Front-end developer essentials – which DTD to use?

18 August 2010 | No comments

A DTD (document type definition) tells the browser what version of (X)HTML you are coding your web page in. Standards compliant pages must contain a DTD as the first item on the page otherwise it will not validate. Which one should you use? Continue Front-end developer essentials – which DTD to use?…

Free JAWS Demonstration

30 November 2006 | 6 comments

Job Access With Speech

On Monday I went to a demonstration of JAWS screen-reader, that I had heard about through The Web Standards Group discussion list a few weeks ago. It was presented by Steve Green, the director of Test Partners who provide manual testing services (functionality, compatibility and accessibility). Steve had enlisted the help of John (registered blind), who I believe is usually involved in the testing of their clients’ websites/applications, to be the “screen-reader user”.

I found the session extremely interesting and learnt a lot from it. The main thing I wanted to come away with was how to use JAWS myself and to understand how a vision-impaired user would go about browsing a website. Continue Free JAWS Demonstration…

Donald Rumsfeld on YouTube

15 November 2006 | No comments

This is going to be a one-off as I don’t want this site turning into MySpace, but this is too funny to let slip by:

It actually made me make an external sound of amusement, rather than laughing inside like I usually do in the office.

A Literary Meme

1 November 2006 | 2 comments

I’ve picked this up from ThePickards, who had picked it up from Stephen Lang.

The rules are:

  1. Grab the nearest book.
  2. Open the book to page 123.
  3. Find the fifth sentence.
  4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
  5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

Here is mine… Continue A Literary Meme…