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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
On the Semantic Web289
html, buttons, forms
Semantica11y—Semantic HTML for Everyone (ste)288
packages, html, accessibility
You Don’t Know HTML Lists287
html, lists
Semantic HTML Just Might Make Your CSS Less Fragile (sch)286
html, css, resilience
When Is a Link Not a Link? (dec)285
html, links, accessibility
I Learned the First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way (css)284
accessibility, aria, html
ARIA Roles Can Remove Their Children’s Semantics (ste)283
html, aria, accessibility
HTML Content Categories (rus)282
html
The Three Semantics of HTML (mat)281
html
Did You Know Some ARIA Roles Remove Child Semantics? (rus)280
html, aria, accessibility
Semantics Beyond the Tag Name (kno/mat)279
html, attributes, aria, accessibility
The “<time>” Element Should Actually Do Something (nol)278
html, time
HTML Semantics: The Short Descriptions of All 113 Elements (j9t)277
html, overviews
Explaining the Accessible Benefits of Using Semantic HTML Elements (geo/css)276
html, accessibility
Just Use a Button (cfe)275
html, buttons
ChatGPT Sez Build With Semantics First (ste)274
chatgpt, chatgpt-atlas, ai, openai, browsers, html, accessibility
Tables: Beyond Rows and Columns (tpg)273
accessibility, wcag, tables, html, jaws, nvda, screen-readers
Why Moving Away From SPAs Improves Usability, Accessibility, and SEO (inn)272
single-page-apps, usability, accessibility, seo, html
When HTML Speaks Clearly271
html, accessibility, conformance
Thinking Deeply About Theming and Color Naming (zel/css)270
theming, naming, color-palettes, colors, pico
How Semantics and ARIA Attributes Support Accessible Design (tpg)269
accessibility, aria, html, attributes
Why Semantic HTML Still Matters (jon)268
html
Naked and Semantic (ark+/dea)267
podcasts, interviews, awareness-days, css, maintainability
Top 5 Web Accessibility Issues in 2024 (and How to Fix Them) (int)266
accessibility, focus, keyboard-navigation, contrast, colors
Know Your HTML (Yes, TSX Included) (hel)265
html, accessibility
Inclusive Development Practices in Next.js Projects (web/deq)264
accessibility, nextjs, keyboard-navigation, aria, alt-text, localization, performance, axe
The “col” Element (hey)263
html, tables
Making Scannable Web Pages for Assistive Technology (jar)262
accessibility, assistive-tech, design, headings, html
The “caption” Element (hey)261
html, tables
The True Path to Garbage Code: Figma Sites (joe)260
figma, html, quality, accessibility
What Is Semantic Caching?259
ai, performance, caching, concepts
The “cite” Element (hey)258
html
The “canvas” Element (hey)257
html, canvas
Unlocking Accessibility: Frontend Developers Discuss Semantic HTML and Accessible Code256
accessibility, html, community
Mastering HTML: The Art of Minimal and Valid Code in Professional Web Development (AI Edition) (j9t)255
guest-posts, html, minimalism, conformance, interoperability, accessibility, standards
Keeping It on the “<dl>”—Another HTML Gem You Never Use (cod)254
html, lists
Mastering Typography in Design Systems With Semantic Tokens and Responsive Scaling253
typography, design-systems, design-tokens, responsive-design, scaling
Quick Accessibility Wins That Are Easy to Implement (kev)252
videos, accessibility, html, alt-text, images, contrast, colors, keyboard-navigation, focus, skip-links
Is React Accessible? That’s the Wrong Question251
accessibility, react, jsx, html
It’s Right There in the Back of the Book (hom)250
accessibility, html
Definition Layers Within Semantic Tokens (ikn)249
design-tokens
10 Digital Accessibility Mistakes to Avoid248
accessibility, mistakes, alt-text, images, contrast, colors, keyboard-navigation, aria, headings, labels, forms, pop-ups, testing
Accessibility Essentials Every Front-End Developer Should Know (mar)247
accessibility, fundamentals, html, forms, keyboard-navigation, modals, alt-text, focus, responsive-design, reduced-motion, aria
Updated Brief Note on Description List Support (aar)246
html, lists, accessibility, screen-readers, support
Accessibility First: How to Design Inclusive Frontend Experiences245
how-tos, design, accessibility, html, alt-text, keyboard-navigation, aria, contrast, forms, focus
On-Page SEO Checklist: The Complete Task List for 2025 (sem)244
seo, checklists, html
The HTML Native Search Element (tre)243
html
The Semantic Interface Palette Is Simple242
design, design-tokens, figma
The “br” Element (hey)241
html
The “button” Element (hey)240
html, buttons, links
HTML Cheat Sheet239
html, examples, cheat-sheets
The “body” Element (hey)238
html
The “blockquote” Element (hey)237
html
The “bdi” Element (hey)236
html, internationalization
The “b” Element (hey)235
html
Why HTML Has Both “<b/i>” and “<strong/em>”?234
html
The “aside” Element (hey)233
html, accessibility
The “address” Element (hey)232
html
The “abbr” Element (hey)231
html, accessibility
The Anchor Element (hey)230
html, links, terminology, usability
Know the “search” Element (j9t)229
html
HTML Cheat Sheets: From Basics to Advanced Elements228
fundamentals, html, examples, cheat-sheets
Maybe Don’t Name That Landmark (aar)227
html, accessibility
Semantic Code in HTML: What Is It and Does It Still Matter? (boa)226
html, accessibility, seo, maintainability, performance
Using Footnotes (mfo)225
footnotes, content, writing
Level-Setting Heading Levels (aar)224
headings, conformance, accessibility, aria
When “Semantic Tokens” Are No Longer Semantic223
design-tokens
Tailwind Marketing and Misinformation Engine222
tailwind, css, principles, maintainability, marketing
“X” Marks the Spot: Landmark Elements (stv)221
html, accessibility, assistive-tech, aria
A Call for Consensus on HTML Semantics (5t3)220
html
Basic Accessibility Mistakes I Often See in Audits (cfe)219
accessibility, mistakes, auditing, html, focus, links, buttons
Buttons and Links—Common Misconceptions218
accessibility, html, buttons, links
The Implied Web (hws/mat)217
html, accessibility
Are We Too Pedantic With Semantic (dis)216
design, design-tokens
The Road to HTMHell Is Paved With Semantics (pep/mat)215
html, quality
You Might Be Looking for HTML “article”, Not “section” (san)214
html
Revisiting Fundamentals—Semantic Lists for Improved Accessibility (mis/mat)213
fundamentals, html, accessibility
The UX of HTML (vas/mat)212
html, user-experience
Understanding HTML Landmarks and How to Apply Them (its/log)211
html, accessibility, aria
Truly Semantic (don)210
design-tokens, naming
Removing List Styles Without Affecting Semantics (mat)209
html, css, accessibility
Tailwind vs. Semantic CSS208
tailwind, css, html, comparisons, performance
Select Element: Now With Horizontal Rules (una)207
html, forms, browsers, google, chrome, apple, safari, support
An Intro to the “dialog” Element (cfe)206
introductions, modals, html
Progressively Enhanced HTML Accordion (aar)205
html, accordions, accessibility, progressive-enhancement
A Blog Post With Every HTML Element (pat)204
html
I’m Betting on HTML203
html
I Blame the W3C’s HTML Standard for Ordered Lists (sid)202
html, lists
Semantic Code in HTML: What Is It and Does It Still Matter? (boa)201
html
Semantics and the “popover” Attribute: What to Use When? (hdv)200
html, attributes, accessibility, pop-overs
CSS Custom Properties Beyond the “:root” (mat)199
css, custom-properties
It’s Very Likely That… (mat)198
html, buttons, modals
New HTML Element: “search” (alv)197
html
What Is Semantic HTML? (dav)196
html
On-Page SEO Checklist: The Complete Task List for 2023 (sem)195
seo, checklists, html
Fighting Inter-Component HTML Bloat (eli)194
components, html, quality
The “search” Element (sco)193
html, accessibility
The H1 Conundrum: Understanding the Challenges of Heading Level One192
accessibility, headings, html
We Don’t Need “.visually-hidden” (den)191
accessibility, css, quality
50.1% Empty Links (mat)190
accessibility, html, links, seo
ARIA vs. HTML (aar)189
accessibility, html, aria, comparisons
Representation of Style (ste)188
html
Buttons, Links, and Focus (tem)187
accessibility, buttons, links, focus
Screen Readers Don’t Convey the Semantics of “strong” and “em” (mat)186
accessibility, screen-readers, html
An Introduction to HTML Cheat Sheet185
introductions, html, cheat-sheets
How to Write Semantic CSS (kev)184
videos, how-tos, css
Interop 2023 CMS Checkin (chr)183
interoperability, html, syndication, rss, atom
What Are HTML5 Semantic Elements?182
html
Screen Readers Support for Text Level HTML Semantics (ste/tpg)181
html, screen-readers, support
If You Need a Link, Don’t Use a Button (tem)180
html, links, buttons, accessibility
Unordered Lists in Main Navigations (mat)179
html, lists, navigation
A Problem With Link Relationships (j9t)178
html, links, metadata, maintainability
Enforcing Better HTML Markup With Eleventy (mat)177
html, conformance, eleventy
5 HTML Elements, and a Partridge in a Despair Tree (mat)176
html, accessibility
Brief Note on Description List Support (aar)175
html, lists, accessibility, screen-readers, support
Reading the Meter (sup/mat)174
html, accessibility
Landmarks and Where to Put Them (kil/mat)173
html, aria, accessibility
HTML Semantics and Accessibility Cheat Sheet (web)172
cheat-sheets, html, accessibility
Newer Things to Know About Good Ol’ HTML Lists (dxn/css)171
html, lists
HTML Content Model Categories (rus)170
html
The Shape-Shifting “a” Element (rus)169
html, links
The “label” Element (rus)168
html, labels
Dialogs, Modality, and Popovers Seem Similar—How Are They Different? (hdv)167
html, accessibility, modals, pop-overs
16 Rare HTML Tags You Really Should Know166
html
Structured Data (htt)165
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, structured-data, semantic-web
A Little Semantic HTML Trick for React Components164
react, html, components, tips-and-tricks
Foundations: HTML Semantics (ihe/tet)163
accessibility, fundamentals, html
When Going Somewhere Does a Thing: On Links and Buttons (kil)162
accessibility, html, links, buttons
A “details” Element as a Burger Menu Is Not Accessible (ger/clo)161
html, disclosure-widgets, accessibility
How to (Not) Make a Button160
how-tos, accessibility, buttons, html
Should I Use a Button or a Link? (ash)159
html, buttons, links
On Ratings and Meters (lea)158
html, css
One Year of Coding—Recommendations for Beginners From a Beginner157
learning, accessibility
“<article>” vs. “<section>”: How to Choose the Right One (sma)156
html, comparisons
Roundup of Recent Document Outline Chatter (geo/css)155
html, headings, accessibility
Subheadings, Subtitles, Alternative Titles, and Taglines in HTML (ste/tpg)154
html, headings, microcontent, accessibility
Perceived Affordances and the Functionality Mismatch (tin)153
usability, accessibility
What Is the Best Way to Mark Up an Exclusive Button Group? (lea)152
html, accessibility, aria
Why the HTML Outlining Algorithm Was Removed From the Spec—the Truth Will Shock You! (bru)151
html, accessibility
How to Use Headings for Website Accessibility150
how-tos, accessibility, headings
Aspects of Accessibility—Semantics, Contrast, and… Anxiety?149
accessibility, colors, contrast, user-experience
HTML Cheat Sheet: A Quick Reference Guide for HTML Developers148
guides, html, examples, cheat-sheets
Divs Are Bad! (mat)147
html
What’s Your Heading? (col)146
accessibility, html, headings
Non-Interactive Elements With the “inert” Attribute (web)145
html, attributes
Plain Old Semantic HTML: A Perfect Basis for Accessibility144
accessibility, html
Does Valid and Semantic HTML Still Matter? (5t3+)143
podcasts, html, conformance
Title Rewrites: 3 Patterns to Avoid (moz)142
seo, writing, microcontent
Those HTML Elements You Never Use141
html
12 Years Beyond a HTML Joke (ste)140
html
HTML Semantics (cfe)139
html
Should “Cancel” Be a Button or a Link?138
interaction-design, buttons, links
It Needs to Map Back to a Role (eri)137
accessibility, aria, html
Foundations: Headings (ihe/tet)136
accessibility, fundamentals, html, headings
Column Headers and Browser Support (aar)135
accessibility, html
Colors That Make Sense134
accessibility, colors
Why Radio Buttons Are Called Radio Buttons in UIs? (ami)133
html, naming
Replace JavaScript Dialogs With the New HTML Dialog Element (sto/css)132
modals, html
HTML Cheat Sheet—HTML Elements List Reference (fre)131
html, examples, cheat-sheets
4 Questions to Ask Before Using ARIA130
accessibility, aria, testing
More to Give Than Just the Div: Semantics and How to Get Them Right (hdv)129
html, accessibility
Div Divisiveness (sco)128
html
Show, Don’t Tell (css)127
writing, design
How to Define Your Relationship to Sites You Link To (ste)126
how-tos, html, links, seo
HTML Cheat Sheet125
html, examples, cheat-sheets
Details/Summary (5t3)124
html, disclosure-widgets
Semantics and How to Get Them Right (hdv/btc)123
videos, html, accessibility
Design Systems, Structured Content, and Headless Publishing (amy)122
design-systems, content, headless
Semantic “menu” Context (sco)121
html
Buttons vs. Links (yat)120
html, buttons, links, comparisons
HTML Cheatsheet119
html, examples, cheat-sheets
Use the “i” Element, and Use It Appropriately (j9t)118
html
Not Your Typical Horizontal Rules (sar)117
html
HTML: The 16 Content Categories and Their Elements (j9t)116
html
Why You Should Choose HTML5 “article” Over “section” (bru/sma)115
html, headings
Quoting in HTML: Quotations, Citations, and Blockquotes (css)114
html
Conversational Semantics (aar/btc)113
videos, html, voice, conversational-design
How to Section Your HTML (css)112
how-tos, html, examples
Why, How, and When to Use Semantic HTML and ARIA (ada/css)111
html, aria, accessibility
You’re Using “em” Wrong (log)110
html, markdown
Conversational Semantics (aar/ali)109
html, voice, conversational-design
Small Tweaks That Can Make a Huge Impact on Your Website’s Accessibility (bel/css)108
accessibility, contrast, colors, labels, forms, typography, keyboard-navigation
A Developer’s Guide to Better Accessibility (a11+/24a)107
guides, accessibility, html, keyboard-navigation, naming, tooling
A Look Back at the History of CSS (jay/css)106
history, css, browsers, doctypes, box-model, hacks, standards, css-zen-garden
Writing JavaScript With Accessibility in Mind (mat)105
javascript, accessibility, focus, buttons, aria
The Document Outline Dilemma (ame/css)104
html, headings, accessibility
HTML5 Page Structure Basics (lou)103
fundamentals, html
What’s New in HTML 5.1102
html
Meaningful CSS: Style Like You Mean It (tba/ali)101
css, html
Do You Know These Eight HTML5 Tags?100
html
No Good Can Come of Bad Code (zel/ali)99
quality, accessibility, standards
A Vision of Web Development (j9t)98
outlooks, minimalism, conformance, maintainability
10 Typical HTML Interview Exercises97
html, interviewing, conformance, aria
HTML5 Forms: The Markup (cra)96
html, forms
A Q&A on the Picture Element (wil+/ali)95
interviews, html, images, responsive-design
The Battle for the Body Field (ali)94
html, xml, wysiwyg
10 HTML Tags You May Not Be Using93
html
The HTML5 “meter” Element (pan/css)92
html, examples
HTML Table Element Guide (chr/css)91
guides, html, tables, css
A Look at the HTML5 “nav” Element90
html, navigation
Semantic CSS With Intelligent Selectors (hey/sma)89
css, selectors, html
Introducing the New HTML5 “<main>” Element (cra)88
introductions, html
On Web Semantics (j9t)87
html, best-practices
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)86
html, icon-fonts, fonts
Getting Started in HTML585
introductions, html, multimedia, forms, apis
Let’s Talk About Semantics (htm)84
html, naming
About HTML Semantics and Front-End Architecture83
html, naming, architecture
Sexy New HTML5 Semantics (bru/sma)82
html
Pursuing Semantic Value (ada/sma)81
html
Our Pointless Pursuit of Semantic Value (div/sma)80
html
Goodbye “time”, “datetime”, and “pubdate”—Hello “data” and “value” (htm)79
html, attributes, time
The Hidden Nuggets of WCAG2: Information Relationships78
accessibility, wcag, html
On Semantics in HTML (j9t)77
html
The Return of the “u” Element (htm)76
html
Are CSS Tables Better Than HTML Tables?75
tables, css, html, comparisons
Learning to Love HTML5 (lou/sma)74
html
When (and When Not to) Use an Anchor Tag? (chr/css)73
html, links
What Makes for a Semantic Class Name? (chr/css)72
html, css, attributes, naming, examples
Naming and Using IDs and Classes Properly (mat)71
html, css, attributes, naming
Making Forms Fabulous With HTML570
html, forms, overviews
How Important Is Semantic HTML?69
html
Don’t Forget About HTML5’s “Little Guys” (lou)68
html
Extending HTML5—Microdata (htm)67
microdata, html, attributes
Exploring Markup for Breadcrumbs (chr/css)66
html, navigation, breadcrumbs
Extending HTML5—Microformats (htm)65
microformats, html, attributes
The Beauty of Semantic Markup, Introduction64
introductions, html, microformats
microformats.org at 5: Two Billion Pages With hCards, 94% of Rich Snippets (tan/mic)63
microformats, anniversaries, metrics
Are You Ready for HTML 5?62
html, simplicity, multimedia, canvas, forms
This Is Your Site—This Is Your Site on HTML5 (bur)61
html, standards
Semantic Navigation With the “nav” Element (tom/htm)60
html, navigation
A Big Day for Microformats (tka)59
microformats, html
Value Class Pattern (tan/mic)58
microformats, html
Semantic Technologies Should Be Personal (tan)57
semantic-web
Table Layouts vs. Div Layouts: From Hell to… Hell? (sma)56
html, layout, tables, comparisons
Our Yearly Reminder of What It’s All About (jch)55
awareness-days, css, maintainability
Making “<time>” Safe for Historians (ppk)54
html, time
“<section>” Is Not Just a “Semantic ‘<div>’”53
html
The 5 Most Under-Used HTML Tags (cra)52
html
Why CSS Should Not Be Used for Layout51
css, layout, tables, html
Semantics in HTML 5 (joh/ali)50
html
The Road to HTML 5—The “section” Element (div)49
html, history
Opera Study: Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant (ars)48
studies, research, opera, standards, conformance
Getting Semantic With Microformats: XFN47
microformats, xfn
Separating Presentation From Semantics (bur)46
drupal
Design Rants (dav)45
design, typography, readability, responsive-design
A Preview of HTML 5 (lac/ali)44
html, overviews
What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like (chr/css)43
html, attributes, conformance, formatting
At What Point Do Semantics Not Apply? (jch)42
html, css
Microformats: More Meaning From Your Markup (bri)41
microformats, html
Web Standards Do—the Way of Web Standards (oli/w3c)40
standards, html, http, content-negotiation, caching, performance, xml, xhtml, testing, processes, urls, redirecting
The “<b>” and “<i>” Elements (lac)39
html
HTML: The Top 5 Forgotten Elements38
html
Standards, Semantics, Accessibility, and HTML Email (jch)37
html, standards, accessibility, email
Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup36
html, xhtml, conformance, encoding, unicode, character-references
Long Live the Q Tag (ali)35
html
“dl”, “dt”, and “dd” Markup (ann)34
html, lists
First Annual Naked Day: April 0533
css, awareness-days, standards
Semantic Image Use (jch)32
html, images, alt-text, accessibility
Building Open Textual Content on HTML (tan/mic)31
html, content, microformats
Rel vs. Rev (mic)30
html, xhtml, microformats, comparisons
Class Attributes Are About More Than Styling (mic)29
html, attributes
Why Generic XML on the Web Is a Bad Idea (ann)28
html, xml
Who Cares About Semantics Anyway? (dav)27
html, xhtml
XHTML Was Good for the Web (ann)26
xhtml, html, standards
Microformats and Semantics in Japan (mey)25
microformats, xfn
Questions on XHTML2 (ann)24
xhtml
Semantic Markup (ann)23
html
<div style='font-weight: bold'>Lost Cause</div>22
html
The Four Essentials of Modern Web Design21
fundamentals, conformance, accessibility, principles, quality
Link Relationships (lac)20
html, links, metadata
Atom (or Web Syndication) (ann)19
syndication, atom
Semantics: A New Beginning?18
semantic-web
Semantics, HTML, XHTML, and Structure17
html, xhtml, examples
HTML: More Structural Than Semantic (sim)16
html
Semantic Markup15
html, xhtml
This Validates (sim)14
conformance, xhtml
On Standards and Semantics (sto)13
standards, conformance
Semantics and Bad Code (dav)12
html, xhtml, conformance
Standards Don’t Necessarily Have Anything to Do With Being Semantically Correct (kot)11
standards, conformance, html, xhtml, css
Standards, Semantic Markup, Distributed Authorship, and Knowledge Management10
standards, xhtml, css, content-management
Semantic Obsolescence (div)9
xhtml, html
Tantek’s Markup Challenge (sim)8
html
A Touch of Class (tan)7
html, attributes, examples
Why Semantic Markup Is So Important6
xhtml, syndication, rss
Markup Challenge: aaronsw.com5
code-reviews, html
The Secret Life of Markup4
html, sgml, xml, content
Valid Garbage In, Valid Garbage Out: Answers3
html, conformance
The Myths of Structural Markup2
html, sgml, myths, maintainability
Using Standard HTML (tim)1
html, accessibility