Tag Archive for 'web standards'

I wish I was a web jedi

Looks like I am a Superman. I ran across this today at Andy Beal’s site.

Your results: You are Superman

Superman
65%
Spider-Man
65%
Robin
55%
Hulk
50%
Supergirl
43%
Green Lantern
40%
The Flash
35%
Batman
30%
Iron Man
30%
Wonder Woman
28%
Catwoman
20%
You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.


Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

Too bad I can’t be a web jedi. That’s the superhero for me! Just imagine, enforcing web standards. (Boy does thesuperheroquiz.com need some help with their code!) Applying microformats and creating new mashups seemingly at-will.

99 out of 100 sites fail

Evan looks at the XHTML validation of 100 web sites by “Alpha Geeks.” We by no means qualify as part of that elite group, but you should know that ecrosstexas does not pass mustard either.

P.S. Evan actually looks at 119 sites with 118 failing.

If we ever get around to spending some time on this site, we can get there!

Redesigns

Many sites are being redesigned with adherence to web standardsESPN, Wired, Fast Company, AlltheWeb all come to mind. As Zeldman says, web standards are forward compatible and help ensure that your web site is not obsolete.

Why on earth has Search Engine Watch redesigned with table and font tags? Not to mention that the new site is so much busier than the old one.

Zeldman Resources

Zeldman provided a number of useful links recently:

Zeldman also notes:

Fast Company magazine is one of the latest mainstream sites to redesign using XHTML and CSS.

Selling Web Standards

Zeldman says it is easy… Show, don’t sell.