Archive for the ‘Markup’ tag
Mobile Phone Web Design and Development Considerations
In early 2007 I began to school myself on the topic of web design and development tailored for mobile devices, specifically mobile phones. While I’m far from a pro on the subject, I feel that I’ve gathered enough generally-accepted information to form a list of best practices one must consider when targeting mobile phone users. At the worst, this list is here to remind me what I should consider when a suitable project lands on my plate.
At the time of writing this article, Apple’s iPhone makes nearly all of this information useless, and if other phone manufacturers follow in Apple’s footsteps, I’ll be editing this list quite a bit or taking it offline altogether. Only time will tell.
Accessible Table Markup Demonstration
Here is a quick demonstration of an average table written with accessibility in mind. While tables can be much more complex than this, I feel that this example represents a lower level of complexity most commonly used today. For more complex table demonstrations, lets have a quick search in Google.
Character Entity References are your Friends
When you are writing content to be served on the Internet, be sure to use proper character entity references for common characters such as ampersands, double quotes, and more.
