September 23, 2008
at 7:40 am
· Filed under Webdesignology, Webstandardology
Molly Holzschag talks about the three circles of hell — challenges facing web standards in 2008, in an ALA article published this morning. How do we fix it without blaming everyone? How do we work together?
She identifies the three major circles influencing current web technologies and web standards:
- Academic and Scientific - the W3C
- Revolutionary and Disruptive - independent working groups
- Self Interest and Profiteering — proprietary technologies
“Can we figure out how to form these three circles into some working mechanism? Who knows. It will take mobilization, and it will take compromise. Beyond that, it will take a few hours out of everyone’s copious spare time to pay attention and participate in some way.”
Tags: ALA, browser wars, W3C, web design, Web Standards
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September 20, 2008
at 11:13 am
· Filed under Architecture, Webstandardology
Jeffrey Zeldman says ALA is slowly changing course to reflect a maturing understanding of web standards in the marketplace.
Web standards are in our DNA and will always be a core part of our editorial focus. Standards fans, never fear. We will not abandon our post. But since late 2005, we have consciously begun steering ALA back to its earliest roots as a magazine for all people who make websites—writers, architects, strategists, researchers, and yes, even marketers and clients as well as designers and developers. This means that, along with issues that focus on new methods and subtleties of markup and layout, we will also publish issues that discuss practical and sometimes theoretical aspects of user experience design, from the implications of ubiquitous computing to keeping communities civil.
Bravo! 3 cheers for architects; 3 cheers for developers; 3 cheers for strategists.
That makes 9 cheers from people like me - an architect/developer/strategist.
What about you? Are you adjusting your web standards strategy during the browser battles of 2008? How are you maturing your business? Are your branches growing stronger, as your roots grow deeper? Are you growing old gracefully, like the old oak tree?
Tags: ALA, DWWS, IT strategy, Jeffrey Zeldman, marketing strategy, web design
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