“2000s” Archive (4)

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).

Style Web Forms Using CSS […] (by/via) · Jul 14, 2003 · forms, css
MIME-Types (by) · Jul 9, 2003 · mime-types, xhtml, php
The Way Forward (by) · Jun 13, 2003 · xhtml, html
HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables (via) · May 31, 2003 · html, css
Reintroduce Yourself to HTML (by) · May 21, 2003 · html, wysiwyg
CSS2 Is Five Years Old (by) · May 15, 2003 · css, anniversaries
CSS Zen Garden (by) · May 7, 2003 · css, design, examples
CSS Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design (by) · May 7, 2003 · websites, css, design, examples
12 Steps to Faster Flash (via) · Apr 30, 2003 · performance, flash
RSS Needs Fixing (by) · Apr 22, 2003 · rss, syndication
Will Plain-Text Ads Continue to Rule? · Apr 21, 2003 · monetization
Understanding Web Accessibility (by) · Apr 18, 2003 · accessibility
Table-Less Design (by) · Apr 8, 2003 · design, css, layout
Accessibility Implications of Digital Rights Management (by) · Apr 7, 2003 · accessibility, drm
Weblogs vs. Old Media (by) · Apr 4, 2003 · blogging, comparisons
Interview—Rachel Andrew, Dreamweaver Task Force (by+/via) · Mar 27, 2003 · interviews, code-editors, macromedia, dreamweaver, wysiwyg, standards
RSS Standardization (Again) (by) · Mar 25, 2003 · syndication, rss, standards
Why XML Doesn’t Suck (by) · Mar 24, 2003 · xml, internationalization, interoperability, software-design
Credibility and CSS (by) · Mar 6, 2003 · design, layout, css
Only Use “em” and “%” Units! (by) · Feb 21, 2003 · css, units
URLs vs. XHTML (by) · Feb 17, 2003 · urls, xhtml, conformance
How Ann Navarro Killed the HTML Writer’s Guild (by) · Jan 29, 2003 · html, community
Stylesheet Parsing Gets Complicated (by) · Jan 20, 2003 · css, parsing
Better Image Rollovers (by) · Jan 19, 2003 · images, effects, javascript
Google PageRank—Democracy or Corporate Muscle? (via) · Jan 16, 2003 · google, seo, sem, pagerank
The Making of Python—a Conversation With Guido van Rossum (by+) · Jan 13, 2003 · interviews, python, history, extensibility
Build Accessible Online Forms (by/via) · Jan 7, 2003 · accessibility, forms, html, css
XHTML Is Just Fine (by) · Jan 6, 2003 · xhtml, html
Top Web Design Mistakes (by) · Jan 4, 2003 · usability, mistakes, urls
The GIR Image Replacement Technique (GIR) · Jan 4, 2003 · image-replacement, techniques
Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 2002 · Dec 22, 2002 · design, usability, mistakes, retrospectives
Tantek’s Markup Challenge (by) · Dec 19, 2002 · html, semantics
Effects of CSS-Based Design (by) · Dec 12, 2002 · html, css, conformance, performance
Introduction to CSS Shorthand (by/via) · Dec 11, 2002 · introductions, css, shorthands
Origins of Verdana/Tahoma (by) · Dec 5, 2002 · fonts, typography
Getting Started With XML Security (by/via) · Nov 28, 2002 · introductions, xml, security
Dynamic Site SEO Tips and Hints (by/via) · Nov 28, 2002 · seo, tips-and-tricks
XML Namespaces Explained (by/via) · Nov 27, 2002 · xml, namespaces
Why Semantic Markup Is So Important (by) · Nov 25, 2002 · xhtml, semantics, syndication, rss
Flash and Web-Based Applications · Nov 25, 2002 · flash, web-apps, comparisons
XHTML vs. the World (by) · Nov 24, 2002 · xhtml, rss, syndication, blogging, comparisons
Markup Challenge: aaronsw.com (by) · Nov 24, 2002 · code-reviews, html, semantics
Tag Soup: How UAs Handle “<x> <y> </x> </y>” (by) · Nov 21, 2002 · html, parsing, user-agents
Fancy Paragraphs With CSS (via) · Nov 16, 2002 · css
Content Negotiation in Heterogenous XML Environments (by) · Nov 8, 2002 · content-negotiation, mime-types, xml, xhtml, svg, rdf, mathml
Inline XML (via) · Nov 1, 2002 · html, xml, namespaces
Making Flash Usable for Users With Disabilities · Oct 14, 2002 · flash, usability, accessibility
CSS Design: Taming Lists (via) · Sep 27, 2002 · css, design
Rough Guide to the DOM (via) · Sep 18, 2002 · guides, dom, javascript
What Are XForms · Sep 11, 2002 · xforms
Sending XHTML as “text/html” Considered Harmful (by) · Sep 8, 2002 · xhtml, html, mime-types
RDF and RSS (by) · Aug 24, 2002 · semantic-web, rdf, rss, syndication
Valid Garbage In, Valid Garbage Out: Answers (by) · Aug 18, 2002 · html, semantics, conformance
Let Users Control Font Size · Aug 18, 2002 · usability, readability
10 Tips on Writing the Living Web (by/via) · Aug 16, 2002 · writing, content, tips-and-tricks
Manage Your Content With PHP (by/via) · Aug 9, 2002 · content-management, php
XHTML Media Types (via) · Aug 1, 2002 · xhtml, mime-types
Debate—Design Is Not Dead! (via) · Aug 1, 2002 · design
Debate—Design Is Dead! (via) · Aug 1, 2002 · design
Checking Unix Server Performance (by/via) · Jul 23, 2002 · servers, unix-like, performance
Using XML (by/via) · Jul 19, 2002 · xml
Build Your Own Web Service With PHP and XML-RPC (by/via) · Jul 16, 2002 · web-services, php, xml
Some Early Ideas for HTML (via) · Jul 5, 2002 · html, history
ASP.NET Form Processing Basics (by/via) · Jul 2, 2002 · fundamentals, asp-net, forms
CSS Panic Guide · Jun 15, 2002 · guides, css, link-lists
Anil Dash Does Amazon (by) · Jun 15, 2002 · html, conformance, case-studies
Improving Web Page Loading (by/via) · May 28, 2002 · performance, optimization, tables, javascript
Valid Garbage In, Valid Garbage Out (by) · May 25, 2002 · html, css, conformance
Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability · May 12, 2002 · guidelines, usability, homepages
CSS Design: Going to Print (by/via) · May 10, 2002 · css, design, print
Cache or Check? (via) · Apr 19, 2002 · performance, caching, comparisons
Fix Your Site With the Right DOCTYPE (by/via) · Apr 12, 2002 · html, xhtml, doctype-switching
Recommended Doctype Declarations to Use in Your Web Document (by/via) · Apr 8, 2002 · html, xhtml, mathml, svg
A Fast Track Guide to ASP.NET (via) · Mar 27, 2002 · guides, asp-net
Accessibility, Web Standards, and Authoring Tools (by/via) · Mar 22, 2002 · accessibility, standards, code-editors
SWF vs. SVG—Which Should You Choose? (via) · Mar 4, 2002 · flash, svg, images, comparisons
Deep Linking Is Good Linking · Mar 3, 2002 · links, usability
Web Services Demystified (by/via) · Feb 27, 2002 · web-services, tech-stacks
How to Write a Better Weblog (via) · Feb 22, 2002 · how-tos, blogging, community
Better Living Through XHTML (by/via) · Feb 15, 2002 · xhtml, html, conformance
Understanding Web Services (via) · Jan 31, 2002 · web-services
The Importance of Web Standards (by/via) · Jan 31, 2002 · standards, html, xml, css, dom, ecmascript, web-platform
HTML Syntax Checker in PHP (by) · Jan 30, 2002 · html, conformance, php, tooling
Exchanging Information With a Server Without Reloading Your HTML Page (via) · Jan 22, 2002 · performance, html, javascript
CMS and the Single Web Designer (via) · Jan 11, 2002 · content-management, processes
Animated GIFs Made Easy (via) · Jan 11, 2002 · images, gif
What the Hell Is XML? (by/via) · Jan 4, 2002 · xml
About the Hiragino Fonts With CSS (by) · Dec 13, 2001 · unix-like, fonts, css
Why Don’t You Code for Netscape? (by/via) · Dec 7, 2001 · user-agents, netscape
Reading Design (via) · Nov 23, 2001 · design, content, readability, typography
The XML Files · Nov 21, 2001 · xml, history, terminology
XHTML—What’s the Point? (Draft, Incomplete) (by) · Nov 13, 2001 · xhtml, parsing
Metadata Captures Multimedia Diversity · Nov 12, 2001 · multimedia, metadata
Beyond Accessibility: Treating Users With Disabilities as People · Nov 11, 2001 · accessibility, usability, dei
MSN, Opera, and Web Standards (by/via) · Nov 9, 2001 · user-agents, microsoft, opera, standards
A Smarter Web (by/via) · Nov 1, 2001 · semantic-web, metadata
Poor Code Quality Contaminates Users’ Conceptual Models · Oct 28, 2001 · quality, resilience, productivity, usability
Get XSL to Do Your Dirty Work (by/via) · Oct 25, 2001 · xsl
Typography Matters (by/via) · Oct 19, 2001 · content, readability, typography
The Trouble With “em” ’n “en” (and Other Shady Characters) (by/via) · Oct 19, 2001 · html, unicode, typography, character-references
The W3C Needs to Be Royalty Free (via) · Oct 12, 2001 · w3c, licensing
How to Succeed With URLs (via) · Oct 12, 2001 · how-tos, urls, usability, servers, apache, php
Databased Websites From Scratch (via) · Oct 12, 2001 · databases, link-lists
Migrate Your Site From MySQL to PostgreSQL (via) · Oct 9, 2001 · migration, databases, mysql, postgresql
How to Read W3C Specs (by/via) · Sep 28, 2001 · how-tos, w3c, standards, learning
Rapid Web Development (via) · Sep 18, 2001 · processes, xhtml, css
Microbrowser Architectures (via) · Aug 30, 2001 · architecture, mobile, simplicity
Practical CSS Layout Tips, Tricks, and Techniques (via) · Aug 17, 2001 · css, layout, tips-and-tricks
The Real History of the GUI (via) · Aug 13, 2001 · history, design
Search Engine-Friendly URLs (via) · Aug 10, 2001 · urls, seo, php, servers, apache
How Specialization Limited the Web (by) · Aug 8, 2001 · career, hiring, web
W3C Accessibility Guidelines (by/via) · Aug 7, 2001 · accessibility, guidelines, w3c
First Rule of Usability? Don’t Listen to Users · Aug 5, 2001 · principles, usability, testing
New Version of WAP Is a Step Forward · Aug 3, 2001 · wap, xhtml
The Fear of X (by) · Aug 1, 2001 · html, xml, xhtml
Beginners’ HTML (by/via) · Jul 16, 2001 · html
CSS Talking Points: Selling Clients on Web Standards (via) · Jul 6, 2001 · css, standards, collaboration, communication, business-relations
W3C Issues XML Recommendations · Jun 27, 2001 · w3c, xml
Introduction to Web Applications · Jun 10, 2001 · introductions, web-apps
Souping Up Wireless (via) · Jun 4, 2001 · mobile, wml, hdml, chtml, xhtml, html
A Cross-Browser DHTML Table (via) · May 31, 2001 · tables, dhtml, javascript, user-agents, netscape, internet-explorer, microsoft
Ruby Annotation (by+/via) · May 31, 2001 · ruby-markup, standards, xhtml, html
XHTML 1.1—Module-Based XHTML (via) · May 31, 2001 · standards, xhtml
Banner Basics: Create Ads That Work (via) · May 29, 2001 · fundamentals, monetization
Handling Submitted Data With ASP (by/via) · May 25, 2001 · asp
Live and Let License · May 23, 2001 · foss, licensing
Web Hosting—Why Pay? (via) · May 18, 2001 · hosting, economics
The Semantic Web (by+/via) · May 17, 2001 · semantic-web, concepts
Web on Wireless Mobile Devices (by) · May 14, 2001 · wap, wml, wsdl, mobile
Cascading Style Sheets (via) · May 14, 2001 · css
CSS Design: Size Matters (by/via) · May 11, 2001 · css, typography, user-agents, netscape, microsoft, internet-explorer, support
Move It or Lose It, WAP and WML (by) · May 9, 2001 · wap, wml, mobile
XML Is Now the Standard Language for the Internet · May 2, 2001 · xml, web
Web Hosting Options (via) · Apr 30, 2001 · hosting, terminology
“Forgiving” Browsers Considered Harmful (by/via) · Apr 27, 2001 · html, xhtml, wysiwyg, conformance, parsing
An XSLT Style Sheet and an XML Dictionary Approach to Internationalization (via) · Apr 24, 2001 · internationalization, localization, xsl, xml, html
Web Accessibility for Section 508 · Apr 15, 2001 · accessibility, legal, section-508
W3C Hashes Out New Interoperability Standard (by) · Apr 10, 2001 · w3c, interoperability
Flash’s Got a Brand New Bag (via) · Apr 6, 2001 · flash, asp
Flash: 99% Good (via) · Apr 3, 2001 · flash
Web Designer and Proud of It (via) · Apr 2, 2001 · design, career
Back to Basics (by/via) · Apr 2, 2001 · fundamentals, html, wysiwyg
Style and Substance · Apr 1, 2001 · xml, xsl
Privacy Experts Rip IE Cookie Cutter (via) · Mar 22, 2001 · privacy, p3p, user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer
Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.1 (by/via) · Mar 15, 2001 · wsdl
Using Open Source Software on Your Website (via) · Mar 13, 2001 · foss
Getting Started With Java (by/via) · Mar 13, 2001 · introductions, java
Measuring Web Traffic (via) · Mar 9, 2001 · traffic, analytics, monitoring, servers
Browser Alternatives · Mar 5, 2001 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, netscape
Looking Beyond Netscape and Internet Explorer (by/via) · Feb 28, 2001 · user-agents, link-lists
XBL—XML Binding Language (by/via) · Feb 23, 2001 · xbl, xml
To Hell With Bad Browsers (by/via) · Feb 16, 2001 · user-agents, standards, support
From Table Hacks to CSS Layout: A Web Designer’s Journey (by/via) · Feb 16, 2001 · web-platform, history, css, anti-patterns, hacks, best-practices
Box Model Hack (by) · Feb 16, 2001 · css, box-model, hacks
Icons to Go (via) · Feb 13, 2001 · images, icons, windows
This HTML Kills: Thoughts on Web Accessibility (via) · Feb 9, 2001 · accessibility, visions, legal, xml, html
What Is ECMAScript? (via) · Feb 7, 2001 · ecmascript, standards
The Curse of Information Design (via) · Jan 27, 2001 · information-design
Usability Metrics · Jan 21, 2001 · usability, research, metrics, comparisons
Old Ghosts: XML Namespaces (by) · Jan 10, 2001 · xml, namespaces
Accessibility: The Politics of Design (via) · Jan 10, 2001 · accessibility, legal, processes
CSS Is Easy! (by/via) · Jan 2, 2001 · css
An Introduction to RDF (via) · Dec 19, 2000 · introductions, rdf, semantic-web
XHTML Basic (via) · Dec 19, 2000 · xhtml, standards
Browser Wars, Part Two (via) · Dec 14, 2000 · user-agents, browser-wars
Will XML Replace HTML? · Dec 13, 2000 · xml, html, xhtml
Information Architecture Defined (via) · Dec 12, 2000 · information-architecture
PHP by Example (via) · Dec 1, 2000 · php, examples
Flash Access: Unclear on the Concept (by/via) · Dec 1, 2000 · accessibility, flash
XML Development Specification Hailed (via) · Nov 14, 2000 · xml
Validating XML in Internet Explorer (by) · Nov 14, 2000 · xml, conformance, microsoft, internet-explorer
Open Source of Woe (via) · Nov 12, 2000 · netscape, user-agents, foss
Tips: Design for Accessible Web Sites (via) · Nov 3, 2000 · design, accessibility, tips-and-tricks
The Semantic Web: A Primer (by) · Nov 1, 2000 · introductions, semantic-web, xml, rdf
Apache HTTP Authentication With PHP (by/via) · Nov 1, 2000 · servers, apache, http, authentication, php
Flash: 99% Bad · Oct 29, 2000 · flash, design, user-experience
Of Standards and Standard Makers (by) · Oct 25, 2000 · standards, processes, w3c
All About Web Coding: Techspeak and Front-End Development Demystified (by) · Oct 20, 2000 · terminology, concepts
WAP Standards (via) · Oct 17, 2000 · standards, wap, wml, mobile
Lauding Benefits of XML (by) · Oct 16, 2000 · xml
Mind Your “<table>” Manners (by) · Oct 11, 2000 · html, tables
The Web Is Like Canada (by/via) · Oct 10, 2000 · web, comparisons
XHTML 1.0: Marking Up a New Dawn (by/via) · Oct 6, 2000 · xhtml
When Web Pages Don’t Work (via) · Aug 29, 2000 · user-experience, navigation, performance, graceful-degradation, usability, design, testing
Making the Web Accessible to Everyone · Aug 28, 2000 · accessibility, legal
DOM Design Tricks III: Using Events in the Document Object Model (by/via) · Aug 4, 2000 · dom, javascript, events, examples, tips-and-tricks
A Milestone for SVG · Aug 4, 2000 · svg, images, w3c
End of Web Design · Jul 23, 2000 · design, content, interaction-design, information-architecture, usability
DOM Design Tricks II (by/via) · Jul 21, 2000 · dom, javascript, examples, tips-and-tricks
Applause for IE’s Cookie Catcher (via) · Jul 21, 2000 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, cookies
Who Controls the Internet? · Jul 12, 2000 · web
Microsoft Lines Up Java Killers · Jul 12, 2000 · microsoft, java
An Introduction to P3P (by/via) · Jul 1, 2000 · introductions, p3p, privacy
Getting a Handle on Frames · Jun 27, 2000 · html, frames
Rated XHTML (by/via) · Jun 23, 2000 · xhtml
DOM Design Tricks (by/via) · Jun 16, 2000 · dom, javascript, examples, tips-and-tricks
Developing Wireless Web Applications (via) · Jun 9, 2000 · mobile, wap, wml
A New Face for the Web (via) · Jun 5, 2000 · images, svg, flash
Walking Backwards: Supporting Non-Western Languages on the Web (via) · May 26, 2000 · user-agents, netscape, support, internationalization
Exposing XML Myths (via) · May 15, 2000 · xml, myths
Digiglut.com (via) · May 5, 2000 · web
Meet the DOM (by/via) · Apr 21, 2000 · introductions, dom
“Reset” and “Cancel” Buttons · Apr 16, 2000 · buttons, usability
A Dao of Web Design (by/via) · Apr 7, 2000 · design, principles
Netscape Navigator 6.0: Better? (by) · Apr 5, 2000 · user-agents, netscape
Why IE5/Mac Matters (by/via) · Mar 31, 2000 · user-agents, microsoft, internet-explorer, apple, unix-like
Why Gecko Matters: What Netscape’s Upcoming Browser Will Mean to the Web (by/via) · Mar 24, 2000 · netscape, mozilla, gecko, user-agents, browser-engines
A Child’s Garden of XML (by/via) · Feb 18, 2000 · xml, xhtml
Microsoft Announces New MSDN Magazine (via) · Feb 4, 2000 · microsoft, learning
XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (by+/via) · Jan 26, 2000 · xhtml, standards
The 216-Color Webmaster Palette (by/via) · Jan 1, 2000 · colors