Web Design Wikiclass | Lecture / The Benefits of Web Standards

A Web Design Lecture by Steven Choy

Overview: This lecture explains the benefits of using web standards. It uses the presentation by Max Design (http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/benefits/) as the major learning materials. The following screen captures are used as an overview in case there is no internet connection in our lecture hall.

Source: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/benefits/

Browser Modes and HTML Doctype

Activating Browser Modes with Doctype

Accessible Forms

Creating Accessible Forms - WebAIM

Accessible Forms - Web Usability

Stylesheet switching examples

http://www.kelvinluck.com/assets/jquery/styleswitch/

http://www.webdevcodex.com/demos/switchstylesheets/

CSS media types can create print-friendly pages

      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="print.css" media="print" />

Example: http://envisionic.com/webtips/user_experience/printer_friendly.php

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If you find any problem in this lecture note, please feel free to tell Steven via steven [at] findaway.hk.