Hand coding HTML is still hip: related news

Hand-coding HTML is still hip

Being that my first "real" job was at a web design shop as a code monkey, it warmed my heart to see Khoi Vinh, Design Director for the NY Times state that they still write HTML code by hand. Of course, I have to believe that he was referring to templating and such, as there is no way they could maintain or deliver that amount of content without some kind of CMS.

Lovingly Craft Your HTML

When I wrote about the New York Times's design director Khoi Vinh's comment that he and his staff still hand code their HTML, this stirred a fair amount of both nostalgic and contemporary reverie among TidBITS readers (see "Hand Coding HTML Is Still in Vogue," 2008-04-28). Slashdot picked up Vinh's comment separately, and many readers there seemed to misunderstand - they thought Vinh was saying that every page on the Times' site was being created by hand. One commenter wrote, "Handcoding takes far more time than is necessary in a changing scenario of today's news. Effort not proportional to returns. As a shareholder, i [sic] would sue them for wasting money."

Three HTML 5 Related Drafts Published

The HTML Working Group has published three documents: HTML 5, HTML 5 differences from HTML 4, and the first public draft of HTML 5 Publication Notes . HTML 5 introduces features for Web application authors, new elements based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability. See the diff-marked version showing changes made since the 22 January 2008 draft. Learn more about the HTML Activity.

HTML coding made easy with new snippets set for Typinator

Ergonis Software today announced a new HTML snippets set for Typinator, its highly acclaimed tool for auto-typing text. The new HTML set provides over 100 abbreviations for elements of the HTML 4.01 standard. Just type a short abbreviation and Typinator will insert the corresponding HTML code and place the insertion point appropriately - system-wide in any application. This will not only save you a lot of time and thousands of keystrokes but will also eliminate typing errors.

HTML 5 aims to formalise Semantic HTML

It's kind of hard to believe that it's almost been a decade since HTML 4.01 was made official. However, it has taken browsers a while to recognise the standard, and this process continues today. I was pleased to see that the W3C has released the first draft of HTML 5 with its goal of creating Semantic HTML.

CSE HTML Validator Pro 8.04

Powerful, inexpensive, indispensable, highly user configurable, and easy to use HTML, XHTML, and CSS development tool that assists in the creation of syntactically correct and accessible HTML, XHTML, and CSS documents. Just open an HTML, XHTML, or CSS document with HTML Validator and tell it to do its thing! Easy to understand syntax errors, warning and other messages will appear below the source of your document. Simply click on one of these messages and you will be taken to the place in your document where the problem is. Fix the problem, check the document again (to make sure that the problem is fixed), and then save it when you're finished.

Is Today's Web Still 'the Web'?

snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister raises questions regarding the transforming nature of the Web now that Tim Berners-Lee's early vision has been supplanted by today's much more complex model. AJAX, Google Web Toolkit, Flash and Silverlight all have McAllister asking, 'Is [the Web] still the Web if you can't navigate directly to specific content? Is it still the Web if the content can't be indexed and searched? Is it still the Web if you can only view the application on certain clients or devices? Is it still the Web if you can't view source?' Such questions bely a much bigger question for Web developers, McAllister writes. If today's RIAs no longer resemble the 'Web,' then should we be shoehorning these apps into the Web's infrastructure, or is the problem that the client platforms simply aren't evolving fast enough to meet

NYTimes.com Hand-Codes HTML & CSS

eldavojohn writes "The design director of NYTimes.com, Khoi Vinh, recently answered readers' questions in the Times's occasional feature 'Ask the Times.' He was asked how the Web site looks so consistently nice and polished no matter which browser or resolution is used to access it. His answer begins: 'It's our preference to use a text editor, like HomeSite, TextPad or TextMate, to "hand code" everything, rather than to use a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) HTML and CSS authoring program, like Dreamweaver. We just find it yields better and faster results.'"

HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/429cd7/html_xhtml_and_c) has announced the addition of the "HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies" report to their offering. Want to build a killer Web site? Want to make it easy to keep your site up to date? You'll need to know how CSS, HTML, and XHTML work together. HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies makes that easy too! These eight minibooks get you started, explain standards, and help you connect all the dots to create sites with pizzazz. This handy, one-stop guide catches you up on XHTML basics and CSS fundamentals. You'll learn how to work with Positionable CSS to create floating elements, margins, and multi-column layouts, and you'll get up to speed on client-side programming with JavaScri

CommsUpdate HTML subscribers...is our message not looking quite right?

A loyal HTML CommsUpdate reader has brought to our attention the fact that CommsUpdate was arriving in his inbox unformatted—all the layout, images and links were garbled. Some investigation on our part has revealed that the latest version of Microsoft Outlook 2007 was released with a very different HTML rendering engine. This new engine is causing our CommsUpdate message (and many other HTML emails) to appear incorrectly.

Learn HTML forms

If you already know HTML, but you still don't understand forms, this class will help. After 5 days you will know how to use form tags, how to write a mailto or CGI form, how to decorate your forms, and even how to validate them with JavaScript. HTML forms are hard but this class will help make them easy.

Taco HTML Edit 2 Adds Code Completion, More

Taco Software announced the immediate availability of Taco HTML Edit 2.0 on Monday. The new version of the HTML and PHP editing application added the ability to offer code suggestions while you type, and also added CSS and JavaScript color coding support.

Making a Better Robotic Hand: It's All In the Palm

What makes a hand so versatile? Fingers come to mind first -- but as designers of robot arms have learned, said neurobotics pioneer Yoky Matsuoka, the hand is just as much about the palm. Specifically, the palm's flexibility -- a quality I'd never even considered until she mentioned it and I tried to use my hand while keeping my palm stiff.

Poll: Are the browser safe colors still needed?

In your opinion do we still need to use the browser safe color palette? This is a palette of about 216 colors that should display the same on most browsers, monitors, and operating systems. But most people use monitors with millions of colors, so limiting your designs to only 216 colors may seem extreme. On the other hand, there are still a lot of people on older monitors with fewer colors, and non-browser safe colors can look absolutely hideous when the monitors try to guess.

Free Softare Magazine: Composer, A Potential HTML Based Word Processor

"Rosalyn Hunter writes about using Composer as a stand-in word processor. I too, have used it in this fashion on OS X. I like it for various reasons. For instance, I'm quite familiar with it, as I've used it for website authoring numerous times. It creates HTML files. I've come to the conclusion that HTML is not a bad 'language' to use for a word processor, considering that it already allows for basic editing features--and then some. If it isn't obvious, Composer is an HTML editor that was part of the old Mozilla suite.

HTML coding made easy with new snippets set for Typinator (demo)

imageErgonis Software has announced a new HTML snippets set for Typinator, its highly acclaimed tool for auto-typing text system-wide across all Mac OS X applications.

Hand coding is faster says the NYTimes

Personally, I've felt for a long time that writing HTML with a good text editor, like Homesite or BBEdit is faster, in the long run, than using a WYSIWYG editor like Dreamweaver or Expression Web. Well, apparently, I'm not alone. In the April 21st Talk to the Newsroom article, Khoi Vinh, Design Director for the New York Times says:

HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2008--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/429cd7/html-xhtml-and-c) has announced the addition of the "HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies" report to their offering.

Coding Flaws Caused Moody's Debt Rating Errors

An anonymous reader writes "The Financial Times has the story that billions in incorrect AAA ratings given out by Moody's were the result of a coding error in its computer models. 'Internal Moody's documents seen by the FT show that some senior staff within the credit agency knew early in 2007 that products rated the previous year had received top-notch triple A ratings and that, after a computer coding error was corrected, their ratings should have been up to four notches lower.'"

M-commerce still three to five years away

Mobile payments are still three to five years away from commercial deployment in Asia, because collaboration between business entities in the mobile payment ecosystem is still lacking, according to a Motorola executive.

Dynamic HTML to PDF Conversion

activePDF WebGrabber is a multithreaded application, designed for use with activePDF Server™, that dynamically converts any URL, HTML stream, or HTML file to PDF on the fly, while retaining embedded styles.

Web Design- the invisible hand to the success of your business.

Business and website go hand in hand. Website is the focal point of your business, interacting with your customers and clients round the clock. People judge you by your covers and this is where a good looking website design steps in. A professional website layout puts your business where it matters the most- in front of your customers and set you apart from the noise and clatter of your competition. How many times have you walked in a store which appears shabby? I bet you avoid stepping in, leave alone doing business with them. The same rule applies to your website- it is your virtual storefront and by designing an eye catching website, you are bound to turn a few heads and keep visitors coming back.

Robots hand packagers new ways to compete

If the results of two recent studies are any indication, robotics play a significant role in packaging automation, and that role is likely grow in the coming years. The recent Packaging Automation Study by Packaging Digest and Control Engineering (www.packagingdigest.com/automationresearch) showed that other forms of automation—like PLCs, AC drives, sensors and bar coding — are used more frequently in packaging lines. Still, 31 percent of respondents employ robots on their packaging lines.

Principles Of HTML Code Optimization

Just like spring cleaning a house, the html code of your web pages should get periodic cleaning as well. Over time, as changes and updates are made to a web page, the code can become littered with unnecessary clutter, slowing down page load times and hurting the efficiency of your web page. Cluttered html can also seriously impact your search engine ranking.

Ballmer: Google Won - But It's Still All About Search, Baby

Steve Ballmer is still talking up Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) search ambitions, and still openly regretting its ongoing underperformance in that department. It’s a familiar doctrine but, in light of the missed Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) opportunity, all the more poignant. Ballmer told FT.com: “I do fault us for the speed with which we dove into search, primarily because we didn’t see the business model. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) did a nice job on that, and that’s why they won. One of the mistakes we made is having a five-year gap between Windows releases did calcify our ability to react to anything.�

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