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"For many sites that reference dozens of external objects, the majority of the page load time is spent in separate HTTP requests for images, javascript, and stylesheets. AJAX probably could help, but speeding up or eliminating these separate HTTP requests

Ignoring <abbr> in favor of <acronym> is wrong for two reasons.

"I've picked one lucky website [...] and one of their primary keyword phrases "snowboard equipment" [...] to illustrate how you should perform searches that will result in high quality link acquisition targets."

You may have heard from a client whose site you designed before IE7 existed. What problems have you encountered? What hacks have you jettisoned, and with what have you replaced them?

Instead of buying furniture from a warehouse outside of town, we thought you would prefer a visit to a workshop close to the city centre: everything you buy from us is made at the back of our shop, on a digital router.

Many developers are uneasy about branching and merging, even those who consider source control essential. It can be a very complicated process, but it doesn't have to be, and it is a very powerful way to manage development.

"Firefox 2.0 doesn't actually break access keys, as was originally thought. Rather, the Firefox developers [...] decided to change access keys from Alt plus the number/letter to Alt plus Shift plus the number/letter." Gee, thanks.

The Next Big Thing is the BBC's hunt for the WORLD’S BEST YOUNG BAND.

This article highlights and answers some of the most frequently asked questions about HTML. HTML is the foundation of the Web, and both developers and designers need to understand it.

&quot;A technique to help visitors to your site read and understand the RSS and Atom feeds.&quot;

Useful tips from PG.

"Jonathan Snook has posted a few great CSS coding tips in Top CSS Tips. Several of them come down to personal preferences, and it seems my preferences differ a bit from Jonathan’s in some cases". Mine too.

Funny. I do almost the complete opposite for every point. "I thought I'd share some of my habits when it comes to doing CSS work and let me warn you, some of what I have to say is probably a little controversial."

How Blogger blocks users from getting past the front door when the browser is JavaScript-capable but is sitting behind script blocking firewalls - and how it’s not alone in making this mistake.

I've attempted to lay the foundation for every piece of website data available to marketers, researchers and the curious.

Handy.

WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected.

Site5 provides Subversion access via SSH. These are my notes on getting it working and basic usage.

"There are things floating around that purport to let you run IE 5.5 alongside IE 6.0, etc. The fact of the matter is, though, that these aren’t what your users are running. IE isn’t built like Mozilla or any other browser. It really is down into the

New cultural centre for London situated in Bethnal Green

Each are half an hour long, and - having been in the training myself - I must say they taught me more about JavaScript and the DOM than a lot of books and hours of researching why something just didn’t work.

We talk about how to design for a distributed Web, how individual sharing leads to the creation of social and business value, and also a bit about Yahoo’s Hackday and how they are trying to put social software, open APIs and microformats to work.

"It shows every component of the page - JavaScript, CSS, images - and when each component started and finished loading. You can use it to get an idea for how long it took between the HTML starting to load and the browser beginning to pull in the CSS, then

Open source messaging and collaboration

Bulk (or batch) (X)HTML validation and link checking are at the core of what Nikita does, but there's more to her than that.

Without a comprehensive ability to analyze your site’s traffic, you’ll be unable to determine the effectiveness of your website, online marketing campaigns, and overall online business objectives.

People using social bookmarking services such as Digg, del.icio.us or Furl usually know how to add items to their accounts and don't need your favicons. Absolutely not.

Don't be afraid, little sufferer of ADD.... there is hope. Get the f*ck out of the boxes!

I can imagine that some people are considering [ExpressionEngine] as blog tool and I want to give them an introduction.

Accessible, pretty forms developed by Philip Howard

"An open, organic, polymorphous site which, depending on the user, could take on diverse forms and meanings. The site simply asks you to input your "best stuff" in the world"

A little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body RIGHT NOW.

Converting British households to digital viewing is proving more difficult than expected - and could have major political repercussions, says Conal Walsh

Investing in new bed linen is a quick and easy way to give your bedroom a modern update. Here's our guide to the latest trends and how to choose and care for your bedding.

“Apple’s system preference pane for Universal Access: takes into account the probability that users needing assistance [...] would most likely appreciate larger, bolder text on that pref panel.” Might be nice to do for accessibility statements...

"You see a lot of links on sites which are for “Accessibility”, to provide both help for those with accessibility issues, and state what levels of accessibility the site is aiming for. However, I believe that this content should be split up between tw