“2000s” Archive (3)

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

Getting Started With AJAX (by/via) · Mar 7, 2006 · introductions, javascript, ajax
Accessible Alternate Content (by) · Mar 2, 2006 · accessibility, images, content
Yahoo! UI JavaScript Treats (by) · Feb 14, 2006 · yahoo, javascript, libraries
XHTML5 (by) · Feb 14, 2006 · html, xhtml, parsing
Yahoo Is the New Google · Feb 13, 2006 · yahoo, google, comparisons
AdLinks: “Out-of-Contextual” Advertising? (by/via) · Feb 13, 2006 · monetization
In Search of the Holy Grail (via) · Jan 30, 2006 · layout, html, css
Ruby in HTML (by) · Jan 29, 2006 · ruby-markup, html
How Web-Ready Is “XMLHttpRequest”? (by) · Jan 23, 2006 · http, javascript
Dreamweaver 8 Reviewed (via) · Jan 23, 2006 · adobe, dreamweaver
Tag Soup: Crazy Parsing Adventures (by) · Jan 20, 2006 · html, parsing
Track Your Hacks With CVS (by/via) · Jan 18, 2006 · cvs
Web 3.0 (by/via) · Jan 17, 2006 · web, javascript, usability
Help! A List Apart Talks About XHTML 2.0 (by) · Jan 17, 2006 · xhtml, xml
What’s the Best MySQL Admin Tool? (by) · Jan 13, 2006 · databases, mysql, tooling
Dealing With JavaScript Scope (by) · Jan 12, 2006 · javascript, scope
The Value of Graphic Design (by) · Jan 3, 2006 · design, usability
Open Flash? (by) · Jan 2, 2006 · adobe, flash, foss
Top 7 PHP Security Blunders (via) · Dec 21, 2005 · php, databases, sql, security
Rip It Up: Worn Type Using CSS (by/via) · Dec 20, 2005 · css, image-replacement, techniques, effects
Beware the Automated Accessibility Tool Trap (by/via) · Dec 15, 2005 · accessibility, tooling, automation
Don’t Be “eval()” (by) · Dec 7, 2005 · javascript
XHTML Is Not for Beginners (by) · Dec 5, 2005 · xhtml
Macromedia No More (by) · Dec 5, 2005 · macromedia, adobe, flash, dreamweaver
Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front (by/via) · Dec 5, 2005 · design, processes
Printing a Book With CSS: Boom! (by+/via) · Nov 28, 2005 · css, print
Move Over AJAX, Welcome AHAH (by) · Nov 24, 2005 · ajax, terminology
Who GETs REST? (by/via) · Nov 22, 2005 · apis, http, programming
New W3C Feed Validation Service (by/via) · Nov 21, 2005 · discussions, w3c, syndication, rss, atom, conformance, tooling
Accessibility Is Not Enough · Nov 21, 2005 · accessibility, usability
Mozilla XForms Project Threatened by Cut-Backs (by/via) · Nov 13, 2005 · mozilla, xforms, forms
The Huge Cloud Lens Bubble Map Web 2.0 (by) · Nov 11, 2005 · web, web-2.0
PHP and HTTP Making Friends (by/via) · Nov 7, 2005 · php, http
CAPTCHA Are Not a Security Measure (via) · Nov 5, 2005 · captcha, usability, accessibility
IE7 Conditional Comments (by) · Nov 3, 2005 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, conditional-comments
What Won’t Be Fixed in IE7 (by/via) · Nov 2, 2005 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer
The Cascade (by) · Oct 26, 2005 · css, cascade
Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign (by/via) · Oct 25, 2005 · design, branding, career
Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes · Oct 17, 2005 · blogging, usability, mistakes
HTML Comments (by) · Oct 13, 2005 · html, sgml, comments
Character References Explained (by) · Oct 10, 2005 · html, unicode, character-references, conformance
Google ♥ HTML 5 (by) · Oct 4, 2005 · google, html
What Is Web 2.0 (by/via) · Sep 30, 2005 · web, web-2.0, concepts, terminology, comparisons
Dreamweaver 8 Does Standards! (by/via) · Sep 30, 2005 · code-editors, macromedia, dreamweaver, standards
My Top Ten CSS Tricks Article (by/via) · Sep 27, 2005 · css, tips-and-tricks
Introducing the CSS3 Multi-Column Module (by/via) · Sep 27, 2005 · introductions, css, layout
Improving Link Display for Print (by/via) · Sep 20, 2005 · css, links, print
Best Practices for Declaring Languages in HTML and XHTML (by) · Sep 4, 2005 · best-practices, html, xhtml, localization, internationalization
HTML Tags vs. Elements vs. Attributes (by) · Aug 30, 2005 · html, terminology, comparisons
How Readable Is Your PHP? (via) · Aug 25, 2005 · php, formatting, documentation
Putting A/B Testing in Its Place · Aug 15, 2005 · testing, optimization, usability
Usability Improvements Using the DOM (by/via) · Aug 9, 2005 · usability, dom, javascript, links
JPG Quality (by) · Jul 27, 2005 · images, jpeg, quality, compression
Learning Web Development (by) · Jul 21, 2005 · learning, career
The End of CAPTCHA? (by/via) · Jul 18, 2005 · captcha, accessibility
Scrolling and Scrollbars · Jul 11, 2005 · scrolling, usability, design
On Having Layout (by) · Jun 30, 2005 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, hacks
XHTML Because It Has a DOCTYPE (by) · Jun 28, 2005 · xhtml, html
What Is AJAX? (by) · Jun 22, 2005 · terminology, ajax
Open Source Design? (by) · Jun 20, 2005 · foss, design, html, css
Lab Experiment: Elastic Zoom Layouts (by) · Jun 19, 2005 · accessibility, zooming, screen-magnification
Quick Reminder on Vendor Relations (via) · Jun 17, 2005 · business-relations, collaboration
Why Generic XML on the Web Is a Bad Idea (by) · May 31, 2005 · html, xml, semantics
Who Cares About Semantics Anyway? (by) · May 30, 2005 · semantics, html, xhtml
Validation Quiz Explanation (by) · May 19, 2005 · html, xhtml, xml, conformance
Questions on XHTML2 (by) · May 17, 2005 · xhtml, semantics
Successful Web Development Methodologies Article (via) · May 13, 2005 · processes, project-management, agile
STR: SwishMAX Text Replacement · May 11, 2005 · image-replacement, techniques, flash, javascript
Validate Your Input! (via) · May 9, 2005 · validation, security
Language Tags (by) · May 6, 2005 · html, metadata, localization, internationalization
Markup Content Models (by) · May 5, 2005 · html, conformance
An Experiment With “ins” and “del” (by) · May 5, 2005 · html, experiments
HTML Comments in Scripts (by) · May 4, 2005 · html, xhtml, javascript, comments
Personalised RSS and Cookie Sharing (by) · Apr 24, 2005 · syndication, rss, cookies
Character Encodings and Input (via) · Apr 19, 2005 · unicode, character-references, conformance, php
Why MIME Types Are Not Like Handing Someone a Cup of Coffee Saying It’s Hot Chocolate (by) · Apr 17, 2005 · mime-types
XAML (or Avalon) (by) · Apr 15, 2005 · xaml
Avalon/XAML First Look (by) · Apr 14, 2005 · xaml
The Future: HTML or XHTML (by) · Apr 10, 2005 · html, xhtml, visions, comparisons
Definitive Solution to Image Replacement · Apr 10, 2005 · image-replacement, techniques
Semantic Markup (by) · Apr 1, 2005 · semantics, html
Spruced-Up Site Maps (by/via) · Mar 30, 2005 · html, sitemaps
Cascading Style Sheets (by) · Mar 29, 2005 · studies, css, history, dsssl
MIR: Malarkey Image Replacement (by) · Mar 27, 2005 · image-replacement, techniques, css
Super Simple Clearing Floats (by) · Mar 15, 2005 · css, floats
On Valid CSS (by) · Mar 13, 2005 · css, conformance
Apache Performance Testing (by/via) · Mar 13, 2005 · servers, apache, performance, testing
IE7 Wishlist (by) · Mar 10, 2005 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, wish-lists
XForms Myths (by) · Mar 8, 2005 · xforms, myths
XForms (by) · Feb 27, 2005 · xforms, css
The Power of Pure CSS (by+/via) · Feb 24, 2005 · css
Documentation, Documentation, Documentation (by+/via) · Feb 23, 2005 · documentation, jsdoc, javascript, tooling
Extending a Markup Language (by) · Feb 22, 2005 · software-design, xml, namespaces, extensibility
AJAX: A New Approach to Web Applications (by/via) · Feb 18, 2005 · ajax, html, xhtml, css, dom, javascript, web-apps
Problems the New IE Could Cause (by) · Feb 16, 2005 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, hacks, doctype-switching
IE7 (by) · Feb 15, 2005 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer
Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Fundamentals (by+/via) · Feb 15, 2005 · unicode, encoding, internationalization, standards
Basics of Search Engine Optimisation (by) · Feb 3, 2005 · fundamentals, seo
Validating a Custom DTD (by/via) · Feb 1, 2005 · xhtml, conformance
JavaScript Triggers (by/via) · Feb 1, 2005 · javascript
JSON and XML (by) · Jan 24, 2005 · json, xml
RSS 1.1: RDF Site Summary (by+) · Jan 23, 2005 · syndication, rss, rdf, xml
<div style='font-weight: bold'>Lost Cause</div> (by) · Jan 21, 2005 · html, semantics
Introduction to Browser-Specific CSS Hacks (by/via) · Jan 20, 2005 · introductions, user-agents, css, hacks
“rel=nofollow” (by) · Jan 17, 2005 · links, metadata, seo, google
Big, Stark, and Chunky (by/via) · Jan 11, 2005 · accessibility, zooming, screen-magnification, examples
DHTML ’05 (by) · Jan 6, 2005 · dhtml
Permanent Redirect in PHP (by) · Jan 2, 2005 · php, redirecting
PHP Predictions for 2005 (by/via) · Dec 30, 2004 · php, visions
Alt Attribute (Alt Tag, Alt Tooltip) (by) · Dec 16, 2004 · html, alt-text, accessibility
Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One (by/via) · Dec 15, 2004 · web, web-platform, standards, architecture
HTML Tags (by) · Dec 10, 2004 · html, terminology, comparisons
The Most Hated Advertising Techniques · Dec 6, 2004 · monetization, techniques, pop-ups
Extending HTML4 Forms (by) · Dec 4, 2004 · html, forms, xforms
The IDE Divide (by/via) · Nov 26, 2004 · code-editors
60,000 Lines of JavaScript (by/via) · Nov 22, 2004 · javascript, php
Invasion of the Body Switchers (by+/via) · Nov 19, 2004 · design, accessibility, css
10 Tips for Writing High-Performance Web Applications · Nov 19, 2004 · asp-net, iis, microsoft, servers, caching, compression, tips-and-tricks
W3C Documents the Architecture of the Web (by+/via) · Nov 12, 2004 · interviews, w3c, architecture, web
Decline of Brands? (by) · Nov 9, 2004 · branding
Branding Is Dead? (by) · Nov 9, 2004 · branding
Getting Started: Apache mod_rewrite Methods (by/via) · Nov 5, 2004 · introductions, servers, apache
Uncollapsing Margins (by) · Nov 3, 2004 · css
sJIR: scalable Jens Image Replacement · Nov 2, 2004 · image-replacement, techniques, fonts, javascript
The Four Essentials of Modern Web Design (via) · Oct 27, 2004 · conformance, accessibility, semantics, principles, quality
Rediscovering Java (by/via) · Oct 21, 2004 · java
Iterative Design (by) · Oct 13, 2004 · design, processes
Open Source vs. Closed Source (by) · Oct 7, 2004 · foss, economics, comparisons
JavaScript Security · Oct 4, 2004 · javascript, security
Checkboxes vs. Radio Buttons · Sep 27, 2004 · forms, comparisons, guidelines, usability
Resolution Dependent Layout (by) · Sep 21, 2004 · responsive-design, javascript
My Favorite Tags (via) · Sep 16, 2004 · coldfusion
“min-height: fixed;” (by) · Sep 16, 2004 · css
More Usable Forms—Controlling Scroll Position (via) · Sep 15, 2004 · forms, usability, scrolling, html, javascript, coldfusion
The Need for Web Design Standards · Sep 13, 2004 · usability, design, conventions
GIF Hacking (by) · Sep 8, 2004 · images, gif, png, dithering, compression
File Upload Security (by) · Sep 8, 2004 · html, file-handling, security
Ten CSS Tricks—Corrected and Improved (by) · Sep 7, 2004 · css, tips-and-tricks
HTML Overlays (by) · Sep 7, 2004 · html, xul, overlays
Undoing html.css and Using Debug Scaffolding (by) · Sep 6, 2004 · css, resetting, debugging
HTML Overlays (by) · Aug 30, 2004 · overlays, html, xml, techniques
Introducing sIFR: The Healthy Alternative to Browser Text (by) · Aug 29, 2004 · introductions, image-replacement, techniques, flash
Link Relationships (by) · Aug 25, 2004 · html, links, metadata, semantics
Quick Guide to XHTML (by) · Aug 19, 2004 · guides, xhtml, html, conformance, mime-types, unicode
Fitts’s Law (by) · Aug 19, 2004 · principles, design, usability
Why Specs Matter (by) · Aug 16, 2004 · standards
Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms (by/via) · Aug 10, 2004 · usability, searching, php
Perma Your RSS! (by) · Aug 10, 2004 · syndication, rss, links
URI (IRI) Design (by) · Aug 5, 2004 · urls, http, content-negotiation, localization, internationalization
Why “document.write()” Doesn’t Work in XML (by) · Aug 4, 2004 · javascript, dom, xml
First Things First: IA and CSS (by+) · Jul 16, 2004 · slides, information-architecture, css
Extending HTML (by) · Jul 12, 2004 · html, standards, processes, xhtml, namespaces, extensibility, apple
Spot the Security Hole (by/via) · Jul 3, 2004 · php, security
State of the WHAT (by) · Jun 29, 2004 · whatwg, web-forms, forms, user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer
Integrated Web Design: Strategies for Long-Term CSS Hack Management (by/via) · Jun 25, 2004 · css, hacks, maintainability, strategies
An Introduction to Information Architecture (via) · Jun 21, 2004 · introductions, information-architecture
Using Accesskeys Is Easy (via) · Jun 20, 2004 · html, accessibility, keyboard-navigation
Dynamic Text Replacement (via) · Jun 15, 2004 · image-replacement, techniques, php, javascript
PHP and “application/xhtml+xml” (by) · Jun 14, 2004 · php, xhtml, mime-types
XHTML Is Invalid HTML (by) · Jun 13, 2004 · xhtml, html, conformance
How Microsoft Lost the API War (by) · Jun 13, 2004 · microsoft, apis, history
Custom 404 (by) · Jun 8, 2004 · error-pages, servers, apache, microsoft, iis
Fragment of HTML? (by) · Jun 5, 2004 · html, atom, syndication
Tables vs. CSS—a Fight to the Death (by/via) · May 27, 2004 · html, tables, css, layout, comparisons
Atom (or Web Syndication) (by) · May 25, 2004 · syndication, atom, semantics
The Future of the Web (by) · May 21, 2004 · web-platform, visions, web-forms, forms
Print It Your Way (by/via) · May 21, 2004 · print, css
Future of the Web, a Must-Read (by) · May 21, 2004 · web-platform, visions, principles, mozilla, opera
Viewport, Canvas, Root (by) · May 19, 2004 · terminology
About PHP Usage (by/via) · May 18, 2004 · php
Clearing Floats (by/via) · May 16, 2004 · css, floats
Web Forms 2.0 (by/via) · May 14, 2004 · web-forms, forms
Separation: The Web Designer’s Dilemma (via) · May 14, 2004 · content-management, best-practices, maintainability
Tidy HTML (by/via) · May 10, 2004 · html, php, tooling
Evaluating CSS Hacks (by/via) · May 4, 2004 · css, hacks
Stupid Compression Tricks (by) · May 1, 2004 · ip, compression, optimization
Tags vs. Elements (by) · May 1, 2004 · html, terminology, comparisons
What Is Web Accessibility? (by/via) · Apr 30, 2004 · accessibility
Server-Sent DOM Events (by) · Apr 28, 2004 · servers, dom, events
Safari CSS Effects (by) · Apr 24, 2004 · user-agents, apple, safari, css, effects
Serializing PHP Data Structures for JavaScript (by/via) · Apr 22, 2004 · php, data-structures, javascript
JavaScript and Security (by/via) · Apr 19, 2004 · javascript, security
Embedding Flash Without “<embed>” (by) · Apr 12, 2004 · flash, html
IE vs. Image Replacement (by) · Apr 8, 2004 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, image-replacement, techniques
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification (by+/via) · Apr 7, 2004 · dom, standards
DOM Level 3 a W3C Recommendation · Apr 7, 2004 · w3c, dom, standards
How to Sell Accessibility (by/via) · Apr 6, 2004 · how-tos, accessibility, advocacy
Manipulate the User Agent for Accurate Site Stats (via) · Apr 2, 2004 · user-agents, analytics
Python Just Got a Whole Lot Cooler (by) · Mar 29, 2004 · python
Version Control and Web Development (by/via) · Mar 29, 2004 · version-control, cvs
Handling Content From Strangers (by/via) · Mar 26, 2004 · content, security
Accessible Pop-Up Links (by/via) · Mar 19, 2004 · pop-ups, links, accessibility
Introducing Markdown (by/via) · Mar 15, 2004 · introductions, markdown
CSS Sprites: Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death (by/via) · Mar 5, 2004 · css, images, sprites, performance
Zebra Tables (via) · Mar 5, 2004 · tables, css, effects
Great CSS Design (by) · Feb 29, 2004 · css, design, link-lists
CSS Drop Shadows (by/via) · Feb 27, 2004 · css, images, shadows, effects
Configure Web Logs in Apache (by/via) · Feb 23, 2004 · servers, apache, logging, configuration
Is Configuration With Arrays a Bad Smell? (by/via) · Feb 20, 2004 · configuration, arrays, php
Targeted Email Newsletters Show Continued Strength · Feb 17, 2004 · email, user-experience, visions
Get Off Your RSS! (via) · Feb 17, 2004 · syndication, rss, tooling, link-lists
Line Endings in JavaScript (by/via) · Feb 16, 2004 · javascript
Is the “head” Element Obsolete? (by) · Feb 8, 2004 · html, http, metadata
The Dangers of PageRank (by) · Feb 6, 2004 · google, seo, pagerank
Which Browsers to Support? (by/via) · Feb 6, 2004 · user-agents, support, progressive-enhancement
Lazy PHP (by/via) · Feb 6, 2004 · php
CSS Validation (by) · Feb 5, 2004 · css, conformance
CSS Design: Custom Underlines (via) · Feb 2, 2004 · css, effects, links
Error Handling and Web Language Design (by) · Jan 22, 2004 · errors, standards, conformance, html
The Perfect 404 (by/via) · Jan 16, 2004 · error-pages, javascript, http, usability
CSS: Hacking Around (by) · Jan 12, 2004 · css
Abstracting CSS (by) · Jan 7, 2004 · css, html, complexity, maintainability
Extensibility and Interoperability (by) · Jan 3, 2004 · standards, extensibility, interoperability, profiling
Proposed XHTML Module: Web Forms 2.0 (by) · Dec 17, 2003 · xhtml, web-forms, forms
Achieve Results With Banner Exchange (via) · Dec 13, 2003 · branding, monetization, seo
Night of the Image Map (via) · Dec 12, 2003 · css, techniques, images
Enhancing Structural Markup With JavaScript (by/via) · Dec 10, 2003 · html, javascript
The Mystery of Why Only Four Properties Apply to Table Columns (by) · Dec 2, 2003 · html, tables, css
JavaScript Image Replacement (by/via) · Nov 21, 2003 · javascript, image-replacement, techniques
Data Tables · Nov 20, 2003 · html, tables
How to Save Web Accessibility From Itself (by/via) · Nov 14, 2003 · how-tos, accessibility, w3c, wcag, standards
Keeping Navigation Current With PHP (via) · Nov 7, 2003 · navigation, php
sorttable: Make All Your Tables Sortable (by) · Nov 6, 2003 · libraries, javascript, tables, sorting
IE × 3! (by) · Nov 6, 2003 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, testing
Sliding Doors of CSS II (by/via) · Oct 30, 2003 · css, images, techniques
Is Bloated CSS the New HTML? (by) · Oct 27, 2003 · css, performance, caching
Sliding Doors of CSS (by/via) · Oct 20, 2003 · css, images, techniques
Facts and Opinion About Fahrner Image Replacement (by/via) · Oct 20, 2003 · image-replacement, accessibility
By Logical Extension (by) · Oct 20, 2003 · css, selectors, performance
Search Engine Optimisation for Web Developers (via) · Oct 13, 2003 · seo
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) (by) · Oct 8, 2003 · fundamentals, unicode
On CSS Remakes (by) · Oct 4, 2003 · css, html, refactoring
Generate PDFs With PHP (via) · Oct 1, 2003 · php, pdf, code-generation
An Open Letter to “Tableless” Recoders · Sep 25, 2003 · html, css, tables, refactoring, advocacy
Accessibility Notes (by) · Sep 12, 2003 · accessibility, links
Keep CSS Easy (by) · Sep 9, 2003 · css, hacks, user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer
Exploring the Limits of CSS Layout (by/via) · Sep 2, 2003 · css, layout
HTML: More Structural Than Semantic (by) · Aug 28, 2003 · html, semantics
Semantic Markup (by) · Aug 27, 2003 · html, xhtml, semantics
Standards Don’t Necessarily Have Anything to Do With Being Semantically Correct (by) · Aug 26, 2003 · standards, conformance, semantics, html, xhtml, css
Semantics and Bad Code (by) · Aug 26, 2003 · html, xhtml, semantics, conformance
On Standards and Semantics (by) · Aug 26, 2003 · standards, conformance, semantics
Usability 101 · Aug 25, 2003 · usability, concepts
“max-width” in Internet Explorer (by) · Aug 20, 2003 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, css
Oh Just Die Already (by) · Aug 18, 2003 · user-agents, netscape
Don’t Use “document.all” (by) · Aug 11, 2003 · javascript
Markup! (by) · Aug 9, 2003 · xforms, xframes, w3c
Image Replacement—With “<span>” · Aug 9, 2003 · image-replacement, techniques
Accessible Image Replacement (by) · Aug 5, 2003 · image-replacement, techniques, accessibility
HTML and Foreign Languages (by) · Jul 29, 2003 · html, unicode, internationalization, accessibility