful149
Adding Value to Your Links148
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Who Commits the “Top Ten Mistakes” of Web Design? (nng)147
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The Single Pixel GIF146
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (w3c)145
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“Top Ten Mistakes” Revisited Three Years Later (nng)144
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Getting Started With XML Programming (ndw)143
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25 Top Unsung Heroes on the Net (zdn)142
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Stuck With Old Browsers Until 2003 (nng)141
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Important Proclamation and Manifesto HappyWeb ’99—the New Future of the Net140
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Access for All139
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The Creative Process (ali)138
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Fear of Style Sheets (zel/ali)137
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How to Spruce Up Your E-Mail With HTML (cnn)136
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Vendors Can’t Agree on XML Data Exchange135
Basic Image Insertion134
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XML: More Than Just a Quick Fix133
Differences Between Print Design and Web Design (nng)132
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Writing for the Web (zel/ali)131
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Redefining Possible (ali)130
Comparing XSL and CSS (ndw)129
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Weaving the Web (tim/w3c)128
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Purism vs. Layout—the Holy War127
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Top 3 HTML Straw Man Arguments126
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Cool URIs Don’t Change (tim/w3c)125
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The Extensible Style Language124
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Reformulating HTML in XML (w3c)123
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Application Servers: An Introduction (inf)122
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A Technical Introduction to XML (ndw)121
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The Myths of Structural Markup120
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Validators119
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Java-Related HTML Tags (djf)118
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Microcontent: How to Write Headlines, Page Titles, and Subject Lines (nng)117
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Extensible Forms Description Language (XFDL) 4.0 (tim+/w3c)116
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WAI Scenarios for Accessibility (w3c)115
Collecting Your Font Styles114
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Tagset for Compact HTML113
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HTML Purist Revolution (cam)112
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Graceful Degradation111
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Why Attribute Values Should Always Be Quoted in HTML110
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Nesting109
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Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 1.0 Specification (w3c)108
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Fighting Linkrot (nng)107
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Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 (ber+/w3c)106
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Namespaces Put “Extensibility” in XML (zdn)105
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HDML, Take Two (wir)104
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Metadata: The Matchmaker of the Web (zdn)103
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Cost of User Testing a Website (nng)102
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Accessibility for All (zdn)101
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W3C Eases Web Use (zdn)100
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One Man’s Vision of the Web’s Future (tim)99
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XML Gets Ready for Prime Time (inf)98
MSNBC Makes News by Making HTML Dynamic (zdn)97
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Identifying Links With the Anchor Tag96
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W3C Announces CSS2 as a Proposed Recommendation95
HTML Tables94
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Short Take: HTML Guild Joins W3C (cne)93
Tracking the Growth of a Site (nng)92
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W3C Gives XML Room to Run (wir)91
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Compact HTML for Small Information Appliances (w3c)90
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W3C Issues Accessibility Draft (cne)89
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WAI Accessibility Guidelines: Page Authoring (w3c)88
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Adding Sense to Sensory on the Web (wir)87
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32 Ways to Build a Better Web (zdn)86
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Page Author Check List—Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines85
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Page Author Guidelines—Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines84
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Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines (w3c)83
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Getting Started With Tables82
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Using Link Titles to Help Users Predict Where They Are Going (nng)81
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Best Viewed With Any Browser80
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The Web in 1998: Some Predictions (nng)79
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W3C OKs Next Generation HTML (zdn)78
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“How Do I Force…?”77
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Getting Started [With JavaScript]76
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Tricks With Tables75
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XML, Java, and the Future of the Web74
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XML and CSS73
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The Web Is Ruined and I Ruined It72
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The Evolution of Web Documents (dck+)71
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A Component Testing Method70
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Why Advertising Doesn’t Work on the Web (nng)69
Using Standard HTML (tim)68
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Frames67
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Introduction to DSSSL66
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Law and the Web: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You (cne)65
[Dan’s Web Tips] Introduction64
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Titles, “meta” Tags, “link” Tags, and Search Engine Robots63
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Effective Use of Style Sheets (nng)62
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Multi-Purpose Publishing Using HTML, XML, and CSS (w3c)61
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Dynamic HTML Should Ease Web Animation, Interactivity (zdn)60
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Designing the Look-and-Feel With New Style59
Mathematical Markup Language (w3c)58
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HTML Tips and Tricks (cne)57
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Internet Explorer 4.0—Will Microsoft Squash Its Rivals?56
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The History of HTML (jef)55
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Using Frames: Some Examples of Good Frames Usage54
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W3C Unveils a Cure for Web Crawl53
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Handheld Device Markup Language FAQ (w3c)52
Putting HTML 3.2 to Work on Your Pages51
Amaya New Features History (w3c)50
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Hypertext Links in HTML (dck+/w3c)49
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Be Succinct (Writing for the Web) (nng)48
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SGML, XML, and Structured Document Interchange (w3c)47
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Explanation of HTML Style Sheets46
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An Introduction to Amaya (w3c)45
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DSSSL: An Introduction44
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Extensible Hyper Linkage (XHL) (tim+/w3c)43
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Bobby42
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Anatomy of a Java Applet41
Introduction to SGML40
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Tab Stops for CSS (w3c)39
HTML 3.2 Reference Specification (w3c)38
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Did You Know That Constructing Your Web Pages Using Netscape Navigator or Micro$oft Internet Explorer Can Make Them Buggy?37
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Art and the Zen of Web Sites36
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Take Advantage of User-Defined Variables in JavaScript (inf)35
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The World Wide Web Consortium Issues Cascading Style Sheets Recommendation (w3c)34
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Aural Presentation With CSS Style Sheets (svg/w3c)33
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Line Mode Browser Commands (tim/w3c)32
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World Wide Web: The Consortium, and Plans for the Future (tim)31
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Understanding and Using JavaScript Statements (inf)30
Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time) (nng)29
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Should Netscape Control the Web28
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Vint Cerf Predicts the Future27
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Browserism26
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Between the Style Sheets25
Netscape Living Internet Years (cne)24
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WWW: Beyond the Basics23
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JavaScript-Based Style Sheets (bre+/w3c)22
DSSSL Online Application Profile21
HTML Predefined Icon-Like Symbols (ber/w3c)20
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Content Negotiation Explained19
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HTTP Further Clogs Congested Arteries18
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Debugging JavaScript Programs (inf)17
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Extending the Web’s Tag Set Using SGML: The Grif Symposia Authoring Tool16
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The Ten Commandments of HTML15
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DSSSL Syntax Summary Index14
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Internet in Africa13
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Style Sheets for Producing Spoken Renderings (w3c)12
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In Defense of Print (nng)11
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Cascading Style Sheets, Level 1 (ber/w3c)10
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Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript, the Open, Cross-Platform Object Scripting Language for Enterprise Networks and the Internet9
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Guidelines for Multimedia on the Web (nng)8
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Giving Information About Other Resources in HTML (tim/w3c)7
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A Little History of the World Wide Web (w3c)6
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Hypertext Markup Language 2.0 (tim+/w3c)5
DSSSL4
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Some Background on SGML for the World-Wide Web (dck/w3c)3
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Features Added [to Line Mode Browser 1.3a] (tim+)2
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World Wide Web (tim/cer)1