Web Standards

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   Did Rdio Throw the Web Under the Bus?

   

   2/13/14

   by Brandon Rosage

   Rdio announced last month that its music service would be available “free in the U.S. on the web.” The service is still accessible on desktop web browsers with Flash installed, but the site instructs users on smartphone and tablet browsers to access its service via native applications. So, is Rdio’s use of the term “the web” faithful to its technical implementation? Our own developer Brandon Rosage debates the issue with his brother Tyson, a software designer at Treehouse.

2. 

   Blue Beanie Day – Celebrate You!

   

   11/30/12

   by Jeffrey Zeldman

   A funny thing happened on the way to the multi-device world we design and live in. The web standards movement happened.

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   The Gift of Giving

   

   12/15/11

   by Jenn Lukas

   One of the interesting things about being in front-end development and the open web is that once you publish your website, anyone can see your work. Whether you use Firebug or Web Inspector or good old View Source, you can view everything I do in a quick click. This has always been one part terrifying to me (I swear those extra spans were the CMS WYSIWYG’s idea) and three parts awesome. As someone who loves web standards and the idea of creating a better web for all, I think it’s radical to share what we do with each other. If you threw all of our code from the interwebs into one big room, it would be one heck of a learning party.