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conformance , formatting , naming , sorting Understanding Technical Debt nza )Feb 22, 2012 53 technical-debt , concepts Why Should You Care About Website Usability? Jan 25, 2012 52 usability , consistency , simplicity , content , whitespace , html Validation: Measuring and Tracking Code Quality j9t )Jul 11, 2011 51 html , css , conformance , metrics Google’s Focus on Quality and the PostRank Acquisition Jun 23, 2011 50 google , seo How to Proofread Your Own Writing Apr 19, 2010 49 how-tos , writing , communication Optimizing HTML Dec 29, 2009 48 html , optimization Website Maintenance Tips for Front-End Developers lou /sma )Nov 4, 2009 47 maintenance , tips-and-tricks , tooling , link-lists Diagnostic Styling Reloaded j9t )Aug 1, 2009 46 bookmarklets , css The Two Great Things About Validation/Conformance j9t )Jan 30, 2009 45 conformance , html , css , craft The Greatest Secret in Web Design j9t )Dec 1, 2008 44 maintenance , maintainability , processes The Most Annoying Yet Most Important Task in Website Management j9t )Oct 16, 2008 43 links , link-rot , maintenance , user-experience , web Where Our Standards Went Wrong bee /ali )Sep 22, 2008 42 standards , conformance 10 Measures for Continuous Website Maintenance j9t )Jun 24, 2008 41 processes , maintenance Is Easy Implementation the Same as Good Code? cod /aja )Feb 13, 2008 40 developer-experience , performance , javascript , embed-code Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Code tka )Jan 11, 2008 39 career The 3 Levels of Programmers: The Good, The Bad, and the Lazy Jan 9, 2008 38 career Google Can’t Code Nov 28, 2007 37 google , html , conformance Corporate Web Standards dig )Jul 16, 2007 36 html , css , standards Fixing the Web… Together! kar /w3c )Jun 15, 2007 35 html , xhtml , css , standards , conformance 10 Steps to Create a High-Quality Website j9t )May 10, 2007 34 processes Signs of a Quality Link Dec 13, 2006 33 links , seo Unicorn Sighting (Public Preview) don /w3c )Sep 7, 2006 32 w3c , tooling , conformance Web Content: From Fabulous to Frankenstein May 15, 2006 31 content , legal Don’t Use JavaScript to Hide Bad Markup Mar 30, 2006 30 javascript , html , conformance The True Cost of Content ger )Mar 6, 2006 29 content , economics Write Better CSS jch )Feb 19, 2006 28 css , comments Not All Bugs Are Worth Fixing cod )Jan 29, 2006 27 bugs , prioritization It’s Hard Being a Custodian rob )Sep 26, 2005 26 business-relations , design Ten Steps to a More User Friendly Website Sep 14, 2005 25 flash , performance , images , compression , link-rot , html , conformance , browsers , support , navigation , readability JPG Quality dav )Jul 27, 2005 24 images , jpeg , compression Publish the Website You Can Manage ger )May 9, 2005 23 content A Rant (Mostly) About Web Content Feb 10, 2005 22 content Web Content Is a Hidden Asset ger )Jan 17, 2005 21 content The Four Essentials of Modern Web Design Oct 27, 2004 20 fundamentals , conformance , accessibility , semantics , principles A Web Standards Checklist rus )Aug 13, 2004 19 checklists , standards , html , css , accessibility , usability A Matter of Styles dig )Aug 11, 2004 18 css , standards , style-guides , code-reviews Quality Control: The Importance of Website Testing Dec 11, 2003 17 testing , processes The Problem With Flash… Jul 7, 2003 16 flash Choosing Standards Compliance Over Proprietary Practices Mar 21, 2003 15 standards , conformance , interoperability , user-experience W3C Members: What Standards? zdn )Sep 6, 2002 14 w3c , html , conformance , standards 99.9% of Websites Are Obsolete zel /dig )Sep 4, 2002 13 html , css Poor Code Quality Contaminates Users’ Conceptual Models nng )Oct 28, 2001 12 resilience , productivity , usability The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code spo )Aug 9, 2000 11 programming , version-control , building , culture , tooling , testing , principles Top 3 HTML Straw Man Arguments Dec 14, 1998 10 html , presentational-html Validators Sep 24, 1998 9 html , conformance , tooling , link-lists Code Quality Checker 8 tools , analysis , performance , optimization CSS Analyzer (CSS Stats) 7 tools , analysis , css CSS Analyzer (Lea Verou) lea )6 tools , analysis , css CSS Analyzer (Project Wallace) pro )5 tools , analysis , css CSS Quality Checker pro )4 tools , analysis , css Website Analyzer (Accessify) 3 tools , analysis , performance , optimization Website Analyzer (Frontend Dogma) fro )2 tools , analysis , frontend-dogma Image Quality Enhancer 1 tools , exploration , images 