Rodent Regatta

Do you know about w3schools.com? I don’t recall hearing about it, though I admit some of the tips and suggestions people have given me over the past couple of years have gone under-explored. Scrolling through Rebecca Blood’s site this morning, I stumbled across it.

If you’re interested in standards-based web design, take a look!

Several of you noted that I’ve inquired about Shirley Kaiser in the past few weeks. In the wee hours this morning, I discovered this entry at Brainstorms and Raves.

Among the dozens of improvements and additions that people are hoping for in Movable Type Pro or a new version of Movable Type, there can only be one number one priority. That has to be spell-check. I’m a decent speller. In the haste of thinking and typing, I type the wrong letters.

Finding a typo or spelling error a day later is the worst. I want these entries spell-checked right before they are posted. All other new features will be bonuses if we get a spell-checking feature.

Right after I get CSS to make any kind of corner or border at all, I’ll go read Creating Custom Corners & Borders at A List Apart.

In preparing for 2004, I had anticipated setting up some new categories. One of them was going to be used to separate items related to web design from all the other ”technology” entries.

Well, this entry, called If Filmmakers Were Web Designers II, was just too good to lose in all of the other technology posts, so it gets the distinction of being entry #1 in a new category called ”web design.” Finally, I realize that even the best of the designers recognize that there is more to the work than mere adherence to standards. There’s a subjective side.

That doesn’t mean that you can’t stick to the standards and build an attractive site. You absolutely can.