The debate rages on (or so we are told) but the hgroup element was and is (if occasionally not) in the spec and, as developers explore the spec, it's understandable that people will probably have used it.  Why the fuss? It started some time ago from various 'web celebrities' and throu... [More]

A first look at Visual Studio 2010 SP1 from a front end developer perspective. [More]

Inspired by Bridget Riley's Movement in Squares I've created an moving optical illusion that gives the impression of curvature motion.  You can view the demo here.

  Yesterday the W3C unveiled their logo for HTMl5 to a largely mixed response. To some it was nice to now have a visual reference point for HTML5, to others it was met with a chorus of groans. The W3C seemingly lumped CSS3 in with HTML5. What were they thinking?  Clearly... [More]

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Semantics   It'll never be a widely used (or understood) element but you'll definitely find yourself using the hgroup tag more than a <dl>.  There is a lot of discussion on the hgroup element with the main question around why use the ele... [More]

Make it snow! Experimenting with HTML5's canvas I've created a browser activated snowglobe, take a look..

Use of text in the alt attribute of images is widely misinterpreted and not always correctly implemented. It is possible to be too accessible with this attribute, overly describing peripheral content or added repetition to the page.  So how do you know when, and what, should be added to the al... [More]

A lot of mixed points of view from the W3C team this week, especially from Philippe Le Hégaret following his interview on InfoWorld and his sweeping statement "I don't think it's ready for production yet," which rippled across numerous developer blogs faster than a unicorn chasing a... [More]

Everyone likes a reset and no site is complete without one.  So why another one? Everyone has their favourite, be it Eric Meyer's (which heavily influenced mine) or Yahoos! A common criticism of these resets is that they often go too far and aren’t suited to CMS driven sites. As HT... [More]

Inspire the web with just 10K. The team behind An Event Apart have started a contest to showcase new features in HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Find out more at 10k.aneventapart.com/