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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
What’s Missing in CSS Layout (pat)654
css, layout, wish-lists
AI, Web, and Standards (hdv/w3c)653
videos, ai, web
What’s Actually New in JavaScript (and What’s Coming Next) (nec)652
javascript, ecmascript, retrospectives, outlooks
What to Know in JavaScript (2026 Edition) (chr/fro)651
javascript, ecmascript, frameworks, runtimes, tooling, testing, npm
CSS or BS? (kei)650
css
Mike Smith Fireside (ste)649
videos, interviews, accessibility, html, community
CSS Snapshot 2026 (fri+/w3c)648
css
Matt May Speaks (mat+)647
videos, interviews, accessibility, html
Standard HTML Video and Audio Lazy-Loading Is Coming (sco)646
html, multimedia, lazy-loading, performance
Selectors Level 5 (fan+/w3c)645
css, selectors
“WCAG Is Difficult to Read, Don’t Read It” Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (yat)644
wcag, accessibility
Cryptography Usage in Web Standards (w3c)643
cryptography, security
Mobile App Accessibility Under EN 301 549 v4.1.0642
accessibility, mobile
WASI 1.0: You Won’t Know When WebAssembly Is Everywhere in 2026641
webassembly, components
Forms Are a Badly Designed Part of HTML (jen/mat)640
html, forms
How HTML Changes in EPUB (rob/mat)639
epub, html
Accessibility Updates (w3c)638
videos, accessibility, wcag
Vote for the Web Features You Want to See (rvi)637
web-platform, support
Common Misconceptions About WCAG (tet)636
accessibility, wcag
What’s Wrong With This HTML, and Is It Valid? (pat/mat)635
html, conformance, web-platform
CSS Wrapped 2025 (una)634
css, retrospectives
The Web Runs on Tolerance (ede)633
web-platform, principles
Standards Queues (bka)632
web-platform, collaboration
Web Backstories: Shadow DOM (ada+/iga)631
podcasts, interviews, shadow-dom, web-components, history
CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4 (fan+/w3c)630
css, backgrounds
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.4.10: Reflow (Level AA)629
accessibility, wcag, reflow
WCAG 3 Update (kno)628
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.3.5: Identify Input Purpose (Level AA)627
accessibility, wcag, forms
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.3.4: Orientation (Level AA)626
accessibility, wcag, mobile
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 2.5.4: Motion Actuation (Level A)625
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 2.5.3: Label in Name (Level A)624
accessibility, wcag, labels, forms
JavaScript Just Leveled Up: ES2025—You’ll Fall in Love With (jsd)623
javascript, ecmascript
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)622
videos, history, web, javascript, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, browser-engines
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 Approved as ISO/IEC International Standard (w3c)621
accessibility, wcag, w3c
Why “NaN !== NaN” in JavaScript (and the IEEE 754 Story Behind It)620
javascript, history
UTF-8, Explained Simply (nic)619
videos, encoding, unicode, ascii
A Threat Model for Accessibility on the Web (sun)618
accessibility, css
WCAG’s Longevity (yat)617
accessibility, wcag
Why Now Is Not the Time to Think About WCAG 3 (kar)616
accessibility, wcag, compliance, legal
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)615
accessibility, conformance, compliance, terminology, comparisons, wcag
HTML Is Dead, Long Live HTML (unc)614
html, css, dom, metrics
Vision for W3C (cdu+/w3c)613
w3c, web, web-platform, outlooks
Why I Don’t Trust WCAG 2.2 and What I’m Hoping From 3.0 (dxn/log)612
accessibility, wcag
Not Just WCAG: How Web Accessibility Really Works in Europe611
accessibility, legal, wcag, bitv, comparisons
Global Accessibility Standards in Africa: A Panel Discussion (ina)610
videos, accessibility
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Third Edition) (pro+/w3c)609
png, images
WCAG 3, Increment or Overhaul? (ala)608
accessibility, wcag, w3c
WebAssembly Core Specification (w3c)607
webassembly
IE6, AI, and the Future of Browsing the Web (rac)606
web-platform, browsers, ai, google, chrome, internet-explorer
Privacy on the Web: Creating a More Trustworthy Web (set/w3c)605
web, privacy
Unshipping: How (and When) to Break Web Features (ric+/iga)604
podcasts, interviews, web-platform
Update on CSS Anchor Positioning (fan/w3c)603
css, anchor-positioning
Advancing Accessibility Standards (acc)602
accessibility
Mastering HTML: The Art of Minimal and Valid Code in Professional Web Development (AI Edition) (j9t)601
guest-posts, html, minimalism, conformance, semantics, interoperability, accessibility
Aaron D. Campbell [on] Why Open Standards and WordPress Matter (aar+)600
podcasts, interviews, wordpress
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)599
accessibility, aria, html
What’s the Difference Between WCAG, the EAA, and EN 301 549? (tpg)598
accessibility, wcag, eaa, legal, comparisons
Mitigating Browser Fingerprinting in Web Specifications (npd+/w3c)597
privacy, fingerprinting, browsers, w3c
CSS Snapshot 2024 (tab+/w3c)596
css
TC39 Advances 3 Proposals to Stage 4: RegExp Escaping, Float16Array, and Redeclarable Global Eval Vars (sar/soc)595
ecmascript, javascript, regex, escaping, arrays, math
Navigating the Web Platform (pat)594
web-platform, documentation, browsers, link-lists, cheat-sheets
So, You Want to Push a Web Platform Feature?593
web-platform, processes, community
CSS Display Module Level 4 (tab+/w3c)592
css, layout
CSS Multi-Column Layout Module Level 2 (rac/w3c)591
css, layout
WebAssembly JavaScript Interface (w3c)590
webassembly, javascript, apis
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)589
accessibility, aria, html
Updated Drafts for Review: W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 (w3c)588
accessibility, wcag, w3c
How to Join Blue Beanie Day: Wear and Share (zel)587
awareness-days, how-tos
Contributing to JavaScript and TypeScript (rob/blo)586
videos, javascript, typescript, foss
Content Security Policy Level 3 (mik/w3c)585
csp, security
Web Audio API 1.1 (pad/w3c)584
multimedia, apis
Disabled and Obscured (ste)583
accessibility, html, forms, wcag
Reducing Digital Accessibility Litigation Risk582
accessibility, legal, processes
Indexed Database API 3.0 (w3c)581
indexeddb, databases
WebRTC: Real-Time Communication in Browsers (w3c)580
webrtc, apis
The State of Accessibility (tpg)579
videos, podcasts, accessibility
CSS Values and Units Module Level 5 (tab+/w3c)578
css, units
The Neverending Story (gar)577
web-platform, frameworks, libraries, tooling
CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 6 (fan+/w3c)576
css, cascade, inheritance
Semi-Annual Reminder to Learn and Hire for Web Standards (aar)575
learning, fundamentals, html, css
WCAG’s A and AA Distinction Is Mostly Academic (yat)574
accessibility, wcag
Why Is Reaching WCAG Level AAA Not Recommended? (cer)573
accessibility, wcag
What’s New in ECMAScript 2024 (paw)572
ecmascript
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)571
woff, fonts
WCAG 2.2 Map by Theme (hic)570
accessibility, wcag
Decoding WCAG: “Change of Context” and “Change of Content” (web)569
accessibility, wcag
Standardization Stories (fan/css)568
videos, web-platform, css, collaboration
WCAG, VPAT, S508, Level A—What on Earth? (int)567
accessibility, legal, terminology, wcag, vpat-acr, section-508
WebGPU (kai+/w3c)566
webgpu
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 2 (tab+/w3c)565
css, scrolling
What’s New for JavaScript Developers in ECMAScript 2024564
javascript, ecmascript, promises, unicode, webassembly
What ARIA Still Does Not Do (ste)563
html, aria, accessibility
Ecma International Approves ECMAScript 2024: What’s New? (rau)562
ecmascript
How to Build a New Feature for the Web Platform—and Make It a Success With Developers (web)561
discussions, how-tos, web-platform
World Wide Accessibility—Benefits of Standardization (cer)560
accessibility, legal, web
Consensus in Internet Standards (mno)559
collaboration, communication, web-platform
W3C Unveils 174 New Outcomes for WCAG 3.0 (deq)558
accessibility, wcag, w3c
We Need to Rewild the Internet (rob)557
web, collaboration, creativity, outlooks
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)556
accessibility, aria, html
AI and the Future of Web Accessibility Guidelines555
discussions, accessibility, wcag, ai, w3c
CSS Anchor Positioning (tab+/w3c)554
css, anchor-positioning
CSS Values and Units Module Level 3 (tab+/w3c)553
css, units
There Are No Standards Police (mno)552
policies, processes
WCAG 2.2 Detective Skills551
accessibility, wcag
JSON Canvas550
websites, json, canvas
CSS Color Module Level 4 (tab+/w3c)549
css, colors
A Look at the New WAI–ARIA 1.3 Draft (cra)548
accessibility, aria
Web Platform Design Principles (lea/w3c)547
web-platform, software-design, principles, w3c
Web Standards: The Guidelines That Every Developer Should Know546
history, w3c, html, css, xml, wcag
Understanding WCAG SC 3.2.6 Consistent Help (Level A)545
accessibility, wcag
Weird Things Engineers Believe About Web Development544
web-apps, javascript, building, web-platform
Inspecting WCAG 2.2: Accessible Authentication543
videos, accessibility, wcag, authentication
Experimental Chromium Web Platform Features (pol)542
overviews, experiments, web-platform, chromium
CSS Snapshot 2023 (tab+/w3c)541
css
Why Chromium Cares About Standards540
chromium, web-platform
Inspecting WCAG 2.2: Target Size539
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Will Be a Part of EN 301 549 and With That a Part of WAD and EAA (cer)538
accessibility, wcag, legal, eaa
Technical Standards Bodies Are Regulators (mno)537
policies, legal
Obligatory WCAG 2.2 Launch Post (aar)536
accessibility, wcag
Demystifying WCAG 2.2 (vig)535
accessibility, wcag
Intopia Launches WCAG 2.2 Map (int)534
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Is Now a Published Web Standard533
discussions, accessibility, wcag, w3c
WCAG 2.2 Is Now a W3C Recommendation (den)532
accessibility, wcag
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 (w3c)531
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
What’s New in WCAG 2.2 (pat/tpg)530
accessibility, wcag, release-notes
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses) (nik)529
unicode, encoding
Four Reasons to Give WCAG AAA a Second Look (web)528
accessibility, wcag
Changes and Additions in Pointer Events Level 3 (pat/w3c)527
videos, pointer-events
A More Intelligent and Secure Web (ple/w3c)526
videos, w3c, web, web-platform, security
WCAG 3.0: Further on Up the Road (ons/tpg)525
accessibility, wcag
Do We Need WCAG 3 (Now)? (yat)524
accessibility, wcag
Vision for W3C (cdu/w3c)523
outlooks, web, web-platform, w3c
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 (w3c)522
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
[WebKit] Standards Positions (web)521
webkit, support
Use Case-Driven Standards Development520
WCAG 2.2, Quick and Simplified519
wcag, accessibility
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI–ARIA) 1.2 (w3c)518
accessibility, aria, rich-internet-apps
WCAG 2.2 Misses Mark on Defining Visible Focus (yat)517
accessibility, focus, wcag
Are We There Yet? WCAG 2.2 Is at the Candidate Recommendation [Stage] v3 (gwi/deq)516
accessibility, wcag
ES2023 Introduces New Array Copying Methods to JavaScript (phi)515
javascript, ecmascript, arrays
30th Anniversary of Licensing the Web for General Use and at No Cost (koa/w3c)514
web, web-platform, foss, history, anniversaries
Meeting WCAG Level AAA (pat/tet)513
accessibility, wcag, conformance
What’s New in ECMAScript 2023 (paw)512
ecmascript
What’s New in WCAG 2.2?511
accessibility, wcag
Retro-Specifying Fetch/Performance (nom)510
apis, data-fetching
CSS Nesting Module (tab+/w3c)509
css, nesting
The Troublesome Life and Lamentable Death of Success Criterion 4.1.1508
accessibility, wcag, conformance
The Story of the World Wide Web (jay)507
books, web, history, browsers, css, community, browser-wars
WCAG 2.2 Update: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Parsing Criterion506
accessibility, wcag
New WCAG 2.2 Features Rated (yat)505
accessibility, wcag
Are We There Yet? WCAG 2.2 Is at the Candidate Recommendation Stage Again (gwi/deq)504
accessibility, wcag
Be a Digital Ally: Further Exploration of WCAG 2.2 (kno)503
accessibility, wcag
The History of Internet Explorer and Web Standards (jay/hac)502
history, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, web-standards-project, link-lists
The YAML Document From Hell (ruu)501
yaml
ECMAScript Proposal: Iterator Helpers (rau)500
ecmascript, javascript
WCAG 3.0: Are We There Yet? (ons/tpg)499
accessibility, wcag
The 411 on 4.1.1 (aar)498
accessibility, wcag
CSS Snapshot 2022 (tab+/w3c)497
css
CSS Shapes Module Level 1 (w3c)496
css, shapes
What’s New in WCAG 2.2495
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Hits Candidate Recommendation—but What Does It Mean? (int)494
wcag
Prepare for WCAG 2.2 and Beyond (lev)493
videos, wcag, accessibility
7 Quick Facts About WCAG 2.2 (lev)492
accessibility, wcag
Meet Web Push (web)491
browsers, apis, support
WCAG 3 Compliant? Check Again490
accessibility, wcag
Triaging WCAG 2.1 Level AAA (tet)489
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 and WCAG 3 Status Updates488
accessibility, wcag
Reinventing W3C Governance (rob)487
w3c
The Evolution of WCAG: A Postcard From the Front Lines486
accessibility, wcag, history
What’s New in ECMAScript 2022 (paw)485
ecmascript
The Future of Web Accessibility: WCAG 3.0 (for)484
accessibility, wcag
WebDex: Web Specs Index (don)483
terminology
Giving Web Standards a Seat at the Table (jay)482
history
CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3 (dba+/w3c)481
css
CSS Snapshot 2021 (tab+/w3c)480
css
This Is WCAG479
websites, accessibility, wcag
Web Platform Design Principles (w3c)478
web-platform, software-design, principles, w3c
Explainer for W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 (jsp+/w3c)477
accessibility, wcag
New Living Standards (dom)476
apis
Smashing Podcast Episode 44 With Chris Ferdinandi: Is the Web Dead? (cfe+/sma)475
podcasts, interviews, web-platform, performance, tooling, developer-experience
WCAG 3.0: What You Need to Know About the Future of Accessibility Standards474
accessibility, wcag
New HTTP Standards for Caching on the Modern Web473
http, protocols, caching, performance
What’s New in ES2021472
javascript, ecmascript
Web Audio API (pad/w3c)471
multimedia, apis
Geolocation API (mar/w3c)470
geolocation, apis
WebGPU (kai/w3c)469
webgpu
Web Authentication: An API for Accessing Public Key Credentials Level 2 (jmh+/w3c)468
webauthn, authentication, apis
WebRTC Adopted as Official Web Standard467
webrtc, apis, w3c
What’s New in ECMAScript 2021 (paw)466
ecmascript
CSS Snapshot 2020 (tab+/w3c)465
css
W3C in 2020 (koa/w3c)464
w3c, retrospectives
The Internet’s Server-Based Infrastructure Is Ushering Us Through the Pandemic—Here’s How the W3C Is Helping463
web, servers, infrastructure, w3c
Know Your Standards (ste)462
accessibility, wcag, aria, html, link-lists
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)461
anniversaries, fonts, woff
JSON-LD 1.1 (gke+/w3c)460
json-ld, json
Web Standards459
w3c, html, xml, xhtml, css, wcag
What Is P3P Policy and How Does It Work?458
p3p, policies, privacy
Web Platform Contribution Guide (zco/boc)457
websites, guides, web-platform, community
W3C Finalizes Web of Things (WoT) Recommendations (inf)456
w3c
What’s New in ECMAScript 2020 (paw)455
ecmascript
Why Do Some HTML Elements Become Deprecated? (css)454
html, deprecation
Why Are We Talking About CSS4? (rac/sma)453
css
The Web We Want (mar+)452
surveys, tooling, web
What Is CSS4? (ppk)451
css
CSS4 (chr/css)450
css
Twitter Proposes Open Social Network Standard (zdn)449
twitter+x, bluesky, social-media, fediverse
WebAssembly Is Now the Fourth Web Standard Language448
webassembly, w3c
An Adventurer’s Guide to W3C Specs (mel/24a)447
guides, accessibility, w3c
Some HTML Is “Optional” (chr/css)446
html, performance
Privacy Anti-Patterns in Standards (w3c)445
privacy, anti-patterns
W3C and WHATWG Agreement: Single Version of HTML, DOM Specifications (sci)444
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and WHATWG Come Together for HTML and DOM Specifications443
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
War Is Over, if You Want It: W3C, WHATWG Agree to Work Towards Single Spec for HTML and DOM (the)442
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and the WHATWG Signed an Agreement to Collaborate on a Single Version of HTML and DOM (w3c)441
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and WHATWG Agree to Work Together Over HTML and DOM440
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
Pointer Events [Level 2] (ric+/w3c)439
pointer-events, apis
W3C Approves WebAuthn Authentication Standard That Could Do Away With Passwords438
w3c, fido, webauthn, authentication
The Web Just Took a Big Step Toward a Password-Free Future (jon/ver)437
w3c, webauthn, authentication, apis
W3C Strategic Highlights: Strengthening the Core of the Web (CSS) (amy/w3c)436
w3c, css
What’s New in ECMAScript 2019 (paw)435
ecmascript
W3C Strategic Highlights: Future Web Standards (amy/w3c)434
w3c, link-lists
Web Standards: The What, the Why, and the How (sma)433
history, processes, web-platform
ARIA 1.1—What’s New? (24a)432
accessibility, aria
Why Isn’t It “<style src="">”? (chr/css)431
html, history
A Blue Beanie for Blue Beanie Day (viv)430
browsers, vivaldi, awareness-days
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)429
css, fonts
The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) Specification (w3c)428
p3p, privacy
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 (fan/w3c)427
css, logical-properties
Webmentions: Enabling Better Communication on the Internet (ali)426
webmentions
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (ala+/w3c)425
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
RIP Passwords! A New Standard for Web Authentication Is Here424
w3c, fido, authentication, webauthn
FIDO and W3C Launch Password-Free Browser423
fido, w3c, apis, webauthn, authentication
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format422
w3c, fonts, woff
A Short History of WaSP and Why Web Standards Matter (jay/css)421
history, wasp, community, web-platform
Selectors Level 4 (fan+/w3c)420
css, selectors
What’s New in ECMAScript 2018 (paw)419
ecmascript
ActivityPub (cwe+/w3c)418
protocols, network
W3C Study of Practices and Tooling for Web Data Standardisation (w3c)417
surveys, studies, research, rdf, structured-data, tooling
W3C Releases HTML 5.2 as Official Recommendation (kba/inf)416
w3c, html
What’s New in HTML5.2 (inf)415
html
HTML 5.2 Is Done, HTML 5.3 Is Coming (w3c)414
html, w3c
HTML 5.2 (ste+/w3c)413
html
Further Working Mode Changes (ann)412
whatwg, apple, google, microsoft, mozilla, community
The Cost of Developing and Adopting New CSS Features (mat)411
css, browsers
Testing Standards (ann)410
testing, interoperability, web-platform
W3C: WebRTC 1.0 Is Now Feature Complete (sdt)409
w3c, webrtc, apis
A Look Back at the History of CSS (jay/css)408
history, css, browsers, doctype-switching, box-model, hacks, css-zen-garden, semantics
W3C Publishes DRM as a Recommendation (inf)407
w3c, drm, eme, content
W3C Approves EME Digital Rights Standard—With Electronic Frontier Foundation Resigning406
w3c, drm, eme, eff
Encrypted Media Extensions (w3c)405
eme, content, drm, encryption
New Ontologies for OWL404
owl, semantic-web
Mozilla Standards Positions (moz)403
mozilla, support
Are Internet Standards Standing in the Way of Digital Accessibility? (lol)402
drm, eme, accessibility, w3c
A DRM Standard Has Been Approved for the Web, and Security Researchers Are Worried (jac/ver)401
drm, eme, w3c, eff
Micropub Is a W3C Recommendation (aar)400
blogging, content-management
On EME in HTML5 (tim/w3c)399
eme, drm, html, legal, security, w3c
Annotation Is Now a Web Standard398
annotations, w3c
web-platform-tests397
websites, web-platform, browsers, testing
What’s New in ECMAScript 2017 (paw)396
ecmascript
The JavaScript Standard395
javascript, ecmascript, history
WCAG 2.0 AA Gains Prominence as Website Accessibility Standard (jds)394
accessibility, wcag, legal, ada
Webmention (aar/w3c)393
webmentions, urls
Content Security Policy Level 2 (mik+/w3c)392
csp, security
HTML 5.1 Is the Gold Standard (ple/w3c)391
html, w3c
Standards on GitHub (ann)390
github
W3C Set to Publish HTML 5.1, Work Already Started on HTML 5.2 (cam/sof)389
w3c, html
HTML—From 5.1 to 5.2 (w3c)388
html, w3c
Authentication Is Multi-Headed Beast for Purging Passwords (zdn)387
authentication, passwords
Subresource Integrity (dev+/w3c)386
security, hashing, html
HTML5 Has Changed the Internet but the World’s Now Ready for HTML6385
html, web
Finishing HTML5.1… and Starting HTML5.2 (w3c)384
html, w3c
Understanding the CSS Property Value Syntax (sma)383
css, concepts
Schools of Thoughts in Web Standards (kar)382
principles
My URL Isn’t Your URL (bag)381
urls
Working on HTML5.1 (tin/w3c)380
html, w3c
What’s New in ECMAScript 2016 (ES7) (paw)379
ecmascript
Blue Beanie Day378
websites, awareness-days
CSS Snapshot 2015 (tab+/w3c)377
css
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 (jsp+/w3c)376
accessibility, tooling
Is HTML “Complete”? (bru)375
html, web-platform
What Are Web Standards374
history, html, xml, xhtml, css, wcag, w3c
No Good Can Come of Bad Code (zel/ali)373
quality, accessibility, semantics
Web Standards: We’re F’ing It Up (j9t)372
complexity
Standardization and the Open Web (ali)371
open-web, foss, community
Stopping the Infighting About Digital Standards (ali)370
policies, conventions
HTML5 Image Description Extension (“longdesc”) (cpt/w3c)369
html, images
Pointer Events (jac/w3c)368
pointer-events, apis
Standards and Browser Compatibility367
web-platform, browsers, support, interoperability, polyfills, feature-detection, browser-detection
HTML5 Differences From HTML4 (zco/w3c)366
html, comparisons
What Is the Web? (mno)365
web, web-platform, concepts
Blue Beanie Day 14: Toque ’em if You’ve Got ’em (bee/ali)364
awareness-days
The Extensible Web Manifesto (bre+)363
websites, manifestos, web-platform, extensibility
HTML5 Finally Released as W3C Recommendation (sco)362
html, w3c
HTML5 Is a Recommendation (iva/w3c)361
html
HTML5 Finalized, Finally (cio)360
html, w3c
Open Web Platform Milestone Achieved With HTML5 Recommendation (w3c)359
html, web-platform, w3c
How to Further Improve the World of Open Standards (w3c)358
awareness-days
WebRTC Specifications Advance (don/sdt)357
interviews, webrtc, apis
HTML5 on Track for W3C Finalization by Year’s End (red)356
html, w3c
HTML5: On Our Way to Recommendation (ple/w3c)355
html
Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 2nd Edition (w3c)354
mathml
WAI–ARIA Expands Web Accessibility (w3c)353
accessibility, aria, html
Where Is Interoperability for Social Media? (dhi/zdn)352
social-media, interoperability, opensocial
RDF 1.1 Has Been Published as Recommendation (iva/w3c)351
rdf, link-lists
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (ann/w3c)350
cors, security
JSON-LD Is an Official Web Standard349
json-ld, json, w3c
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing on Track to Become a W3C Recommendation (sdt)348
w3c, cors, security
CSS, HTML, and the Problem of Spec Fragmentation (j9t)347
css, html
The CSS Standards Process (tab/css)346
css, processes, w3c
Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 2.0 (sha+/w3c)345
internationalization, html, xml
DRM Likely in Future Versions of HTML (cne)344
html, drm, content, eme, w3c
Celebrating World Standards Day (w3c)343
awareness-days
Lowering Your Standards: DRM and the Future of the W3C (dan/eff)342
html, content, drm, eme, w3c
Interview With Lea Verou of the W3C (lea)341
interviews, css, vendor-extensions, w3c
Web and Mobile Interest Group Emerges From W3C to Further Mobile Web Initiative (dom/cms)340
w3c, mobile
When Can You Use New HTML and CSS in Production?339
html, css, support, browsers
Persistent Data Storage API338
browser-storage, apis, w3c
Web Storage (w3c)337
browser-storage, apis
W3C Report Updates Web Applications on Mobile Standards (cms)336
w3c, web-apps, mobile
How We Can Create Open Standards for Social Business (dhi/zdn)335
social-media, w3c, opensocial
Hot in Web Standards: March/April 2013 (lea)334
css, grids, layout, testing, lazy-loading, apis, w3c
Digital Publishing and the Web (iva/ali)333
w3c, web-platform, css, print
Activating Browser Modes With Doctype (hsi)332
browsers, doctype-switching, html, xhtml, xml
Oh Look—a Dead WaSP (cra)331
community, advocacy, web-standards-project, developer-relations, browsers
Our Work Here Is Done (aar/wa)330
web-standards-project, community, advocacy, developer-relations, browsers
CSS Preprocessor README (tab)329
tooling
Microsoft Goes Its Own Way With WebRTC328
microsoft, w3c, webrtc
Interview With Ian Hickson, HTML Editor (bru/htm)327
interviews, html, web-platform
Web Technology: 5 Things to Watch in 2013 (sts/cne)326
browsers, images, performance
First Official W3C HTML5 Standard Finally Completed! What’s Coming in 2013? (tod)325
interviews, w3c, html
HTML5 Inches Closer to the Finish Line (wir)324
html, w3c
Open Source Release From MS Open Tech: Pointer Events Initial Prototype for WebKit (sbl)323
microsoft, foss, pointer-events, webkit
Hot in Web Standards: November/December 2012 (lea)322
html, apis, w3c
HTML5 Is Done—HTML 5.1 Next on Standards Agenda (hei)321
html, canvas, w3c
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)320
woff, fonts
OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview (Second Edition) (w3c)319
overviews, owl
Interview With Robin Berjon, HTML5 Editor (rob+/htm)318
interviews, html, w3c, whatwg
HTML5 and the Future of the Web317
html
The CSS Problem (j9t)316
css
W3C and Digital Publishing (iva/w3c)315
w3c, content, epub
What’s Left for HTML5? (sdt)314
html
IndexedDB Featured in New Web Development Open Standards Site313
indexeddb, databases, w3c, documentation
WebPlatform.org312
websites, web-platform, documentation
Hmm, Let’s Not “Fuck the Standards Bodies” (mar)311
w3c, whatwg
Test the Web Forward (w3c)310
quality, testing, web-platform
W3C Outlines Plan to Finalize HTML5309
w3c, html
W3C to Finish HTML5 by 2014 (cra)308
w3c, html
Mark Zuckerberg’s Opinion of HTML5 Is Meaningless (aco/inf)307
html, facebook+meta
Open Letter to W3C CSS Working Group Re CSS Grids (mar)306
open-letters, w3c, css
W3C Tells Their Side of the Story: The Future of HTML5305
w3c, html
W3C’s Ian Jacobs on the Future of HTML5 (cra)304
interviews, w3c, html
Thoughts on ECMAScript 6 and New Syntax (nza)303
ecmascript
Ian Hickson on HTML5 vs. HTML (cra)302
interviews, html
Hitting the HTML Moving Target301
html, w3c, whatwg
HTML5 Gets the Splits (cra)300
html, whatwg, w3c
The Advent of HTML5299
html
W3C to Develop HTML5 and Its Successor in Parallel (hei)298
w3c, html
Why I Love Working on the Web (mat)297
web, community
HTML5 Still Taking Shape (sdt)296
html, web-apps, flash, silverlight
Living Standards295
processes, whatwg, w3c
Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten Dies (lea/ali)294
css, vendor-extensions, terminology
CSS Vendor Prefixes Threaten Open Web (cra)293
open-web, css, vendor-extensions, webkit
Introducing the CSS3 Test292
css, testing
The CSS3 Test (lea)291
css, support, browsers
Apple Submits “Invalid” Patents to W3C to Delay Touch Events Standard (9to)290
apple, w3c, legal, touch
Is Apple Using Patents to Hurt Open Standards? (ars)289
apple, legal
From Hypertext to Hyperdevices (don/w3c)288
web, web-platform, terminology, trends
Blue Beanie of Thankfulness (chr/css)287
awareness-days
Five Questions With Tab Atkins (tab+/css)286
interviews, css, content, google, dart
about:csswg (fan)285
css, processes
Infographic: History of Web Standards (jzb)284
history
When Web Standards Fail Us (nza)283
html, w3c, javascript, ecmascript
Analyst Watch: HTML5 Is Not Quite Ready for Primetime (sdt)282
html
CSS Needs a Bit of Basic Love (mat)281
css
W3C Launches New “Agile” Standards Development Platform280
w3c, community
W3C Releases Simplified HTML5 Spec for Web Developers (sof)279
w3c, html
Reconciling Various Forms of String Literals (iva/w3c)278
w3c, strings
W3C Updates CSS Open Web Standards as Reality and Specs Converge (cms)277
w3c, css
A Decade Later, W3C Finalizes CSS 2.1276
w3c, css
Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification (ber+/w3c)275
css
W3C HTML WG Decisions: “hidden”, “longdesc”, Table Summary, and the Myth of Hidden Metadata (bur)274
html, attributes, tables, w3c
Web Notifications (ann)273
notifications, apis
WHATWG, W3C, and HTML (ann)272
whatwg, w3c, html
The Difference Between the WHATWG and the HTMLWG (wir)271
whatwg, w3c, comparisons
HTML5 Kicked Into 2014 (the)270
html, w3c
HTML5 Not Finalized Until 2014269
html
HTML as a Living Standard—For and Against (bru/htm)268
html, processes, w3c, whatwg
The Sorry State of the CSS3 Specifications (nza)267
css, link-lists
People of HTML5—Bruce Lawson (bru+/moz)266
interviews, html
Mobile Web Application Best Practices (aco/w3c)265
mobile, web-apps, best-practices, w3c
Web Sockets and the Risks of Unfinished Standards (sts/cne)264
websockets, mozilla, opera
Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality (tim)263
web, net-neutrality
W3C Adds More HTML5 Standards Tests262
w3c, html, browsers
How Do We Test a Web Browser? (One Year [Later]) (ple/w3c)261
browsers, testing, web-platform
How to Comment and When (bur)260
how-tos, processes
Strategic Decisions in a Strategy-Less Environment (bur)259
html, w3c
The Core Mission of W3C (w3c)258
w3c
Growing Pains Afflict HTML5 Standardization (sts/cne)257
html, w3c, whatwg
The W3C Bites Back? (bur)256
w3c, html
The New [“<track>”] Element Has Been Added to the HTML5 Spec (dal/aja)255
html, multimedia
Web Spec Goulash (bur)254
html, xhtml, dom
HTML5: When Will the Madness End? (bur)253
html, w3c, whatwg
CSS Vendor Prefixes Considered Harmful (ppk)252
css, vendor-extensions
Workin’ on RDFa251
rdf
HTML5 Editors Draft Hits W3C, Flash Doesn't Break a Sweat (Yet)250
html
HTML5 Means Whatever You Want It to Mean (ppk)249
html
Microsoft Joins SVG Working Group (tho/osn)248
microsoft, svg, w3c
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in the Spotlight in Mid-March 2010 (sof)247
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
Why Microsoft’s IE 9 Will Frustrate Standards Fans (the)246
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, acid-tests
W3C to Meet With Developers on HTML 5 (sdt)245
w3c, html, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
God Did It, Why Can’t We? UN Ponders Net “10 Commandments” (ars)244
web, accessibility, internationalization
Whatever Happened to P3P? (rig)243
interviews, p3p, privacy
RIF and OWL (iva/w3c)242
owl, semantic-web
Google to Microsoft: Support SVG (inf)241
svg, google, microsoft, browsers, internet-explorer, support
How Do We Test a Web Browser? (ple/w3c)240
browsers, testing, web-platform
This Is Your Site—This Is Your Site on HTML5 (bur)239
html, semantics
Regarding HTML5 (sim)238
html
HTML 5 Starts Looking Real (rch)237
html, web-platform
Apple Gets Higher Profile in HTML Standardization (sts/cne)236
html, w3c, apple
Separating Canvas Out of HTML5 (bur)235
html, canvas
HTML5: A Story in Progress (bur)234
html
Google, HTML5, and Standards (mis)233
google, html
2022, or When Will HTML 5 Be Ready? (rem/htm)232
html
An Epitaph for the Web Standard, XHTML 2 (sts/cne)231
xhtml, html, whatwg, w3c
XHTML2: Not Dead (ste)230
xhtml, w3c
W3C Stops Work on XHTML 2 (sdt)229
w3c, xhtml, whatwg
XHTML 2 to Be Discontinued (hei)228
xhtml, w3c
XHTML 2 Language Dumped in Favor of HTML 5 (inf)227
xhtml, html, w3c
Orthogonality of Specifications (w3c)226
web-platform, software-design, architecture, principles
10 Ways to Make Your XHTML Site Accessible Using Web Standards (mri/sma)225
xhtml, accessibility, conformance
ECMAScript 5: Changes to JavaScript (dal/aja)224
ecmascript, javascript
Hixie Discusses the Addition of HTML5 “Microdata” (dal/aja)223
html, microdata
Going Non-Standard (bur)222
html
A Rough View of the Future (ple/w3c)221
web-platform, outlooks
Opera Chief: Microsoft’s IE 8 “Undermines” Web Standards (the)220
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, web-platform
The Shallowness of CSS Evangelism219
css, advocacy
Web Standards on the Edge (com)218
w3c, css, html, support, browsers
When Good Browsers Go Bad—and They All Do (com)217
conformance, support, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
To Hell With Bad Browsers—the Sequel (ppk)216
browsers, support, internet-explorer, microsoft
IE8 Blacklist: Forcing Standards Rendering Opt-In215
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, rendering
Meaning of Names and Operations of Services214
discussions, naming
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 19 (div)213
html
Shrinking HTML5 (ann)212
html
W3C Upgrades Web Accessibility Standards211
w3c, wcag, accessibility
The Fundamental Problems With CSS3 (mat)210
css, w3c
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0) (mdm+/w3c)209
smil
What Are Web Standards? (nza)208
web, w3c
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition) (tim+/w3c)207
xml
Browsers Face Innovator’s Dilemma (com)206
browsers, web-platform
IETF Developers Call for Privacy Rules for the W3C’s Geodata API (hei)205
w3c, apis, privacy
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 13 (div)204
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 12 (div)203
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 10 (div)202
html
Opera Study: Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant (ars)201
studies, research, opera, conformance, semantics
Seven OWL 2 Drafts Published (iva/w3c)200
owl
Where Our Standards Went Wrong (bee/ali)199
conformance, quality
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 5 (div)198
html
HTML5 to Be Released in 2022—W3C Are Officially a Joke (mat)197
html, w3c
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 4 (div)196
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 3 (div)195
html
Name Soup (sli)194
javascript, ecmascript, naming
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 2 (div)193
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 1 (div)192
html
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 (w3c)191
mobile, best-practices, guidelines
Open Web Foundation190
websites, open-web, advocacy
Smart CSS Ain’t Always Sexy CSS (dig)189
css, html
State of AJAX for June 2008: Apple Flexes Open Web Muscles (dal/aja)188
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)187
css, variables, custom-properties
Documenting the Web vs. Reinventing It (w3c)186
html, web
New in Standards: Acid4 and HTML 5 Update (dal/aja)185
html, acid-tests
W3C Tackles Web Typography With CSS 3 (cms)184
w3c, css, typography
Confronting the Future of Web Standards183
browsers, web-2.0, web
Heads-Up: CSS Namespaces and You (cms)182
css, namespaces, xml, w3c
Standards Suck (ann+)181
websites, web-platform, w3c, whatwg
And So the HTML 5 Trouble Begins (nza)180
html, browser-storage
Ajaxian Roundup for April 2008: CSS Goodness, Ext Licenses, and the Cloud (dal/aja)179
javascript, jquery, prototypejs, dojo, extjs, mootools, css, mobile, performance, tooling, code-editors, ajaxian, link-lists
Why CSS Needs to Borrow From Programming Languages (mat)178
css, programming
Talking About JavaScript 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9 Before We Get to 2.0 (dal/aja)177
javascript, ecmascript
Martian Headsets (spo)176
browsers, html, doctype-switching
ECMAScript 4 Progress Tracking (dal/aja)175
ecmascript
Internet Explorer 8 Promises Better Standards Compliance… and a Whole Lot More (est/cio)174
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, security
IE8, XHTML, and What Am I Going to Do With My Site? (bur)173
xhtml, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, drupal
Thoughts on HTML 5 (nza)172
html
ECMAScript 4th Edition Reference Implementation M2 (ado)171
ecmascript
Ajaxian Roundup for January 2008: JavaScript Turtles and IE 8 (dal/aja)170
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)169
html, interoperability
Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 (aar/ali)168
browsers, microsoft, internet-explorer, doctype-switching, progressive-enhancement, html, interoperability
Versioning, Compatibility, and Standards (oth/web)167
browsers, versioning, interoperability, webkit
End of Line Internet Explorer166
internet-explorer, microsoft, netscape, browsers
Compatibility and IE8 (cdu)165
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, interoperability, doctype-switching, web-platform
Open Content Depends on Open Standards (tan/mic)164
content, licensing
Opera’s Antitrust Complaint and Political Control of Web Standards (ppk)163
opera, microsoft, browsers, legal
Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone162
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, acid-tests, support
Version Identifiers Reconsidered (w3c)161
architecture, versioning
What Is Wrong With Web Standards Today (mat)160
browsers, support, w3c
The W3C Cannot Save Us (sli)159
w3c, web-platform, css, html
CSS Uprising158
css
Opera Sues Microsoft of Standards Compliance (dal/aja)157
opera, microsoft, web-platform, compliance, legal
The Future of Comet: Comet Today156
comet, ajax, javascript, outlooks
The Need for Diversity (kar/w3c)155
web-platform, browsers, interoperability