Web Standards, Accessibility & More

Here are some Acronyms and Quotes that definitely worth reading!

On future of Ajax:

“Ajax is the frames of web 2.0″

How true; Ajax is overused and many times not used correctly.

Jeremy Keith in Hijax presentation:

“Plan for Ajax from the start; Implement Ajax at the end”

Great advice. Go read his book, Bulletproof Ajax.

D.R.Y.

“Don’t Repeat Yourself”

Meaning don’t rewrite and duplicate code. Great idea, especially for larger sites.

i18n

“Internationalization”

Cute, isn’t it? Comes from “i” + 18 letters + “n”.

X.H.R

“xmlHttpRequest”

P.O.S.H.

“Plain Old Semantic HTML”

My favorite!

A quote about friendly web development:

“Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.”

Be responsible with your code.

A quote about using Macs:

“Once you go Mac, you never go back.”

Is that not P.C.? Ha ha.

A.H.A.H.

“Asynchronous HTML and HTTP”

Becoming a much more relevant term; there are other often-used alternatives to the X in Ajax (XML).