{"authorId":1,"title":{"title":{}},"slug":"weekly-link-round-up-4849","postDate":1222906157,"expiryDate":null,"enabled":1,"fields":{"2":"<p>Let me first apologize for being a terrible blogger. Two weeks without a word from me. I have been very busy at work, doing a bunch of freelance, and working on the redesign for this site.<\/p>\n\n<p>I also took a two day trip to New York for work to attend a gala for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/\">National Park Foundation<\/a>. So basically, this is two weeks worth of links in one blog article.<\/p>\n\n<p>I&rsquo;m hoping to launch the redesign before I head to <a href=\"http:\/\/aneventapart.com\/events\/2008\/chicago\/\">An Event Apart<\/a> on the 11th. So here it is, some interesting stuff from the past 2 weeks:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markboulton.co.uk\/journal\/comments\/design_by_community\/\">Design By Community<\/a>\n<p>I agree that design by committee doesn&rsquo;t work, but Mark discusses design by <strong>community<\/strong>, and it looks like it has some promise.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airbagindustries.com\/archives\/airbag\/hire.php\">Hire.<\/a>\n<p>Airbag created an awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/rfp.airbagindustries.com\/\">RFP<\/a> form to improve the communication at the beginning of projects.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mezzoblue.com\/archives\/2008\/09\/17\/anchor_butto\/\">Anchor Buttons<\/a>\n<p>Dave Shea plays with the button element. While the buttons look basically the same in all browsers, I know that <a href=\"http:\/\/trevordavis.net\/blog\/tutorial\/input-vs-button\/\">there are some programmatic issues using the button element<\/a>. We have also found that some version of Windows Mobile don&rsquo;t support it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--more-->\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeldman.com\/2008\/09\/18\/a-list-apart-is-changing\/\">A List Apart is changing<\/a>\n<p>There are only so many ground-breaking CSS tricks that can be come up with. Expanding the topics of A List Apart&rsquo;s articles to cater to <strong>all<\/strong> people who build websites seems like a great move.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forabeautifulweb.com\/blog\/about\/time_to_stop_showing_clients_static_design_visuals\/\">Time to stop showing clients static design visuals<\/a>\n<p>While I think Andy Clarke has a good idea here, I don&rsquo;t think it is very realistic. It is just a very risky move to basically create the sliced template before the design has even been signed off on. You would really need to have some trusting clients.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alistapart.com\/issues\/268\">A List Apart: Issue 268<\/a>\n<p>So A List Apart starts off with the new direction in fine fashion with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alistapart.com\/articles\/webstandards2008\">Web Standards 2008: Three Circles of Hell<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alistapart.com\/articles\/testdriven\">Test-Driven Progressive Enhancement<\/a>. Molly&rsquo;s article gives a great insider&rsquo;s perspective on some of the groups that are working to continue the advancement of web standards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forabeautifulweb.com\/blog\/about\/five_css_design_browser_differences_i_can_live_with\/\">Five CSS design browser differences I can live with<\/a>\n<p>I agree totally with Andy here. I think as long as what you are doing with advanced CSS selectors is not essential to being able to read the content, I say we go for it. There is only one problem: clients. I guess we will just have to work hard trying to educate our clients.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ajaxian.com\/archives\/jquery-finds-its-way-into-microsoft-and-nokia-stacks\">jQuery finds its way into Microsoft and Nokia stacks<\/a>\n<p>It&rsquo;s great to see jQuery getting usage from some big names; it can only do good things for the library.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jeffcroft.com\/blog\/2008\/sep\/30\/when-can-we-stop-talking-about-supporting-browsers\/\">When can we stop talking about &ldquo;supporting&rdquo; certain browsers?<\/a>\n<p>I think Jeff makes a great point here: if you know what you are doing with web development, your sites should be &ldquo;supported&rdquo; in <strong>all<\/strong> browsers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkvitamin.com\/features\/webapps\/the-future-of-web-apps-in-an-integrated-world\">The Future Of Web Apps In An Integrated World<\/a>\n<p>This is an awesome article discussing what our world could be like if our phones could control everything. I want to live in that world.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","4":{"website":{}}}}