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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
EPUB 3.4 (iva/w3c)682
epub
What’s New in ECMAScript 2026 (paw)681
ecmascript
Gareth [Ford Williams] Goes Fireside (gar+)680
videos, interviews, accessibility, design, branding
Web Standards at the Web Engines Hackfest (don+/iga)679
podcasts, w3c
The Free and Open Web Is Under Attack at the IETF (eff)678
open-web, ai, bots
Frontend Minimalism in Action: Do More With Less JavaScript (sir/web)677
videos, minimalism, dependencies, javascript
Dark Mode With Web Standards (oll)676
dark-mode, html, javascript, svg, css
What’s Missing in CSS Layout (pat)675
css, layout, wish-lists
AI, Web, and Standards (hdv/w3c)674
videos, ai, web
What’s Actually New in JavaScript (and What’s Coming Next) (nec)673
javascript, ecmascript, retrospectives, outlooks
What to Know in JavaScript (2026 Edition) (chr/fro)672
javascript, ecmascript, frameworks, runtimes, tooling, testing, npm
CSS or BS? (kei)671
css
Mike Smith Fireside (ste)670
videos, interviews, accessibility, html, community
CSS Snapshot 2026 (fri+/w3c)669
css
Matt May Speaks (mat+)668
videos, interviews, accessibility, html
Standard HTML Video and Audio Lazy-Loading Is Coming (sco)667
html, multimedia, lazy-loading, performance
Selectors Level 5 (fan+/w3c)666
css, selectors
“WCAG Is Difficult to Read, Don’t Read It” Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (yat)665
wcag, accessibility
Cryptography Usage in Web Standards (w3c)664
cryptography, security
Mobile App Accessibility Under EN 301 549 v4.1.0663
accessibility, mobile, en-301-549
WASI 1.0: You Won’t Know When WebAssembly Is Everywhere in 2026662
webassembly, components
Forms Are a Badly Designed Part of HTML (jen/mat)661
html, forms
How HTML Changes in EPUB (rob/mat)660
epub, html
Accessibility Updates (w3c)659
videos, accessibility, wcag
Vote for the Web Features You Want to See (rvi)658
web-platform, support
Common Misconceptions About WCAG (tet)657
accessibility, wcag
What’s Wrong With This HTML, and Is It Valid? (pat/mat)656
html, conformance, web-platform
CSS Wrapped 2025 (una)655
css, retrospectives
The Web Runs on Tolerance (ede)654
web-platform, principles
Standards Queues (bka)653
web-platform, collaboration
Web Backstories: Shadow DOM (ada+/iga)652
podcasts, interviews, shadow-dom, web-components, history
CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4 (fan+/w3c)651
css, backgrounds
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.4.10: Reflow (Level AA)650
accessibility, wcag, reflow
WCAG 3 Update (kno)649
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.3.5: Identify Input Purpose (Level AA)648
accessibility, wcag, forms
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.3.4: Orientation (Level AA)647
accessibility, wcag, mobile
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 2.5.4: Motion Actuation (Level A)646
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 2.5.3: Label in Name (Level A)645
accessibility, wcag, labels, forms
JavaScript Just Leveled Up: ES2025—You’ll Fall in Love With (jsd)644
javascript, ecmascript
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)643
videos, history, web, javascript, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, browser-engines
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 Approved as ISO/IEC International Standard (w3c)642
accessibility, wcag, w3c
Why “NaN !== NaN” in JavaScript (and the IEEE 754 Story Behind It)641
javascript, history
UTF-8, Explained Simply (nic)640
videos, encoding, unicode, ascii
A Threat Model for Accessibility on the Web (sun)639
accessibility, css
WCAG’s Longevity (yat)638
accessibility, wcag
Why Now Is Not the Time to Think About WCAG 3 (kar)637
accessibility, wcag, compliance, legal
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)636
accessibility, conformance, compliance, terminology, comparisons, wcag
HTML Is Dead, Long Live HTML (unc)635
html, css, dom, metrics
Vision for W3C (cdu+/w3c)634
w3c, web, web-platform, outlooks
Why I Don’t Trust WCAG 2.2 and What I’m Hoping From 3.0 (dxn/log)633
accessibility, wcag
Not Just WCAG: How Web Accessibility Really Works in Europe632
accessibility, legal, wcag, en-301-549, bitv, comparisons
Global Accessibility Standards in Africa: A Panel Discussion (ina)631
videos, accessibility
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Third Edition) (pro+/w3c)630
png, images
WCAG 3, Increment or Overhaul? (ala)629
accessibility, wcag, w3c
WebAssembly Core Specification (w3c)628
webassembly
IE6, AI, and the Future of Browsing the Web (rac)627
web-platform, browsers, ai, google, chrome, internet-explorer
Privacy on the Web: Creating a More Trustworthy Web (set/w3c)626
web, privacy
Unshipping: How (and When) to Break Web Features (ric+/iga)625
podcasts, interviews, web-platform
Update on CSS Anchor Positioning (fan/w3c)624
css, anchor-positioning
Advancing Accessibility Standards (acc)623
accessibility
Mastering HTML: The Art of Minimal and Valid Code in Professional Web Development (AI Edition) (j9t)622
guest-posts, html, minimalism, conformance, semantics, interoperability, accessibility
Aaron D. Campbell [on] Why Open Standards and WordPress Matter (aar+)621
podcasts, interviews, wordpress
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)620
accessibility, aria, html
What’s the Difference Between WCAG, the EAA, and EN 301 549? (tpg)619
accessibility, wcag, eaa, en-301-549, legal, comparisons
Mitigating Browser Fingerprinting in Web Specifications (npd+/w3c)618
privacy, fingerprinting, browsers, w3c
CSS Snapshot 2024 (tab+/w3c)617
css
TC39 Advances 3 Proposals to Stage 4: RegExp Escaping, Float16Array, and Redeclarable Global Eval Vars (sar/soc)616
ecmascript, javascript, regex, escaping, arrays, math
Navigating the Web Platform (pat)615
web-platform, documentation, browsers, link-lists, cheat-sheets
So, You Want to Push a Web Platform Feature?614
web-platform, processes, community
CSS Display Module Level 4 (tab+/w3c)613
css, layout
CSS Multi-Column Layout Module Level 2 (rac/w3c)612
css, layout
WebAssembly JavaScript Interface (w3c)611
webassembly, javascript, apis
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)610
accessibility, aria, html
Updated Drafts for Review: W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 (w3c)609
accessibility, wcag, w3c
How to Join Blue Beanie Day: Wear and Share (zel)608
awareness-days, how-tos
Contributing to JavaScript and TypeScript (rob)607
videos, javascript, typescript, foss
Content Security Policy Level 3 (mik/w3c)606
csp, security
Web Audio API 1.1 (pad/w3c)605
multimedia, apis
Disabled and Obscured (ste)604
accessibility, html, forms, wcag
Reducing Digital Accessibility Litigation Risk603
accessibility, legal, processes
Indexed Database API 3.0 (w3c)602
indexeddb, databases
WebRTC: Real-Time Communication in Browsers (w3c)601
webrtc, apis
The State of Accessibility (tpg)600
videos, podcasts, accessibility
CSS Values and Units Module Level 5 (tab+/w3c)599
css, units
The Neverending Story (gar)598
web-platform, frameworks, libraries, tooling
CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 6 (fan+/w3c)597
css, cascade, inheritance
Semi-Annual Reminder to Learn and Hire for Web Standards (aar)596
learning, fundamentals, html, css
WCAG’s A and AA Distinction Is Mostly Academic (yat)595
accessibility, wcag
Why Is Reaching WCAG Level AAA Not Recommended? (cer)594
accessibility, wcag
What’s New in ECMAScript 2024 (paw)593
ecmascript
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)592
woff, fonts
WCAG 2.2 Map by Theme (hic)591
accessibility, wcag
Decoding WCAG: “Change of Context” and “Change of Content” (web)590
accessibility, wcag
Standardization Stories (fan/css)589
videos, web-platform, css, collaboration
WCAG, VPAT, S508, Level A—What on Earth? (int)588
accessibility, legal, terminology, wcag, vpat-acr, section-508
WebGPU (kai+/w3c)587
webgpu
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 2 (tab+/w3c)586
css, scrolling
What’s New for JavaScript Developers in ECMAScript 2024585
javascript, ecmascript, promises, unicode, webassembly
What ARIA Still Does Not Do (ste)584
html, aria, accessibility
Ecma International Approves ECMAScript 2024: What’s New? (rau)583
ecmascript
How to Build a New Feature for the Web Platform—and Make It a Success With Developers (web)582
discussions, how-tos, web-platform
World Wide Accessibility—Benefits of Standardization (cer)581
accessibility, legal, web
Consensus in Internet Standards (mno)580
collaboration, communication, web-platform
W3C Unveils 174 New Outcomes for WCAG 3.0 (deq)579
accessibility, wcag, w3c
We Need to Rewild the Internet (rob)578
web, collaboration, creativity, outlooks
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)577
accessibility, aria, html
AI and the Future of Web Accessibility Guidelines576
discussions, accessibility, wcag, ai, w3c
CSS Anchor Positioning (tab+/w3c)575
css, anchor-positioning
CSS Values and Units Module Level 3 (tab+/w3c)574
css, units
There Are No Standards Police (mno)573
policies, processes
WCAG 2.2 Detective Skills572
accessibility, wcag
JSON Canvas571
websites, json, canvas
CSS Color Module Level 4 (tab+/w3c)570
css, colors
A Look at the New WAI–ARIA 1.3 Draft (cra)569
accessibility, aria
Web Platform Design Principles (lea/w3c)568
web-platform, software-design, principles, w3c
Web Standards: The Guidelines That Every Developer Should Know567
history, w3c, html, css, xml, wcag
Understanding WCAG SC 3.2.6 Consistent Help (Level A)566
accessibility, wcag
Weird Things Engineers Believe About Web Development565
web-apps, javascript, building, web-platform
Inspecting WCAG 2.2: Accessible Authentication564
videos, accessibility, wcag, authentication
Experimental Chromium Web Platform Features (pol)563
overviews, experiments, web-platform, chromium
CSS Snapshot 2023 (tab+/w3c)562
css
Why Chromium Cares About Standards561
chromium, web-platform
Inspecting WCAG 2.2: Target Size560
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Will Be a Part of EN 301 549 and With That a Part of WAD and EAA (cer)559
accessibility, wcag, en-301-549, legal, eaa
Technical Standards Bodies Are Regulators (mno)558
policies, legal
Obligatory WCAG 2.2 Launch Post (aar)557
accessibility, wcag
Demystifying WCAG 2.2 (vig)556
accessibility, wcag
Intopia Launches WCAG 2.2 Map (int)555
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Is Now a Published Web Standard554
discussions, accessibility, wcag, w3c
WCAG 2.2 Is Now a W3C Recommendation (den)553
accessibility, wcag
What’s New in WCAG 2.2 (pat/tpg)552
accessibility, wcag, release-notes
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 (w3c)551
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses) (nik)550
unicode, encoding
Four Reasons to Give WCAG AAA a Second Look (web)549
accessibility, wcag
Changes and Additions in Pointer Events Level 3 (pat/w3c)548
videos, pointer-events
A More Intelligent and Secure Web (ple/w3c)547
videos, w3c, web, web-platform, security
WCAG 3.0: Further on Up the Road (ons/tpg)546
accessibility, wcag
Do We Need WCAG 3 (Now)? (yat)545
accessibility, wcag
Vision for W3C (cdu/w3c)544
outlooks, web, web-platform, w3c
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 (w3c)543
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
[WebKit] Standards Positions (web)542
webkit, support
Use Case-Driven Standards Development541
WCAG 2.2, Quick and Simplified540
wcag, accessibility
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI–ARIA) 1.2 (w3c)539
accessibility, aria, rich-internet-apps
WCAG 2.2 Misses Mark on Defining Visible Focus (yat)538
accessibility, focus, wcag
Are We There Yet? WCAG 2.2 Is at the Candidate Recommendation [Stage] v3 (gwi/deq)537
accessibility, wcag
ES2023 Introduces New Array Copying Methods to JavaScript (phi)536
javascript, ecmascript, arrays
30th Anniversary of Licensing the Web for General Use and at No Cost (koa/w3c)535
web, web-platform, foss, history, anniversaries
Meeting WCAG Level AAA (pat/tet)534
accessibility, wcag, conformance
What’s New in ECMAScript 2023 (paw)533
ecmascript
What’s New in WCAG 2.2?532
accessibility, wcag
Retro-Specifying Fetch/Performance (nom)531
apis, data-fetching
CSS Nesting Module (tab+/w3c)530
css, nesting
The Troublesome Life and Lamentable Death of Success Criterion 4.1.1529
accessibility, wcag, conformance
The Story of the World Wide Web (jay)528
books, web, history, browsers, css, community, browser-wars
WCAG 2.2 Update: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Parsing Criterion527
accessibility, wcag
New WCAG 2.2 Features Rated (yat)526
accessibility, wcag
Are We There Yet? WCAG 2.2 Is at the Candidate Recommendation Stage Again (gwi/deq)525
accessibility, wcag
Be a Digital Ally: Further Exploration of WCAG 2.2 (kno)524
accessibility, wcag
The History of Internet Explorer and Web Standards (jay/hac)523
history, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, web-standards-project, link-lists
The YAML Document From Hell (ruu)522
yaml
ECMAScript Proposal: Iterator Helpers (rau)521
ecmascript, javascript
WCAG 3.0: Are We There Yet? (ons/tpg)520
accessibility, wcag
The 411 on 4.1.1 (aar)519
accessibility, wcag
CSS Snapshot 2022 (tab+/w3c)518
css
CSS Shapes Module Level 1 (w3c)517
css, shapes
What’s New in WCAG 2.2 (a11)516
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Hits Candidate Recommendation—but What Does It Mean? (int)515
wcag
Prepare for WCAG 2.2 and Beyond (lev)514
videos, wcag, accessibility
7 Quick Facts About WCAG 2.2 (lev)513
accessibility, wcag
Meet Web Push (web)512
browsers, apis, support
WCAG 3 Compliant? Check Again511
accessibility, wcag
Triaging WCAG 2.1 Level AAA (tet)510
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 and WCAG 3 Status Updates509
accessibility, wcag
Reinventing W3C Governance (rob)508
w3c
The Evolution of WCAG: A Postcard From the Front Lines507
accessibility, wcag, history
What’s New in ECMAScript 2022 (paw)506
ecmascript
The Future of Web Accessibility: WCAG 3.0 (for)505
accessibility, wcag
WebDex: Web Specs Index (don)504
terminology
Giving Web Standards a Seat at the Table (jay)503
history
CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3 (dba+/w3c)502
css
CSS Snapshot 2021 (tab+/w3c)501
css
This Is WCAG500
websites, accessibility, wcag
Web Platform Design Principles (w3c)499
web-platform, software-design, principles, w3c
Explainer for W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 (jsp+/w3c)498
accessibility, wcag
New Living Standards (dom)497
apis
Smashing Podcast Episode 44 With Chris Ferdinandi: Is the Web Dead? (cfe+/sma)496
podcasts, interviews, web-platform, performance, tooling, developer-experience
WCAG 3.0: What You Need to Know About the Future of Accessibility Standards495
accessibility, wcag
New HTTP Standards for Caching on the Modern Web (pim)494
http, protocols, caching, performance
What’s New in ES2021493
javascript, ecmascript
Web Audio API (pad/w3c)492
multimedia, apis
Geolocation API (mar/w3c)491
geolocation, apis
WebGPU (kai/w3c)490
webgpu
FTP: Fifty Years and Millions of FTP Servers Worldwide489
ftp, history, servers, tooling
Web Authentication: An API for Accessing Public Key Credentials Level 2 (jmh+/w3c)488
webauthn, authentication, apis
What’s New in ECMAScript 2021 (paw)487
ecmascript
WebRTC Adopted as Official Web Standard486
webrtc, apis, w3c
CSS Snapshot 2020 (tab+/w3c)485
css
W3C in 2020 (koa/w3c)484
w3c, retrospectives
The Internet’s Server-Based Infrastructure Is Ushering Us Through the Pandemic—Here’s How the W3C Is Helping483
web, servers, infrastructure, w3c
Know Your Standards (ste)482
accessibility, wcag, aria, html, link-lists
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)481
anniversaries, fonts, woff
JSON-LD 1.1 (gke+/w3c)480
json-ld, json
Web Standards479
w3c, html, xml, xhtml, css, wcag
What Is P3P Policy and How Does It Work?478
p3p, policies, privacy
Web Platform Contribution Guide (zco/boc)477
websites, guides, web-platform, community
W3C Finalizes Web of Things (WoT) Recommendations (inf)476
w3c
What’s New in ECMAScript 2020 (paw)475
ecmascript
Why Do Some HTML Elements Become Deprecated? (css)474
html, deprecation
Why Are We Talking About CSS4? (rac/sma)473
css
What Is CSS4? (ppk)472
css
The Web We Want (mar+)471
surveys, tooling, web
CSS4 (chr/css)470
css
Twitter Proposes Open Social Network Standard (sjv/zdn)469
twitter+x, bluesky, social-media, fediverse
WebAssembly Is Now the Fourth Web Standard Language468
webassembly, w3c
An Adventurer’s Guide to W3C Specs (mel/24a)467
guides, accessibility, w3c
Some HTML Is “Optional” (chr/css)466
html, performance
Privacy Anti-Patterns in Standards (w3c)465
privacy, anti-patterns
W3C and WHATWG Agreement: Single Version of HTML, DOM Specifications (sci)464
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
War Is Over, if You Want It: W3C, WHATWG Agree to Work Towards Single Spec for HTML and DOM (the)463
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and WHATWG Come Together for HTML and DOM Specifications462
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and the WHATWG Signed an Agreement to Collaborate on a Single Version of HTML and DOM (w3c)461
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and WHATWG Agree to Work Together Over HTML and DOM460
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
Pointer Events [Level 2] (ric+/w3c)459
pointer-events, apis
W3C Approves WebAuthn Authentication Standard That Could Do Away With Passwords458
w3c, fido, webauthn, authentication
The Web Just Took a Big Step Toward a Password-Free Future (jon/ver)457
w3c, webauthn, authentication, apis
W3C Strategic Highlights: Strengthening the Core of the Web (CSS) (amy/w3c)456
w3c, css
What’s New in ECMAScript 2019 (paw)455
ecmascript
W3C Strategic Highlights: Future Web Standards (amy/w3c)454
w3c, link-lists
Web Standards: The What, the Why, and the How (sma)453
history, processes, web-platform
ARIA 1.1—What’s New? (24a)452
accessibility, aria
Why Isn’t It “<style src="">”? (chr/css)451
html, history
A Blue Beanie for Blue Beanie Day (viv)450
browsers, vivaldi, awareness-days
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)449
css, fonts
The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) Specification (w3c)448
p3p, privacy
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 (fan/w3c)447
css, logical-properties
Webmentions: Enabling Better Communication on the Internet (ali)446
webmentions
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (ala+/w3c)445
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
RIP Passwords! A New Standard for Web Authentication Is Here444
w3c, fido, authentication, webauthn
FIDO and W3C Launch Password-Free Browser443
fido, w3c, apis, webauthn, authentication
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format442
w3c, fonts, woff
A Short History of WaSP and Why Web Standards Matter (jay/css)441
history, wasp, community, web-platform
Selectors Level 4 (fan+/w3c)440
css, selectors
What’s New in ECMAScript 2018 (paw)439
ecmascript
ActivityPub (cwe+/w3c)438
protocols, network
W3C Study of Practices and Tooling for Web Data Standardisation (w3c)437
surveys, studies, research, rdf, structured-data, tooling
W3C Releases HTML 5.2 as Official Recommendation (kba/inf)436
w3c, html
What’s New in HTML5.2 (inf)435
html
HTML 5.2 Is Done, HTML 5.3 Is Coming (w3c)434
html, w3c
HTML 5.2 (ste+/w3c)433
html
Further Working Mode Changes (ann)432
whatwg, apple, google, microsoft, mozilla, community
The Cost of Developing and Adopting New CSS Features (mat)431
css, browsers
Testing Standards (ann)430
testing, interoperability, web-platform
W3C: WebRTC 1.0 Is Now Feature Complete (sdt)429
w3c, webrtc, apis
A Look Back at the History of CSS (jay/css)428
history, css, browsers, doctypes, box-model, hacks, css-zen-garden, semantics
W3C Publishes DRM as a Recommendation (inf)427
w3c, drm, eme, content
W3C Approves EME Digital Rights Standard—With Electronic Frontier Foundation Resigning426
w3c, drm, eme, eff
Encrypted Media Extensions (w3c)425
eme, content, drm, encryption
New Ontologies for OWL424
owl, semantic-web
Mozilla Standards Positions (moz)423
mozilla, support
Are Internet Standards Standing in the Way of Digital Accessibility? (lol)422
drm, eme, accessibility, w3c
A DRM Standard Has Been Approved for the Web, and Security Researchers Are Worried (jac/ver)421
drm, eme, w3c, eff
Micropub Is a W3C Recommendation (aar)420
blogging, content-management
On EME in HTML5 (tim/w3c)419
eme, drm, html, legal, security, w3c
Annotation Is Now a Web Standard418
annotations, w3c
web-platform-tests417
websites, web-platform, browsers, testing
What’s New in ECMAScript 2017 (paw)416
ecmascript
The JavaScript Standard415
javascript, ecmascript, history
WCAG 2.0 AA Gains Prominence as Website Accessibility Standard (jds)414
accessibility, wcag, legal, ada
Webmention (aar/w3c)413
webmentions, urls
Content Security Policy Level 2 (mik+/w3c)412
csp, security
HTML 5.1 Is the Gold Standard (ple/w3c)411
html, w3c
Standards on GitHub (ann)410
github
W3C Set to Publish HTML 5.1, Work Already Started on HTML 5.2 (cam/sof)409
w3c, html
HTML—From 5.1 to 5.2 (w3c)408
html, w3c
Authentication Is Multi-Headed Beast for Purging Passwords (zdn)407
authentication, passwords
Subresource Integrity (dev+/w3c)406
security, hashing, html
HTML5 Has Changed the Internet but the World’s Now Ready for HTML6405
html, web
Finishing HTML5.1… and Starting HTML5.2 (w3c)404
html, w3c
Understanding the CSS Property Value Syntax (rus/sma)403
css, concepts
Schools of Thoughts in Web Standards (kar)402
principles
My URL Isn’t Your URL (bag)401
urls
Working on HTML5.1 (tin/w3c)400
html, w3c
What’s New in ECMAScript 2016 (ES7) (paw)399
ecmascript
Blue Beanie Day398
websites, awareness-days
CSS Snapshot 2015 (tab+/w3c)397
css
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 (jsp+/w3c)396
accessibility, tooling
Is HTML “Complete”? (bru)395
html, web-platform
What Are Web Standards394
history, html, xml, xhtml, css, wcag, w3c
No Good Can Come of Bad Code (zel/ali)393
quality, accessibility, semantics
Web Standards: We’re F’ing It Up (j9t)392
complexity
Standardization and the Open Web (ali)391
open-web, foss, community
Stopping the Infighting About Digital Standards (ali)390
policies, conventions
HTML5 Image Description Extension (“longdesc”) (cpt/w3c)389
html, images
Pointer Events (jac/w3c)388
pointer-events, apis
Standards and Browser Compatibility387
web-platform, browsers, support, interoperability, polyfills, feature-detection, browser-detection
HTML5 Differences From HTML4 (zco/w3c)386
html, comparisons
What Is the Web? (mno)385
web, web-platform, concepts
Blue Beanie Day 14: Toque ’em if You’ve Got ’em (bee/ali)384
awareness-days
The Extensible Web Manifesto (bre+)383
websites, manifestos, web-platform, extensibility
HTML5 Is a Recommendation (iva/w3c)382
html
HTML5 Finally Released as W3C Recommendation (sco)381
html, w3c
Open Web Platform Milestone Achieved With HTML5 Recommendation (w3c)380
html, web-platform, w3c
HTML5 Finalized, Finally (cio)379
html, w3c
How to Further Improve the World of Open Standards (w3c)378
awareness-days
WebRTC Specifications Advance (don/sdt)377
interviews, webrtc, apis
HTML5 on Track for W3C Finalization by Year’s End (red)376
html, w3c
HTML5: On Our Way to Recommendation (ple/w3c)375
html
Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 2nd Edition (w3c)374
mathml
WAI–ARIA Expands Web Accessibility (w3c)373
accessibility, aria, html
Where Is Interoperability for Social Media? (dhi/zdn)372
social-media, interoperability, opensocial
RDF 1.1 Has Been Published as Recommendation (iva/w3c)371
rdf, link-lists
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (ann/w3c)370
cors, security
JSON-LD Is an Official Web Standard369
json-ld, json, w3c
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing on Track to Become a W3C Recommendation (sdt)368
w3c, cors, security
CSS, HTML, and the Problem of Spec Fragmentation (j9t)367
css, html
The CSS Standards Process (tab/css)366
css, processes, w3c
Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 2.0 (sha+/w3c)365
internationalization, html, xml
DRM Likely in Future Versions of HTML (cne)364
html, drm, content, eme, w3c
Celebrating World Standards Day (w3c)363
awareness-days
Lowering Your Standards: DRM and the Future of the W3C (dan/eff)362
html, content, drm, eme, w3c
Interview With Lea Verou of the W3C (lea)361
interviews, css, vendor-extensions, w3c
Web and Mobile Interest Group Emerges From W3C to Further Mobile Web Initiative (dom/cms)360
w3c, mobile
When Can You Use New HTML and CSS in Production?359
html, css, support, browsers
Persistent Data Storage API358
browser-storage, apis, w3c
Web Storage (w3c)357
browser-storage, apis
W3C Report Updates Web Applications on Mobile Standards (cms)356
w3c, web-apps, mobile
How We Can Create Open Standards for Social Business (dhi/zdn)355
social-media, w3c, opensocial
Hot in Web Standards: March/April 2013 (lea)354
css, grids, layout, testing, lazy-loading, apis, w3c
Digital Publishing and the Web (iva/ali)353
w3c, web-platform, css, print
Activating Browser Modes With Doctype (hsi)352
browsers, doctypes, html, xhtml, xml
Oh Look—a Dead WaSP (cra)351
community, advocacy, web-standards-project, developer-relations, browsers
Our Work Here Is Done (aar/wa)350
web-standards-project, community, advocacy, developer-relations, browsers
CSS Preprocessor README (tab)349
tooling
Microsoft Goes Its Own Way With WebRTC348
microsoft, w3c, webrtc
Interview With Ian Hickson, HTML Editor (bru/htm)347
interviews, html, web-platform
Web Technology: 5 Things to Watch in 2013 (sts/cne)346
browsers, images, performance
First Official W3C HTML5 Standard Finally Completed! What’s Coming in 2013? (tod)345
interviews, w3c, html
HTML5 Inches Closer to the Finish Line (wir)344
html, w3c
Open Source Release From MS Open Tech: Pointer Events Initial Prototype for WebKit (sbl)343
microsoft, foss, pointer-events, webkit
Hot in Web Standards: November/December 2012 (lea)342
html, apis, w3c
HTML5 Is Done—HTML 5.1 Next on Standards Agenda (hei)341
html, canvas, w3c
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)340
woff, fonts
OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview (Second Edition) (w3c)339
overviews, owl
Interview With Robin Berjon, HTML5 Editor (rob+/htm)338
interviews, html, w3c, whatwg
HTML5 and the Future of the Web337
html
The CSS Problem (j9t)336
css
W3C and Digital Publishing (iva/w3c)335
w3c, content, epub
What’s Left for HTML5? (sdt)334
html
IndexedDB Featured in New Web Development Open Standards Site333
indexeddb, databases, w3c, documentation
WebPlatform.org332
websites, web-platform, documentation
Hmm, Let’s Not “Fuck the Standards Bodies” (mar)331
w3c, whatwg
Test the Web Forward (w3c)330
quality, testing, web-platform
W3C Outlines Plan to Finalize HTML5329
w3c, html
W3C to Finish HTML5 by 2014 (cra)328
w3c, html
Mark Zuckerberg’s Opinion of HTML5 Is Meaningless (aco/inf)327
html, facebook+meta
Open Letter to W3C CSS Working Group Re CSS Grids (mar)326
open-letters, w3c, css
W3C Tells Their Side of the Story: The Future of HTML5325
w3c, html
W3C’s Ian Jacobs on the Future of HTML5 (cra)324
interviews, w3c, html
Thoughts on ECMAScript 6 and New Syntax (nza)323
ecmascript
Ian Hickson on HTML5 vs. HTML (cra)322
interviews, html
Hitting the HTML Moving Target321
html, w3c, whatwg
HTML5 Gets the Splits (cra)320
html, whatwg, w3c
The Advent of HTML5319
html
W3C to Develop HTML5 and Its Successor in Parallel (hei)318
w3c, html
Why I Love Working on the Web (mat)317
web, community
HTML5 Still Taking Shape (sdt)316
html, web-apps, flash, silverlight
Living Standards315
processes, whatwg, w3c
Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten Dies (lea/ali)314
css, vendor-extensions, terminology
CSS Vendor Prefixes Threaten Open Web (cra)313
open-web, css, vendor-extensions, webkit
Introducing the CSS3 Test312
css, testing
The CSS3 Test (lea)311
css, support, browsers
Apple Submits “Invalid” Patents to W3C to Delay Touch Events Standard (9to)310
apple, w3c, legal, touch
Is Apple Using Patents to Hurt Open Standards? (ars)309
apple, legal
From Hypertext to Hyperdevices (don/w3c)308
web, web-platform, terminology, trends
Blue Beanie of Thankfulness (chr/css)307
awareness-days
Five Questions With Tab Atkins (tab+/css)306
interviews, css, content, google, dart
about:csswg (fan)305
css, processes
Infographic: History of Web Standards (jzb)304
history
When Web Standards Fail Us (nza)303
html, w3c, javascript, ecmascript
Analyst Watch: HTML5 Is Not Quite Ready for Primetime (sdt)302
html
CSS Needs a Bit of Basic Love (mat)301
css
W3C Launches New “Agile” Standards Development Platform300
w3c, community
W3C Releases Simplified HTML5 Spec for Web Developers (sof)299
w3c, html
Reconciling Various Forms of String Literals (iva/w3c)298
w3c, strings
W3C Updates CSS Open Web Standards as Reality and Specs Converge (cms)297
w3c, css
A Decade Later, W3C Finalizes CSS 2.1296
w3c, css
Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification (ber+/w3c)295
css
W3C HTML WG Decisions: “hidden”, “longdesc”, Table Summary, and the Myth of Hidden Metadata (bur)294
html, attributes, tables, w3c
Web Notifications (ann)293
notifications, apis
WHATWG, W3C, and HTML (ann)292
whatwg, w3c, html
The Difference Between the WHATWG and the HTMLWG (wir)291
whatwg, w3c, comparisons
HTML5 Kicked Into 2014 (the)290
html, w3c
HTML5 Not Finalized Until 2014289
html
HTML as a Living Standard—For and Against (bru/htm)288
html, processes, w3c, whatwg
The Sorry State of the CSS3 Specifications (nza)287
css, link-lists
People of HTML5—Bruce Lawson (bru+/moz)286
interviews, html
Mobile Web Application Best Practices (aco/w3c)285
mobile, web-apps, best-practices, w3c
Web Sockets and the Risks of Unfinished Standards (sts/cne)284
websockets, mozilla, opera
Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality (tim)283
web, net-neutrality
W3C Adds More HTML5 Standards Tests282
w3c, html, browsers
How Do We Test a Web Browser? (One Year [Later]) (ple/w3c)281
browsers, testing, web-platform
How to Comment and When (bur)280
how-tos, processes
Strategic Decisions in a Strategy-Less Environment (bur)279
html, w3c
The Core Mission of W3C (w3c)278
w3c
Growing Pains Afflict HTML5 Standardization (sts/cne)277
html, w3c, whatwg
The W3C Bites Back? (bur)276
w3c, html
The New [“<track>”] Element Has Been Added to the HTML5 Spec (dal/aja)275
html, multimedia
Web Spec Goulash (bur)274
html, xhtml, dom
HTML5: When Will the Madness End? (bur)273
html, w3c, whatwg
CSS Vendor Prefixes Considered Harmful (ppk)272
css, vendor-extensions
Workin’ on RDFa271
rdf
HTML5 Editors Draft Hits W3C, Flash Doesn't Break a Sweat (Yet)270
html
HTML5 Means Whatever You Want It to Mean (ppk)269
html
Microsoft Joins SVG Working Group (tho/osn)268
microsoft, svg, w3c
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in the Spotlight in Mid-March 2010 (sof)267
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
Why Microsoft’s IE 9 Will Frustrate Standards Fans (the)266
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, acid-tests
W3C to Meet With Developers on HTML 5 (sdt)265
w3c, html, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
God Did It, Why Can’t We? UN Ponders Net “10 Commandments” (ars)264
web, accessibility, internationalization
Whatever Happened to P3P? (rig)263
interviews, p3p, privacy
RIF and OWL (iva/w3c)262
owl, semantic-web
Google to Microsoft: Support SVG (inf)261
svg, google, microsoft, browsers, internet-explorer, support
How Do We Test a Web Browser? (ple/w3c)260
browsers, testing, web-platform
This Is Your Site—This Is Your Site on HTML5 (bur)259
html, semantics
Regarding HTML5 (sim)258
html
HTML 5 Starts Looking Real (rch)257
html, web-platform
Apple Gets Higher Profile in HTML Standardization (sts/cne)256
html, w3c, apple
Separating Canvas Out of HTML5 (bur)255
html, canvas
HTML5: A Story in Progress (bur)254
html
Google, HTML5, and Standards (mis)253
google, html
2022, or When Will HTML 5 Be Ready? (rem/htm)252
html
An Epitaph for the Web Standard, XHTML 2 (sts/cne)251
xhtml, html, whatwg, w3c
XHTML2: Not Dead (ste)250
xhtml, w3c
W3C Stops Work on XHTML 2 (sdt)249
w3c, xhtml, whatwg
XHTML 2 to Be Discontinued (hei)248
xhtml, w3c
XHTML 2 Language Dumped in Favor of HTML 5 (inf)247
xhtml, html, w3c
Orthogonality of Specifications (w3c)246
web-platform, software-design, architecture, principles
10 Ways to Make Your XHTML Site Accessible Using Web Standards (mri/sma)245
xhtml, accessibility, conformance
ECMAScript 5: Changes to JavaScript (dal/aja)244
ecmascript, javascript
Hixie Discusses the Addition of HTML5 “Microdata” (dal/aja)243
html, microdata
Going Non-Standard (bur)242
html
A Rough View of the Future (ple/w3c)241
web-platform, outlooks
Opera Chief: Microsoft’s IE 8 “Undermines” Web Standards (the)240
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, web-platform
The Shallowness of CSS Evangelism239
css, advocacy
Web Standards on the Edge (com)238
w3c, css, html, support, browsers
When Good Browsers Go Bad—and They All Do (com)237
conformance, support, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
To Hell With Bad Browsers—the Sequel (ppk)236
browsers, support, internet-explorer, microsoft
IE8 Blacklist: Forcing Standards Rendering Opt-In235
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, rendering
Meaning of Names and Operations of Services234
discussions, naming
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 19 (div)233
html
Shrinking HTML5 (ann)232
html
W3C Upgrades Web Accessibility Standards231
w3c, wcag, accessibility
The Fundamental Problems With CSS3 (mat)230
css, w3c
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0) (mdm+/w3c)229
smil
What Are Web Standards? (nza)228
web, w3c
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition) (tim+/w3c)227
xml
Browsers Face Innovator’s Dilemma (com)226
browsers, web-platform
IETF Developers Call for Privacy Rules for the W3C’s Geodata API (hei)225
w3c, apis, privacy
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 13 (div)224
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 12 (div)223
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 10 (div)222
html
Opera Study: Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant (ars)221
studies, research, opera, conformance, semantics
Seven OWL 2 Drafts Published (iva/w3c)220
owl
Where Our Standards Went Wrong (bee/ali)219
conformance, quality
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 5 (div)218
html
HTML5 to Be Released in 2022—W3C Are Officially a Joke (mat)217
html, w3c
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 4 (div)216
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 3 (div)215
html
Name Soup (sli)214
javascript, ecmascript, actionscript, naming
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 2 (div)213
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 1 (div)212
html
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 (w3c)211
mobile, best-practices, guidelines
Open Web Foundation210
websites, open-web, advocacy
CSS Color Module Level 3 (tan+/w3c)209
css, colors
Smart CSS Ain’t Always Sexy CSS (dig)208
css, html
State of AJAX for June 2008: Apple Flexes Open Web Muscles (dal/aja)207
browsers, performance, javascript, extjs, dojo, yui, mootools, jquery, css, svg, canvas, tooling, link-lists, ajaxian
Why “Variables” in CSS Are Harmful—an Essay (ber/w3c)206
css, variables, custom-properties
Documenting the Web vs. Reinventing It (w3c)205
html, web
New in Standards: Acid4 and HTML 5 Update (dal/aja)204
html, acid-tests
W3C Tackles Web Typography With CSS 3 (cms)203
w3c, css, typography
Confronting the Future of Web Standards202
browsers, web-2.0, web
Heads-Up: CSS Namespaces and You (cms)201
css, namespaces, xml, w3c
Standards Suck (ann+)200
websites, web-platform, w3c, whatwg
And So the HTML 5 Trouble Begins (nza)199
html, browser-storage
Ajaxian Roundup for April 2008: CSS Goodness, Ext Licenses, and the Cloud (dal/aja)198
javascript, jquery, prototypejs, dojo, extjs, mootools, css, mobile, performance, tooling, code-editors, ajaxian, link-lists
Why CSS Needs to Borrow From Programming Languages (mat)197
css, programming
Talking About JavaScript 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9 Before We Get to 2.0 (dal/aja)196
javascript, ecmascript
Martian Headsets (spo)195
browsers, html, doctypes
ECMAScript 4 Progress Tracking (dal/aja)194
ecmascript
Internet Explorer 8 Promises Better Standards Compliance… and a Whole Lot More (est/cio)193
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, security
IE8, XHTML, and What Am I Going to Do With My Site? (bur)192
xhtml, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, drupal
Thoughts on HTML 5 (nza)191
html
ECMAScript 4th Edition Reference Implementation M2 (ado)190
ecmascript
Ajaxian Roundup for January 2008: JavaScript Turtles and IE 8 (dal/aja)189
javascript, prototypejs, dojo, extjs, jquery, gwt, yui, dwr, gears, flash, air, json, browsers, css, design, comet, security, ajaxian, link-lists
HTML5 Is Not Backward Compatible (mat)188
html, interoperability
Versioning, Compatibility, and Standards (oth/web)187
browsers, versioning, interoperability, webkit
End of Line Internet Explorer186
internet-explorer, microsoft, netscape, browsers
Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 (aar/ali)185
browsers, microsoft, internet-explorer, doctypes, progressive-enhancement, html, interoperability
Compatibility and IE8 (cdu)184
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, interoperability, doctypes, web-platform
Open Content Depends on Open Standards (tan/mic)183
content, licensing