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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
The 4 Hs of HTML (alv)310
html
Why I Built a Semantic HTML First Library (kar)309
libraries, components, html
On the Semantic Web (kar)308
html, buttons, forms
Semantica11y—Semantic HTML for Everyone (ste)307
packages, html, accessibility
You Don’t Know HTML Lists306
html, lists
Semantic HTML Just Might Make Your CSS Less Fragile (sch)305
html, css, resilience
When Is a Link Not a Link? (dec)304
html, links, accessibility
I Learned the First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way (css)303
accessibility, aria, html
ARIA Roles Can Remove Their Children’s Semantics (ste)302
html, aria, accessibility
HTML Content Categories (rus)301
html
The Three Semantics of HTML (mat)300
html
Did You Know Some ARIA Roles Remove Child Semantics? (rus)299
html, aria, accessibility
Semantics Beyond the Tag Name (kno/mat)298
html, attributes, aria, accessibility
The “<time>” Element Should Actually Do Something (nol)297
html, time
HTML Semantics: The Short Descriptions of All 113 Elements (j9t)296
html, overviews
Explaining the Accessible Benefits of Using Semantic HTML Elements (geo/css)295
html, accessibility
Just Use a Button (cfe)294
html, buttons
ChatGPT Sez Build With Semantics First (ste)293
chatgpt, chatgpt-atlas, ai, browsers, html, accessibility
Tables: Beyond Rows and Columns (tpg)292
accessibility, wcag, tables, html, jaws, nvda, screen-readers
Why Moving Away From SPAs Improves Usability, Accessibility, and SEO (inn)291
single-page-apps, usability, accessibility, seo, html
When HTML Speaks Clearly290
html, accessibility, conformance
Thinking Deeply About Theming and Color Naming (zel/css)289
theming, naming, color-palettes, colors, pico
How Semantics and ARIA Attributes Support Accessible Design (tpg)288
accessibility, aria, html, attributes
Why Semantic HTML Still Matters (jon)287
html
Naked and Semantic (ark+/dea)286
podcasts, interviews, awareness-days, css, maintainability
Top 5 Web Accessibility Issues in 2024 (and How to Fix Them) (int)285
accessibility, focus, keyboard-navigation, contrast, colors
Know Your HTML (Yes, TSX Included) (hel)284
html, accessibility
Inclusive Development Practices in Next.js Projects (web/deq)283
accessibility, nextjs, keyboard-navigation, aria, alt-text, localization, performance, axe
The “col” Element (hey)282
html, tables
Making Scannable Web Pages for Assistive Technology (jar)281
accessibility, assistive-tech, design, headings, html
The “caption” Element (hey)280
html, tables
The True Path to Garbage Code: Figma Sites (joe)279
figma, html, quality, accessibility
What Is Semantic Caching?278
ai, performance, caching, concepts
The “cite” Element (hey)277
html
The “canvas” Element (hey)276
html, canvas
Unlocking Accessibility: Frontend Developers Discuss Semantic HTML and Accessible Code275
accessibility, html, community
Mastering HTML: The Art of Minimal and Valid Code in Professional Web Development (AI Edition) (j9t)274
guest-posts, html, minimalism, conformance, interoperability, accessibility, standards
Keeping It on the “<dl>”—Another HTML Gem You Never Use (cod)273
html, lists
Mastering Typography in Design Systems With Semantic Tokens and Responsive Scaling272
typography, design-systems, design-tokens, responsive-design, scaling
Quick Accessibility Wins That Are Easy to Implement (kev)271
videos, accessibility, html, alt-text, images, contrast, colors, keyboard-navigation, focus, skip-links
Is React Accessible? That’s the Wrong Question270
accessibility, react, jsx, html
It’s Right There in the Back of the Book (hom)269
accessibility, html
Definition Layers Within Semantic Tokens (ikn)268
design-tokens
10 Digital Accessibility Mistakes to Avoid267
accessibility, mistakes, alt-text, images, contrast, colors, keyboard-navigation, aria, headings, labels, forms, pop-ups, testing
Accessibility Essentials Every Front-End Developer Should Know (mar)266
accessibility, fundamentals, html, forms, keyboard-navigation, modals, alt-text, focus, responsive-design, reduced-motion, aria
Updated Brief Note on Description List Support (aar)265
html, lists, accessibility, screen-readers, support
Accessibility First: How to Design Inclusive Frontend Experiences264
how-tos, design, accessibility, html, alt-text, keyboard-navigation, aria, contrast, forms, focus
On-Page SEO Checklist: The Complete Task List for 2025 (sem)263
seo, checklists, html
The HTML Native Search Element (tre)262
html
The Semantic Interface Palette Is Simple261
design, design-tokens, figma
The “br” Element (hey)260
html
The “button” Element (hey)259
html, buttons, links
HTML Cheat Sheet258
html, examples, cheat-sheets
The “body” Element (hey)257
html
The “blockquote” Element (hey)256
html
The “bdi” Element (hey)255
html, internationalization
The “b” Element (hey)254
html
Why HTML Has Both “<b/i>” and “<strong/em>”?253
html
The “aside” Element (hey)252
html, accessibility
The “address” Element (hey)251
html
The “abbr” Element (hey)250
html, accessibility
The Anchor Element (hey)249
html, links, terminology, usability
Know the “search” Element (j9t)248
html
HTML Cheat Sheets: From Basics to Advanced Elements247
fundamentals, html, examples, cheat-sheets
Maybe Don’t Name That Landmark (aar)246
html, accessibility
Semantic Code in HTML: What Is It and Does It Still Matter? (boa)245
html, accessibility, seo, maintainability, performance
Using Footnotes (mfo)244
footnotes, content, writing
Level-Setting Heading Levels (aar)243
headings, conformance, accessibility, aria
When “Semantic Tokens” Are No Longer Semantic242
design-tokens
Tailwind Marketing and Misinformation Engine241
tailwind, css, principles, maintainability, marketing
“X” Marks the Spot: Landmark Elements (stv)240
html, accessibility, assistive-tech, aria
A Call for Consensus on HTML Semantics (5t3)239
html
Basic Accessibility Mistakes I Often See in Audits (cfe)238
accessibility, mistakes, auditing, html, focus, links, buttons
Buttons and Links—Common Misconceptions237
accessibility, html, buttons, links
The Implied Web (hws/mat)236
html, accessibility
Are We Too Pedantic With Semantic (dis)235
design, design-tokens
The Road to HTMHell Is Paved With Semantics (pep/mat)234
html, quality
You Might Be Looking for HTML “article”, Not “section” (san)233
html
Revisiting Fundamentals—Semantic Lists for Improved Accessibility (mis/mat)232
fundamentals, html, accessibility
The UX of HTML (vas/mat)231
html, user-experience
Understanding HTML Landmarks and How to Apply Them (its/log)230
html, accessibility, aria
Truly Semantic (don)229
design-tokens, naming
Removing List Styles Without Affecting Semantics (mat)228
html, css, accessibility
Select Element: Now With Horizontal Rules (una)227
html, forms, browsers, chrome, safari, support
Tailwind vs. Semantic CSS226
tailwind, css, html, comparisons, performance
An Intro to the “dialog” Element (cfe)225
introductions, modals, html
Progressively Enhanced HTML Accordion (aar)224
html, accordions, accessibility, progressive-enhancement
A Blog Post With Every HTML Element (pat)223
html
I’m Betting on HTML222
html
I Blame the W3C’s HTML Standard for Ordered Lists (sid)221
html, lists
Semantic Code in HTML: What Is It and Does It Still Matter? (boa)220
html
Semantics and the “popover” Attribute: What to Use When? (hdv)219
html, attributes, accessibility, pop-overs
CSS Custom Properties Beyond the “:root” (mat)218
css, custom-properties
It’s Very Likely That… (mat)217
html, buttons, modals
New HTML Element: “search” (alv)216
html
What Is Semantic HTML? (dav)215
html
On-Page SEO Checklist: The Complete Task List for 2023 (sem)214
seo, checklists, html
Fighting Inter-Component HTML Bloat (eli)213
components, html, quality
The “search” Element (sco)212
html, accessibility
The H1 Conundrum: Understanding the Challenges of Heading Level One211
accessibility, headings, html
We Don’t Need “.visually-hidden” (den)210
accessibility, css, quality
50.1% Empty Links (mat)209
accessibility, html, links, seo
ARIA vs. HTML (aar)208
accessibility, html, aria, comparisons
Representation of Style (ste)207
html
Buttons, Links, and Focus (tem)206
accessibility, buttons, links, focus
Screen Readers Don’t Convey the Semantics of “strong” and “em” (mat)205
accessibility, screen-readers, html
An Introduction to HTML Cheat Sheet204
introductions, html, cheat-sheets
How to Write Semantic CSS (kev)203
videos, how-tos, css
Interop 2023 CMS Checkin (chr)202
interoperability, html, rss, atom
What Are HTML5 Semantic Elements?201
html
Screen Readers Support for Text Level HTML Semantics (ste/tpg)200
html, screen-readers, support, accessibility
If You Need a Link, Don’t Use a Button (tem)199
html, links, buttons, accessibility
Unordered Lists in Main Navigations (mat)198
html, lists, navigation
A Problem With Link Relationships (j9t)197
html, links, metadata, maintainability
Enforcing Better HTML Markup With Eleventy (mat)196
html, conformance, eleventy
5 HTML Elements, and a Partridge in a Despair Tree (mat)195
html, accessibility
Brief Note on Description List Support (aar)194
html, lists, accessibility, screen-readers, support
Reading the Meter (sup/mat)193
html, accessibility
Landmarks and Where to Put Them (kil/mat)192
html, aria, accessibility
HTML Semantics and Accessibility Cheat Sheet (web)191
cheat-sheets, html, accessibility
Newer Things to Know About Good Ol’ HTML Lists (dxn/css)190
html, lists
HTML Content Model Categories (rus)189
html
The Shape-Shifting “a” Element (rus)188
html, links
The “label” Element (rus)187
html, labels
Dialogs, Modality, and Popovers Seem Similar—How Are They Different? (hdv)186
html, accessibility, modals, pop-overs
16 Rare HTML Tags You Really Should Know185
html
Structured Data (htt)184
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, structured-data, semantic-web
A Little Semantic HTML Trick for React Components183
react, html, components, tips-and-tricks
Foundations: HTML Semantics (ihe/tet)182
accessibility, fundamentals, html
When Going Somewhere Does a Thing: On Links and Buttons (kil)181
accessibility, html, links, buttons
A “details” Element as a Burger Menu Is Not Accessible (ger/clo)180
html, disclosure-widgets, accessibility
How to (Not) Make a Button179
how-tos, accessibility, buttons, html
Should I Use a Button or a Link? (ash)178
html, buttons, links
On Ratings and Meters (lea)177
html, css
One Year of Coding—Recommendations for Beginners From a Beginner176
learning, accessibility
“<article>” vs. “<section>”: How to Choose the Right One (sma)175
html, comparisons
Roundup of Recent Document Outline Chatter (geo/css)174
html, headings, accessibility
Subheadings, Subtitles, Alternative Titles, and Taglines in HTML (ste/tpg)173
html, headings, microcontent, accessibility
Perceived Affordances and the Functionality Mismatch (tin)172
usability, accessibility
What Is the Best Way to Mark Up an Exclusive Button Group? (lea)171
html, accessibility, aria
Why the HTML Outlining Algorithm Was Removed From the Spec—the Truth Will Shock You! (bru)170
html, accessibility
How to Use Headings for Website Accessibility169
how-tos, accessibility, headings
Aspects of Accessibility—Semantics, Contrast, and… Anxiety?168
accessibility, colors, contrast, user-experience
HTML Cheat Sheet: A Quick Reference Guide for HTML Developers167
guides, html, examples, cheat-sheets
Divs Are Bad! (mat)166
html
What’s Your Heading? (col)165
accessibility, html, headings
Plain Old Semantic HTML: A Perfect Basis for Accessibility164
accessibility, html
Non-Interactive Elements With the “inert” Attribute (web)163
html, attributes
Does Valid and Semantic HTML Still Matter? (5t3+)162
podcasts, html, conformance
Title Rewrites: 3 Patterns to Avoid (moz)161
seo, writing, microcontent
Those HTML Elements You Never Use160
html
12 Years Beyond a HTML Joke (ste)159
html
HTML Semantics (cfe)158
html
Should “Cancel” Be a Button or a Link?157
interaction-design, buttons, links
It Needs to Map Back to a Role (eri)156
accessibility, aria, html
Foundations: Headings (ihe/tet)155
accessibility, fundamentals, html, headings
Column Headers and Browser Support (aar)154
accessibility, html
Colors That Make Sense153
accessibility, colors
Why Radio Buttons Are Called Radio Buttons in UIs? (ami)152
html, naming
Replace JavaScript Dialogs With the New HTML Dialog Element (sto/css)151
modals, html
HTML Cheat Sheet—HTML Elements List Reference (fre)150
html, examples, cheat-sheets
4 Questions to Ask Before Using ARIA149
accessibility, aria, testing
More to Give Than Just the Div: Semantics and How to Get Them Right (hdv)148
html, accessibility
Div Divisiveness (sco)147
html
Show, Don’t Tell (css)146
writing, design
How to Define Your Relationship to Sites You Link To (ste)145
how-tos, html, links, seo
HTML Cheat Sheet144
html, examples, cheat-sheets
Details/Summary (5t3)143
html, disclosure-widgets
Semantics and How to Get Them Right (hdv/btc)142
videos, html, accessibility
Design Systems, Structured Content, and Headless Publishing (amy)141
design-systems, content, headless
Semantic “menu” Context (sco)140
html
Buttons vs. Links (yat)139
html, buttons, links, comparisons
HTML Cheatsheet138
html, examples, cheat-sheets
Use the “i” Element, and Use It Appropriately (j9t)137
html
Not Your Typical Horizontal Rules (sar)136
html
HTML: The 16 Content Categories and Their Elements (j9t)135
html
Why You Should Choose HTML5 “article” Over “section” (bru/sma)134
html, headings
Quoting in HTML: Quotations, Citations, and Blockquotes (css)133
html
Conversational Semantics (aar/btc)132
videos, html, voice, conversational-design
How to Section Your HTML (css)131
how-tos, html, examples
Why, How, and When to Use Semantic HTML and ARIA (ada/css)130
html, aria, accessibility
You’re Using “em” Wrong (log)129
html, markdown
Conversational Semantics (aar/ali)128
html, voice, conversational-design
Small Tweaks That Can Make a Huge Impact on Your Website’s Accessibility (bel/css)127
accessibility, contrast, colors, labels, forms, typography, keyboard-navigation
A Developer’s Guide to Better Accessibility (a11+/24a)126
guides, accessibility, html, keyboard-navigation, naming, tooling
A Look Back at the History of CSS (jay/css)125
history, css, browsers, doctypes, box-model, hacks, standards, css-zen-garden
Writing JavaScript With Accessibility in Mind (mat)124
javascript, accessibility, focus, buttons, aria
The Document Outline Dilemma (ame/css)123
html, headings, accessibility
HTML5 Page Structure Basics (lou)122
fundamentals, html
What’s New in HTML 5.1121
html
Meaningful CSS: Style Like You Mean It (tba/ali)120
css, html
Do You Know These Eight HTML5 Tags?119
html
No Good Can Come of Bad Code (zel/ali)118
quality, accessibility, standards
A Vision of Web Development (j9t)117
outlooks, minimalism, conformance, maintainability
10 Typical HTML Interview Exercises116
html, interviewing, conformance, aria
HTML5 Forms: The Markup (cra)115
html, forms
A Q&A on the Picture Element (wil+/ali)114
interviews, html, images, responsive-design
The Battle for the Body Field (ali)113
html, xml, wysiwyg
10 HTML Tags You May Not Be Using112
html
The HTML5 “meter” Element (pan/css)111
html, examples
HTML Table Element Guide (chr/css)110
guides, html, tables, css
A Look at the HTML5 “nav” Element109
html, navigation
Semantic CSS With Intelligent Selectors (hey/sma)108
css, selectors, html
Introducing the New HTML5 “<main>” Element (cra)107
introductions, html
On Web Semantics (j9t)106
html, best-practices
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)105
html, icon-fonts, fonts
Getting Started in HTML5104
introductions, html, multimedia, forms, apis
Let’s Talk About Semantics (htm)103
html, naming
About HTML Semantics and Front-End Architecture102
html, naming, architecture
Sexy New HTML5 Semantics (bru/sma)101
html
Pursuing Semantic Value (sma)100
html
Our Pointless Pursuit of Semantic Value (div/sma)99
html
Goodbye “time”, “datetime”, and “pubdate”—Hello “data” and “value” (htm)98
html, attributes, time
The Hidden Nuggets of WCAG2: Information Relationships97
accessibility, wcag, html
On Semantics in HTML (j9t)96
html
The Return of the “u” Element (htm)95
html
Are CSS Tables Better Than HTML Tables?94
tables, css, html, comparisons
Learning to Love HTML5 (lou/sma)93
html
When (and When Not to) Use an Anchor Tag? (chr/css)92
html, links
What Makes for a Semantic Class Name? (chr/css)91
html, css, attributes, naming, examples
Naming and Using IDs and Classes Properly (mat)90
html, css, attributes, naming
Making Forms Fabulous With HTML589
html, forms, overviews
How Important Is Semantic HTML?88
html
Don’t Forget About HTML5’s “Little Guys” (lou)87
html
Extending HTML5—Microdata (htm)86
microdata, html, attributes
Exploring Markup for Breadcrumbs (chr/css)85
html, navigation, breadcrumbs
Extending HTML5—Microformats (htm)84
microformats, html, attributes
The Beauty of Semantic Markup, Introduction83
introductions, html, microformats
microformats.org at 5: Two Billion Pages With hCards, 94% of Rich Snippets (tan/mic)82
microformats, anniversaries, metrics
Are You Ready for HTML 5?81
html, simplicity, multimedia, canvas, forms
This Is Your Site—This Is Your Site on HTML5 (bur)80
html, standards
Semantic Navigation With the “nav” Element (tom/htm)79
html, navigation
Value Class Pattern (tan/mic)78
microformats, html
A Big Day for Microformats (tka)77
microformats, html
Semantic Technologies Should Be Personal (tan)76
semantic-web
Table Layouts vs. Div Layouts: From Hell to… Hell? (sma)75
html, layout, tables, comparisons
Our Yearly Reminder of What It’s All About (jch)74
awareness-days, css, maintainability
Making “<time>” Safe for Historians (ppk)73
html, time
“<section>” Is Not Just a “Semantic ‘<div>’”72
html
The 5 Most Under-Used HTML Tags (cra)71
html
Why CSS Should Not Be Used for Layout70
css, layout, tables, html
Semantics in HTML 5 (joh/ali)69
html
The Road to HTML 5—The “section” Element (div)68
html, history
Opera Study: Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant (ars)67
studies, research, opera, standards, conformance
Getting Semantic With Microformats: XFN66
microformats, xfn
Separating Presentation From Semantics (bur)65
drupal
Design Rants (dav)64
design, typography, readability, responsive-design
A Preview of HTML 5 (lac/ali)63
html, overviews
What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like (chr/css)62
html, attributes, conformance, formatting
At What Point Do Semantics Not Apply? (jch)61
html, css
Microformats: More Meaning From Your Markup (bri)60
microformats, html
Web Standards Do—the Way of Web Standards (oli/w3c)59
standards, html, http, content-negotiation, caching, performance, xml, xhtml, testing, processes, urls, redirecting
The “<b>” and “<i>” Elements (lac)58
html
HTML: The Top 5 Forgotten Elements (mat)57
html
Standards, Semantics, Accessibility, and HTML Email (jch)56
html, standards, accessibility, email
Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup55
html, xhtml, conformance, encoding, unicode, character-references
The Semantic Code54
html
Long Live the Q Tag (ali)53
html
A Positive Attitude to Development52
html, css, conformance, tables, hacks, browsers, accessibility, standards
Identifying Classy Semantics (far)51
html, attributes
What Are Microformats? (tan)50
slides, microformats, html, examples
Tip: What Is Semantic Markup and Why Should You Care?49
html, tips-and-tricks
“dl”, “dt”, and “dd” Markup (ann)48
html, lists
First Annual Naked Day: April 0547
css, awareness-days, standards
Semantic Image Use (jch)46
html, images, alt-text, accessibility
Building Open Textual Content on HTML (tan/mic)45
html, content, microformats
Rel vs. Rev (mic)44
html, xhtml, microformats, comparisons
Web Blandards43
standards, web
Semantics in the Wild (joh)42
attributes, html, css, metrics
Class Attributes Are About More Than Styling (mic)41
html, attributes
The State of the Art in Australian Web Development (joh)40
surveys, xhtml, html, css, accessibility, metrics
Writing Semantic Markup (ric/dig)39
rss, xml, xhtml, attributes
Semantics, Standards, Accessibility … (bru)38
standards, accessibility, web-standards-project
Div Mania (gez)37
html, css, selectors
Why Generic XML on the Web Is a Bad Idea (ann)36
html, xml
Who Cares About Semantics Anyway? (dav)35
html, xhtml
XHTML Was Good for the Web (ann)34
xhtml, html, standards
Microformats and Semantics in Japan (mey)33
microformats, xfn
Questions on XHTML2 (ann)32
xhtml
Categories of Semantics31
html
Semantics (rob)30
html
Semantic Markup (ann)29
html
Emergent Semantics (mey)28
slides, microformats, xfn, xhtml
The Elements of Meaningful XHTML (tan)27
slides, xhtml, microformats
<div style='font-weight: bold'>Lost Cause</div>26
html
ALA Does Semantic Nonsense (ann)25
html, presentational-html
The Four Essentials of Modern Web Design24
fundamentals, conformance, accessibility, principles, quality
Link Relationships (lac)23
html, links, metadata
HTML, XHTML, Semantics, and the Future of the Web (joh)22
html, xhtml, web, outlooks, comparisons, conformance
Unordered Lists: More Than Just Bullets (w3c)21
html, lists
What’s in a Name (mal)20
html, naming, design, conventions
Atom (or Web Syndication) (ann)19
syndication, atom
Semantics: A New Beginning?18
semantic-web
Semantics, HTML, XHTML, and Structure17
html, xhtml, examples
HTML: More Structural Than Semantic (sim)16
html
This Validates (sim)15
conformance, xhtml
Semantic Markup14
html, xhtml
On Standards and Semantics (sto)13
standards, conformance
Semantics and Bad Code (dav)12
html, xhtml, conformance
Standards Don’t Necessarily Have Anything to Do With Being Semantically Correct (kot)11
standards, conformance, html, xhtml, css
Standards, Semantic Markup, Distributed Authorship, and Knowledge Management10
standards, xhtml, css, content-management
Semantic Obsolescence (div)9
xhtml, html
Tantek’s Markup Challenge (sim)8
html
A Touch of Class (tan)7
html, attributes, examples
Why Semantic Markup Is So Important6
xhtml, rss
Markup Challenge: aaronsw.com5
code-reviews, html
The Secret Life of Markup4
html, sgml, xml, content
Valid Garbage In, Valid Garbage Out: Answers3
html, conformance
The Myths of Structural Markup2
html, sgml, myths, maintainability
Using Standard HTML (tim)1
html, accessibility