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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Tales from the 90s: On XML’s Great Future, the Mobile Web on a 4×20-Character Screen, and Accessibility as the Original Responsive Design (fro)785
history, xml, sgml, html, xhtml, hdml, responsive-design, graceful-degradation, mobile, accessibility, user-experience
Crafting WCAG 3 for More Accessible User Experiences (w3c)784
wcag, accessibility, w3c
WCAG 3’s Road to Hell Is Paved With Supplemental Requirements (yat)783
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 3 Update—Conformance (ala)782
accessibility, wcag, compliance
For Review: WCAG 3 Working Draft—September 2026 (w3c)781
discussions, wcag, accessibility
WOFF 1.0: A Milestone on W3C’s Journey of Fonts on the Web (svg/w3c)780
woff, fonts, web, w3c
EPUB 3.4 (iva/w3c)779
epub
What’s New in ECMAScript 2026 (paw)778
ecmascript
Gareth [Ford Williams] Goes Fireside (gar+)777
videos, interviews, accessibility, design, branding
Web Standards at the Web Engines Hackfest (don+/iga)776
podcasts, w3c
The Free and Open Web Is Under Attack at the IETF (eff)775
open-web, ai, bots
Frontend Minimalism in Action: Do More With Less JavaScript (sir/web)774
videos, minimalism, dependencies, javascript
Dark Mode With Web Standards (oll)773
dark-mode, html, javascript, svg, css
What’s Missing in CSS Layout (pat)772
css, layout, wish-lists
AI, Web, and Standards (hdv/w3c)771
videos, ai, web
What’s Actually New in JavaScript (and What’s Coming Next) (nec)770
javascript, ecmascript, retrospectives, outlooks
What to Know in JavaScript (2026 Edition) (chr/fro)769
javascript, ecmascript, frameworks, runtimes, tooling, testing, npm
CSS or BS? (kei)768
css
Mike Smith Fireside (ste)767
videos, interviews, accessibility, html, community
CSS Snapshot 2026 (fri+/w3c)766
css
Matt May Speaks (mat+)765
videos, interviews, accessibility, html
Standard HTML Video and Audio Lazy-Loading Is Coming (sco)764
html, multimedia, lazy-loading, performance
Selectors Level 5 (fan+/w3c)763
css, selectors
“WCAG Is Difficult to Read, Don’t Read It” Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (yat)762
wcag, accessibility
Cryptography Usage in Web Standards (w3c)761
cryptography, security
Mobile App Accessibility Under EN 301 549 v4.1.0760
accessibility, mobile, en-301-549
WASI 1.0: You Won’t Know When WebAssembly Is Everywhere in 2026759
webassembly, components
Forms Are a Badly Designed Part of HTML (jen/mat)758
html, forms
How HTML Changes in EPUB (rob/mat)757
epub, html
Accessibility Updates (w3c)756
videos, accessibility, wcag
Vote for the Web Features You Want to See (rvi)755
web-platform, support
Common Misconceptions About WCAG (tet)754
accessibility, wcag
What’s Wrong With This HTML, and Is It Valid? (pat/mat)753
html, conformance, web-platform
CSS Wrapped 2025 (una)752
css, retrospectives
The Web Runs on Tolerance (ede)751
web-platform, principles
Standards Queues (bka)750
web-platform, collaboration
Web Backstories: Shadow DOM (ada+/iga)749
podcasts, interviews, shadow-dom, web-components, history
CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4 (fan+/w3c)748
css, backgrounds
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.4.10: Reflow (Level AA)747
accessibility, wcag, reflow
WCAG 3 Update (kno)746
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.3.5: Identify Input Purpose (Level AA)745
accessibility, wcag, forms
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 1.3.4: Orientation (Level AA)744
accessibility, wcag, mobile
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 2.5.4: Motion Actuation (Level A)743
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.1 Addition—Success Criterion 2.5.3: Label in Name (Level A)742
accessibility, wcag, labels, forms
JavaScript Just Leveled Up: ES2025—You’ll Fall in Love With (jsd)741
javascript, ecmascript
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)740
videos, history, web, javascript, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, browser-engines
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 Approved as ISO/IEC International Standard (w3c)739
accessibility, wcag, w3c
Why “NaN !== NaN” in JavaScript (and the IEEE 754 Story Behind It)738
javascript, history
UTF-8, Explained Simply (nic)737
videos, encoding, unicode, ascii
A Threat Model for Accessibility on the Web (sun)736
accessibility, css
WCAG’s Longevity (yat)735
accessibility, wcag
Why Now Is Not the Time to Think About WCAG 3 (kar)734
accessibility, wcag, compliance, legal
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)733
accessibility, conformance, compliance, terminology, comparisons, wcag
HTML Is Dead, Long Live HTML (unc)732
html, css, dom, metrics
Vision for W3C (cdu+/w3c)731
w3c, web, web-platform, outlooks
Why I Don’t Trust WCAG 2.2 and What I’m Hoping From 3.0 (dxn/log)730
accessibility, wcag
Not Just WCAG: How Web Accessibility Really Works in Europe729
accessibility, legal, wcag, en-301-549, bitv, comparisons
Global Accessibility Standards in Africa: A Panel Discussion (ina)728
videos, accessibility
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Third Edition) (pro+/w3c)727
png, images
WCAG 3, Increment or Overhaul? (ala)726
accessibility, wcag, w3c
WebAssembly Core Specification (w3c)725
webassembly
IE6, AI, and the Future of Browsing the Web (rac)724
web-platform, browsers, ai, chrome, internet-explorer
Privacy on the Web: Creating a More Trustworthy Web (set/w3c)723
web, privacy
Unshipping: How (and When) to Break Web Features (ric+/iga)722
podcasts, interviews, web-platform
Update on CSS Anchor Positioning (fan/w3c)721
css, anchor-positioning
Advancing Accessibility Standards (acc)720
accessibility
Mastering HTML: The Art of Minimal and Valid Code in Professional Web Development (AI Edition) (j9t)719
guest-posts, html, minimalism, conformance, semantics, interoperability, accessibility
Aaron D. Campbell [on] Why Open Standards and WordPress Matter (aar+)718
podcasts, interviews, wordpress
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)717
accessibility, aria, html
What’s the Difference Between WCAG, the EAA, and EN 301 549? (tpg)716
accessibility, wcag, eaa, en-301-549, legal, comparisons
Mitigating Browser Fingerprinting in Web Specifications (npd+/w3c)715
privacy, fingerprinting, browsers, w3c
CSS Snapshot 2024 (tab+/w3c)714
css
TC39 Advances 3 Proposals to Stage 4: RegExp Escaping, Float16Array, and Redeclarable Global Eval Vars (sar/soc)713
ecmascript, javascript, regex, escaping, arrays, math
Navigating the Web Platform (pat)712
web-platform, documentation, browsers, link-lists, cheat-sheets
So, You Want to Push a Web Platform Feature?711
web-platform, processes, community
CSS Display Module Level 4 (tab+/w3c)710
css, layout
CSS Multi-Column Layout Module Level 2 (fri/w3c)709
css, layout
WebAssembly JavaScript Interface (w3c)708
webassembly, javascript, apis
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)707
accessibility, aria, html
Updated Drafts for Review: W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 (w3c)706
accessibility, wcag, w3c
How to Join Blue Beanie Day: Wear and Share (zel)705
awareness-days, how-tos
Contributing to JavaScript and TypeScript (rob)704
videos, javascript, typescript, foss
Content Security Policy Level 3 (mik/w3c)703
csp, security
Web Audio API 1.1 (pad/w3c)702
multimedia, apis
Disabled and Obscured (ste)701
accessibility, html, forms, wcag
Reducing Digital Accessibility Litigation Risk700
accessibility, legal, processes
Indexed Database API 3.0 (w3c)699
indexeddb, databases
WebRTC: Real-Time Communication in Browsers (w3c)698
webrtc, apis
The State of Accessibility (slo/tpg)697
videos, podcasts, accessibility
CSS Values and Units Module Level 5 (tab+/w3c)696
css, units
The Neverending Story (gar)695
web-platform, frameworks, libraries, tooling
CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 6 (fan+/w3c)694
css, cascade, inheritance
Semi-Annual Reminder to Learn and Hire for Web Standards (aar)693
learning, fundamentals, html, css
WCAG’s A and AA Distinction Is Mostly Academic (yat)692
accessibility, wcag
Why Is Reaching WCAG Level AAA Not Recommended? (cer)691
accessibility, wcag
What’s New in ECMAScript 2024 (paw)690
ecmascript
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)689
woff, fonts
WCAG 2.2 Map by Theme (hic)688
accessibility, wcag
Decoding WCAG: “Change of Context” and “Change of Content” (web)687
accessibility, wcag
Standardization Stories (fan/css)686
videos, web-platform, css, collaboration
WCAG, VPAT, S508, Level A—What on Earth? (int)685
accessibility, legal, terminology, wcag, vpat-acr, section-508
WebGPU (kai+/w3c)684
webgpu
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 2 (tab+/w3c)683
css, scrolling
What’s New for JavaScript Developers in ECMAScript 2024682
javascript, ecmascript, promises, unicode, webassembly
What ARIA Still Does Not Do (ste)681
html, aria, accessibility
Ecma International Approves ECMAScript 2024: What’s New? (rau)680
ecmascript
How to Build a New Feature for the Web Platform—and Make It a Success With Developers (web)679
discussions, how-tos, web-platform
World Wide Accessibility—Benefits of Standardization (cer)678
accessibility, legal, web
Consensus in Internet Standards (mno)677
collaboration, communication, web-platform
W3C Unveils 174 New Outcomes for WCAG 3.0 (deq)676
accessibility, wcag, w3c
We Need to Rewild the Internet (rob/noe)675
web, collaboration, creativity, outlooks
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)674
accessibility, aria, html
AI and the Future of Web Accessibility Guidelines673
discussions, accessibility, wcag, ai, w3c
CSS Anchor Positioning (tab+/w3c)672
css, anchor-positioning
CSS Values and Units Module Level 3 (tab+/w3c)671
css, units
There Are No Standards Police (mno)670
policies, processes
WCAG 2.2 Detective Skills669
accessibility, wcag
JSON Canvas668
websites, json, canvas
CSS Color Module Level 4 (tab+/w3c)667
css, colors
A Look at the New WAI–ARIA 1.3 Draft (cra)666
accessibility, aria
Web Platform Design Principles (lea/w3c)665
web-platform, software-design, principles, w3c
Web Standards: The Guidelines That Every Developer Should Know664
history, w3c, html, css, xml, wcag
Understanding WCAG SC 3.2.6 Consistent Help (Level A)663
accessibility, wcag
Weird Things Engineers Believe About Web Development662
web-apps, javascript, building, web-platform
Inspecting WCAG 2.2: Accessible Authentication661
videos, accessibility, wcag, authentication
Experimental Chromium Web Platform Features (pol)660
overviews, experiments, web-platform, chromium
CSS Snapshot 2023 (tab+/w3c)659
css
Why Chromium Cares About Standards658
chromium, web-platform
Inspecting WCAG 2.2: Target Size657
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Will Be a Part of EN 301 549 and With That a Part of WAD and EAA (cer)656
accessibility, wcag, en-301-549, legal, eaa
Technical Standards Bodies Are Regulators (mno)655
policies, legal
Obligatory WCAG 2.2 Launch Post (aar)654
accessibility, wcag
Demystifying WCAG 2.2 (vig)653
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Is Now a W3C Recommendation (den)652
accessibility, wcag
What’s New in WCAG 2.2 (pat/tpg)651
accessibility, wcag, release-notes
WCAG 2.2 Is Now a Published Web Standard650
discussions, accessibility, wcag, w3c
Intopia Launches WCAG 2.2 Map (int)649
accessibility, wcag
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 (ala+/w3c)648
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses) (nik)647
unicode, encoding
Four Reasons to Give WCAG AAA a Second Look (web)646
accessibility, wcag
Changes and Additions in Pointer Events Level 3 (pat/w3c)645
videos, pointer-events
A More Intelligent and Secure Web (ple/w3c)644
videos, w3c, web, web-platform, security
WCAG 3.0: Further on Up the Road (ons/tpg)643
accessibility, wcag
Do We Need WCAG 3 (Now)? (yat)642
accessibility, wcag
Vision for W3C (cdu/w3c)641
outlooks, web, web-platform, w3c
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 (ala+/w3c)640
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
[WebKit] Standards Positions (web)639
webkit, support
Use Case-Driven Standards Development638
WCAG 2.2, Quick and Simplified637
wcag, accessibility
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI–ARIA) 1.2 (w3c)636
accessibility, aria, rich-internet-apps
WCAG 2.2 Misses Mark on Defining Visible Focus (yat)635
accessibility, focus, wcag
Are We There Yet? WCAG 2.2 Is at the Candidate Recommendation [Stage] v3 (gwi/deq)634
accessibility, wcag
ES2023 Introduces New Array Copying Methods to JavaScript (phi)633
javascript, ecmascript, arrays
30th Anniversary of Licensing the Web for General Use and at No Cost (koa/w3c)632
web, web-platform, foss, history, anniversaries
Meeting WCAG Level AAA (pat/tet)631
accessibility, wcag, conformance
What’s New in ECMAScript 2023 (paw)630
ecmascript
What’s New in WCAG 2.2?629
accessibility, wcag
Retro-Specifying Fetch/Performance (nom)628
apis, data-fetching
CSS Nesting Module (tab+/w3c)627
css, nesting
The Troublesome Life and Lamentable Death of Success Criterion 4.1.1626
accessibility, wcag, conformance
The Story of the World Wide Web (jay)625
books, web, history, browsers, css, community, browser-wars
WCAG 2.2 Update: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Parsing Criterion624
accessibility, wcag
New WCAG 2.2 Features Rated (yat)623
accessibility, wcag
Are We There Yet? WCAG 2.2 Is at the Candidate Recommendation Stage Again (gwi/deq)622
accessibility, wcag
Be a Digital Ally: Further Exploration of WCAG 2.2 (kno)621
accessibility, wcag
The History of Internet Explorer and Web Standards (jay/hac)620
history, internet-explorer, browsers, web-standards-project, link-lists
The YAML Document From Hell (ruu)619
yaml
ECMAScript Proposal: Iterator Helpers (rau)618
ecmascript, javascript
WCAG 3.0: Are We There Yet? (ons/tpg)617
accessibility, wcag
The 411 on 4.1.1 (aar)616
accessibility, wcag
CSS Snapshot 2022 (tab+/w3c)615
css
CSS Shapes Module Level 1 (w3c)614
css, shapes
What’s New in WCAG 2.2 (a11)613
videos, accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 Hits Candidate Recommendation—but What Does It Mean? (int)612
wcag
Prepare for WCAG 2.2 and Beyond (lev)611
videos, wcag, accessibility
7 Quick Facts About WCAG 2.2 (lev)610
accessibility, wcag
Meet Web Push (bra/web)609
browsers, apis, support
WCAG 3 Compliant? Check Again608
accessibility, wcag
Triaging WCAG 2.1 Level AAA (ian/tet)607
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 and WCAG 3 Status Updates606
accessibility, wcag
Reinventing W3C Governance (rob)605
w3c
The Evolution of WCAG: A Postcard From the Front Lines604
accessibility, wcag, history
What’s New in ECMAScript 2022 (paw)603
ecmascript
The Future of Web Accessibility: WCAG 3.0 (for)602
accessibility, wcag
WebDex: Web Specs Index (don)601
terminology
Giving Web Standards a Seat at the Table (jay)600
history
CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3 (dba+/w3c)599
css
CSS Snapshot 2021 (tab+/w3c)598
css
This Is WCAG597
websites, accessibility, wcag
Web Platform Design Principles (w3c)596
web-platform, software-design, principles, w3c
Explainer for W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 (jsp+/w3c)595
accessibility, wcag
New Living Standards (dom)594
apis
Smashing Podcast Episode 44 With Chris Ferdinandi: Is the Web Dead? (cfe+/sma)593
podcasts, interviews, web-platform, performance, tooling, developer-experience
WCAG 3.0: What You Need to Know About the Future of Accessibility Standards592
accessibility, wcag
New HTTP Standards for Caching on the Modern Web (pim)591
http, protocols, caching, performance
What’s New in ES2021590
javascript, ecmascript
Web Audio API (pad/w3c)589
multimedia, apis
Geolocation API (mar/w3c)588
geolocation, apis
WebGPU (kai/w3c)587
webgpu
FTP: Fifty Years and Millions of FTP Servers Worldwide586
ftp, history, servers, tooling
Web Authentication: An API for Accessing Public Key Credentials Level 2 (jmh+/w3c)585
webauthn, authentication, apis
What’s New in ECMAScript 2021 (paw)584
ecmascript
WebRTC Adopted as Official Web Standard583
webrtc, apis, w3c
CSS Snapshot 2020 (tab+/w3c)582
css
W3C in 2020 (koa/w3c)581
w3c, retrospectives
The Internet’s Server-Based Infrastructure Is Ushering Us Through the Pandemic—Here’s How the W3C Is Helping580
web, servers, infrastructure, w3c
Know Your Standards (ste)579
accessibility, wcag, aria, html, link-lists
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)578
anniversaries, fonts, woff
JSON-LD 1.1 (gke+/w3c)577
json-ld, json
Web Standards576
w3c, html, xml, xhtml, css, wcag
What Is P3P Policy and How Does It Work?575
p3p, policies, privacy
Web Platform Contribution Guide (zco/boc)574
websites, guides, web-platform, community
W3C Finalizes Web of Things (WoT) Recommendations (inf)573
w3c
What’s New in ECMAScript 2020 (paw)572
ecmascript
Why Do Some HTML Elements Become Deprecated? (css)571
html, deprecation
Why Are We Talking About CSS4? (sma)570
css
What Is CSS4? (ppk)569
css
The Web We Want (mar+)568
surveys, tooling, web
CSS4 (chr/css)567
css
Twitter Proposes Open Social Network Standard (sjv/zdn)566
twitter+x, bluesky, social-media, fediverse, activitypub
WebAssembly Is Now the Fourth Web Standard Language565
webassembly, w3c
An Adventurer’s Guide to W3C Specs (mel/24a)564
guides, accessibility, w3c
Some HTML Is “Optional” (chr/css)563
html, performance
Privacy Anti-Patterns in Standards (w3c)562
privacy, anti-patterns
W3C and WHATWG Agreement: Single Version of HTML, DOM Specifications (sci)561
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
War Is Over, if You Want It: W3C, WHATWG Agree to Work Towards Single Spec for HTML and DOM (the)560
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and WHATWG Come Together for HTML and DOM Specifications559
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and the WHATWG Signed an Agreement to Collaborate on a Single Version of HTML and DOM (w3c)558
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and WHATWG Agree to Work Together Over HTML and DOM557
w3c, whatwg, html, dom
W3C and WHATWG to Work Together to Advance the Open Web Platform (w3c)556
w3c, whatwg, web-platform, html, dom
Pointer Events [Level 2] (ric+/w3c)555
pointer-events, apis
W3C Approves WebAuthn Authentication Standard That Could Do Away With Passwords554
w3c, fido, webauthn, authentication
The Web Just Took a Big Step Toward a Password-Free Future (jon/ver)553
w3c, webauthn, authentication, apis
W3C Strategic Highlights: Strengthening the Core of the Web (CSS) (amy/w3c)552
w3c, css
What’s New in ECMAScript 2019 (paw)551
ecmascript
W3C Strategic Highlights: Future Web Standards (amy/w3c)550
w3c, link-lists
Web Standards: The What, the Why, and the How (sma)549
history, processes, web-platform
ARIA 1.1—What’s New? (24a)548
accessibility, aria
Why Isn’t It “<style src="">”? (chr/css)547
html, history
A Blue Beanie for Blue Beanie Day (viv)546
browsers, vivaldi, awareness-days
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)545
css, fonts
The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) Specification (w3c)544
p3p, privacy
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 (fan/w3c)543
css, logical-properties
Webmentions: Enabling Better Communication on the Internet (ali)542
webmentions
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (ala+/w3c)541
accessibility, guidelines, wcag
RIP Passwords! A New Standard for Web Authentication Is Here540
w3c, fido, authentication, webauthn
FIDO and W3C Launch Password-Free Browser539
fido, w3c, apis, webauthn, authentication
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format538
w3c, fonts, woff
A Short History of WaSP and Why Web Standards Matter (jay/css)537
history, wasp, community, web-platform
Selectors Level 4 (fan+/w3c)536
css, selectors
What’s New in ECMAScript 2018 (paw)535
ecmascript
ActivityPub (cwe+/w3c)534
activitypub, protocols, network
W3C Study of Practices and Tooling for Web Data Standardisation (w3c)533
surveys, studies, research, rdf, structured-data, tooling
W3C Releases HTML 5.2 as Official Recommendation (kba/inf)532
w3c, html
What’s New in HTML5.2 (inf)531
html
HTML 5.2 (ste+/w3c)530
html
HTML 5.2 Is Done, HTML 5.3 Is Coming (w3c)529
html, w3c
Further Working Mode Changes (ann)528
whatwg, apple, google, microsoft, mozilla, community
The Cost of Developing and Adopting New CSS Features (mat)527
css, browsers
Testing Standards (ann)526
testing, interoperability, web-platform
W3C: WebRTC 1.0 Is Now Feature Complete (sdt)525
w3c, webrtc, apis
A Look Back at the History of CSS (jay/css)524
history, css, browsers, doctypes, box-model, hacks, css-zen-garden, semantics
W3C Publishes DRM as a Recommendation (inf)523
w3c, drm, eme, content
W3C Approves EME Digital Rights Standard—With Electronic Frontier Foundation Resigning522
w3c, drm, eme, eff
Encrypted Media Extensions (w3c)521
eme, content, drm, encryption
New Ontologies for OWL520
owl, semantic-web
Mozilla Standards Positions (moz)519
mozilla, support
Are Internet Standards Standing in the Way of Digital Accessibility? (lol)518
drm, eme, accessibility, w3c
A DRM Standard Has Been Approved for the Web, and Security Researchers Are Worried (jac/ver)517
drm, eme, w3c, eff
Micropub Is a W3C Recommendation (aar)516
blogging, content-management
On EME in HTML5 (tim/w3c)515
eme, drm, html, legal, security, w3c
Annotation Is Now a Web Standard514
annotations, w3c
web-platform-tests513
websites, web-platform, browsers, testing
What’s New in ECMAScript 2017 (paw)512
ecmascript
The JavaScript Standard511
javascript, ecmascript, history
WCAG 2.0 AA Gains Prominence as Website Accessibility Standard (jds)510
accessibility, wcag, legal, ada
Webmention (aar/w3c)509
webmentions, urls
Content Security Policy Level 2 (mik+/w3c)508
csp, security
HTML 5.1 Is the Gold Standard (ple/w3c)507
html, w3c
Standards on GitHub (ann)506
github
W3C Set to Publish HTML 5.1, Work Already Started on HTML 5.2 (cam/sof)505
w3c, html
HTML—From 5.1 to 5.2 (w3c)504
html, w3c
The jQuery Foundation and Standards (bka/jqu)503
jquery
Authentication Is Multi-Headed Beast for Purging Passwords (zdn)502
authentication, passwords
Subresource Integrity (dev+/w3c)501
security, hashing, html
HTML5 Has Changed the Internet but the World’s Now Ready for HTML6500
html, web
Finishing HTML5.1… and Starting HTML5.2 (w3c)499
html, w3c
Understanding the CSS Property Value Syntax (rus/sma)498
css, concepts
Schools of Thoughts in Web Standards (kar)497
principles
My URL Isn’t Your URL (bag)496
urls
Working on HTML5.1 (tin/w3c)495
html, w3c
What’s New in ECMAScript 2016 (ES7) (paw)494
ecmascript
Blue Beanie Day493
websites, awareness-days
CSS Snapshot 2015 (tab+/w3c)492
css
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 (jsp+/w3c)491
accessibility, tooling
Is HTML “Complete”? (bru)490
html, web-platform
What Are Web Standards489
history, html, xml, xhtml, css, wcag, w3c
No Good Can Come of Bad Code (zel/ali)488
quality, accessibility, semantics
Web Standards: We’re F’ing It Up (j9t)487
complexity
Standardization and the Open Web (ali)486
open-web, foss, community
Stopping the Infighting About Digital Standards (ali)485
policies, conventions
HTML5 Image Description Extension (“longdesc”) (cpt/w3c)484
html, images
Pointer Events (jac/w3c)483
pointer-events, apis
Standards and Browser Compatibility482
web-platform, browsers, support, interoperability, polyfills, feature-detection, browser-detection
HTML5 Differences From HTML4 (zco/w3c)481
html, comparisons
What Is the Web? (mno)480
web, web-platform, concepts
Blue Beanie Day 14: Toque ’em if You’ve Got ’em (bee/ali)479
awareness-days
The Extensible Web Manifesto (bre+)478
websites, manifestos, web-platform, extensibility
HTML5 Is a Recommendation (iva/w3c)477
html
HTML5 Finally Released as W3C Recommendation (sco)476
html, w3c
Open Web Platform Milestone Achieved With HTML5 Recommendation (w3c)475
html, web-platform, w3c
HTML5 Finalized, Finally (cio)474
html, w3c
How to Further Improve the World of Open Standards (w3c)473
awareness-days
WebRTC Specifications Advance (don/sdt)472
interviews, webrtc, apis
HTML5 on Track for W3C Finalization by Year’s End (red)471
html, w3c
HTML5: On Our Way to Recommendation (ple/w3c)470
html
Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 2nd Edition (w3c)469
mathml
WAI–ARIA Expands Web Accessibility (w3c)468
accessibility, aria, html
Where Is Interoperability for Social Media? (dhi/zdn)467
social-media, interoperability, opensocial
RDF 1.1 Has Been Published as Recommendation (iva/w3c)466
rdf, link-lists
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (ann/w3c)465
cors, security
JSON-LD Is an Official Web Standard464
json-ld, json, w3c
The jQuery Foundation and Standards (jqu)463
jquery
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing on Track to Become a W3C Recommendation (sdt)462
w3c, cors, security
CSS, HTML, and the Problem of Spec Fragmentation (j9t)461
css, html
The CSS Standards Process (tab/css)460
css, processes, w3c
Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 2.0 (sha+/w3c)459
internationalization, html, xml
DRM Likely in Future Versions of HTML (cne)458
html, drm, content, eme, w3c
Celebrating World Standards Day (w3c)457
awareness-days
Lowering Your Standards: DRM and the Future of the W3C (dan/eff)456
html, content, drm, eme, w3c
Interview With Lea Verou of the W3C (lea)455
interviews, css, vendor-extensions, w3c
Web and Mobile Interest Group Emerges From W3C to Further Mobile Web Initiative (dom/cms)454
w3c, mobile
When Can You Use New HTML and CSS in Production?453
html, css, support, browsers
Persistent Data Storage API452
browser-storage, apis, w3c
Web Storage (w3c)451
browser-storage, apis
W3C Report Updates Web Applications on Mobile Standards (cms)450
w3c, web-apps, mobile
How We Can Create Open Standards for Social Business (dhi/zdn)449
social-media, w3c, opensocial
Hot in Web Standards: March/April 2013 (lea)448
css, grids, layout, testing, lazy-loading, apis, w3c
Digital Publishing and the Web (iva/ali)447
w3c, web-platform, css, print
Activating Browser Modes With Doctype (hsi)446
browsers, doctypes, html, xhtml, xml
Oh Look—a Dead WaSP (cra)445
community, advocacy, web-standards-project, developer-relations, browsers
Our Work Here Is Done (aar/wa)444
web-standards-project, community, advocacy, developer-relations, browsers
CSS Preprocessor README (tab)443
tooling
Microsoft Goes Its Own Way With WebRTC442
microsoft, w3c, webrtc
Interview With Ian Hickson, HTML Editor (bru/htm)441
interviews, html, web-platform
Web Technology: 5 Things to Watch in 2013 (sts/cne)440
browsers, images, performance
First Official W3C HTML5 Standard Finally Completed! What’s Coming in 2013? (tod)439
interviews, w3c, html
HTML5 Inches Closer to the Finish Line (wir)438
html, w3c
Open Source Release From MS Open Tech: Pointer Events Initial Prototype for WebKit (sbl)437
microsoft, foss, pointer-events, webkit
Hot in Web Standards: November/December 2012 (lea)436
html, apis, w3c
HTML5 Is Done—HTML 5.1 Next on Standards Agenda (hei)435
html, canvas, w3c
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)434
woff, fonts
OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview (Second Edition) (w3c)433
overviews, owl
Interview With Robin Berjon, HTML5 Editor (rob+/htm)432
interviews, html, w3c, whatwg
HTML5 and the Future of the Web431
html
The CSS Problem (j9t)430
css
W3C and Digital Publishing (iva/w3c)429
w3c, content, epub
What’s Left for HTML5? (sdt)428
html
IndexedDB Featured in New Web Development Open Standards Site427
indexeddb, databases, w3c, documentation
WebPlatform.org426
websites, web-platform, documentation
Hmm, Let’s Not “Fuck the Standards Bodies” (mar)425
w3c, whatwg
Test the Web Forward (w3c)424
quality, testing, web-platform
W3C Outlines Plan to Finalize HTML5423
w3c, html
W3C to Finish HTML5 by 2014 (cra)422
w3c, html
Mark Zuckerberg’s Opinion of HTML5 Is Meaningless (aco/inf)421
html, facebook+meta
Open Letter to W3C CSS Working Group Re CSS Grids (mar)420
open-letters, w3c, css
W3C Tells Their Side of the Story: The Future of HTML5419
w3c, html
W3C’s Ian Jacobs on the Future of HTML5 (cra)418
interviews, w3c, html
Thoughts on ECMAScript 6 and New Syntax (nza)417
ecmascript
Ian Hickson on HTML5 vs. HTML (cra)416
interviews, html
Hitting the HTML Moving Target415
html, w3c, whatwg
HTML5 Gets the Splits (cra)414
html, whatwg, w3c
The Advent of HTML5413
html
W3C to Develop HTML5 and Its Successor in Parallel (hei)412
w3c, html
Why I Love Working on the Web (mat)411
web, community
HTML5 Still Taking Shape (sdt)410
html, web-apps, flash, silverlight
Living Standards409
processes, whatwg, w3c
Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten Dies (lea/ali)408
css, vendor-extensions, terminology
CSS Vendor Prefixes Threaten Open Web (cra)407
open-web, css, vendor-extensions, webkit
Introducing the CSS3 Test406
css, testing
The CSS3 Test (lea)405
css, support, browsers
Apple Submits “Invalid” Patents to W3C to Delay Touch Events Standard (9to)404
apple, w3c, legal, touch
Is Apple Using Patents to Hurt Open Standards? (ars)403
apple, legal
From Hypertext to Hyperdevices (don/w3c)402
web, web-platform, terminology, trends
Blue Beanie of Thankfulness (chr/css)401
awareness-days
Five Questions With Tab Atkins (tab+/css)400
interviews, css, content, google, dart
about:csswg (fan)399
css, processes
Infographic: History of Web Standards (jzb)398
history
Announcing the jQuery Standards Team (jqu)397
jquery
When Web Standards Fail Us (nza)396
html, w3c, javascript, ecmascript
Analyst Watch: HTML5 Is Not Quite Ready for Primetime (sdt)395
html
CSS Needs a Bit of Basic Love (mat)394
css
W3C Launches New “Agile” Standards Development Platform393
w3c, community
W3C Releases Simplified HTML5 Spec for Web Developers (sof)392
w3c, html
Reconciling Various Forms of String Literals (iva/w3c)391
w3c, strings
W3C Updates CSS Open Web Standards as Reality and Specs Converge (cms)390
w3c, css
A Decade Later, W3C Finalizes CSS 2.1389
w3c, css
Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification (ber+/w3c)388
css
W3C HTML WG Decisions: “hidden”, “longdesc”, Table Summary, and the Myth of Hidden Metadata (bur)387
html, attributes, tables, w3c
Web Notifications (ann)386
notifications, apis
WHATWG, W3C, and HTML (ann)385
whatwg, w3c, html
The Difference Between the WHATWG and the HTMLWG (wir)384
whatwg, w3c, comparisons
HTML5 Not Finalized Until 2014383
html
HTML5 Kicked Into 2014 (the)382
html, w3c
HTML as a Living Standard—For and Against (bru/htm)381
html, processes, w3c, whatwg
The Sorry State of the CSS3 Specifications (nza)380
css, link-lists
People of HTML5—Bruce Lawson (bru+/moz)379
interviews, html
Mobile Web Application Best Practices (aco/w3c)378
mobile, web-apps, best-practices, w3c
Web Sockets and the Risks of Unfinished Standards (sts/cne)377
websockets, mozilla, opera
Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality (tim)376
web, net-neutrality
W3C Adds More HTML5 Standards Tests375
w3c, html, browsers
How Do We Test a Web Browser? (One Year [Later]) (ple/w3c)374
browsers, testing, web-platform
How to Comment and When (bur)373
how-tos, processes
Strategic Decisions in a Strategy-Less Environment (bur)372
html, w3c
The Core Mission of W3C (w3c)371
w3c
Growing Pains Afflict HTML5 Standardization (sts/cne)370
html, w3c, whatwg
The W3C Bites Back? (bur)369
w3c, html
The New [“<track>”] Element Has Been Added to the HTML5 Spec (dal/aja)368
html, multimedia
Web Spec Goulash (bur)367
html, xhtml, dom
HTML5: When Will the Madness End? (bur)366
html, w3c, whatwg
CSS Vendor Prefixes Considered Harmful (ppk)365
css, vendor-extensions
Workin’ on RDFa364
rdf
HTML5 Editors Draft Hits W3C, Flash Doesn't Break a Sweat (Yet)363
html
HTML5 Means Whatever You Want It to Mean (ppk)362
html
Microsoft Joins SVG Working Group (tho/osn)361
microsoft, svg, w3c
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in the Spotlight in Mid-March 2010 (sof)360
internet-explorer, browsers
Why Microsoft’s IE 9 Will Frustrate Standards Fans (the)359
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, acid-tests
God Did It, Why Can’t We? UN Ponders Net “10 Commandments” (ars)358
web, accessibility, internationalization
W3C to Meet With Developers on HTML 5 (sdt)357
w3c, html, internet-explorer, browsers
Whatever Happened to P3P? (rig)356
interviews, p3p, privacy
RIF and OWL (iva/w3c)355
owl, semantic-web
Google to Microsoft: Support SVG (inf)354
svg, google, microsoft, browsers, internet-explorer, support
How Do We Test a Web Browser? (ple/w3c)353
browsers, testing, web-platform
This Is Your Site—This Is Your Site on HTML5 (bur)352
html, semantics
Regarding HTML5 (sim)351
html
HTML 5 Starts Looking Real (rch)350
html, web-platform
Apple Gets Higher Profile in HTML Standardization (sts/cne)349
html, w3c, apple
Separating Canvas Out of HTML5 (bur)348
html, canvas
HTML5: A Story in Progress (bur)347
html
Google, HTML5, and Standards (mis)346
google, html
2022, or When Will HTML 5 Be Ready? (rem/htm)345
html
An Epitaph for the Web Standard, XHTML 2 (sts/cne)344
xhtml, html, whatwg, w3c
XHTML2: Not Dead (ste)343
xhtml, w3c
W3C Stops Work on XHTML 2 (sdt)342
w3c, xhtml, whatwg
XHTML 2 to Be Discontinued (hei)341
xhtml, w3c
XHTML 2 Language Dumped in Favor of HTML 5 (inf)340
xhtml, html, w3c
Orthogonality of Specifications (w3c)339
web-platform, software-design, architecture, principles
10 Ways to Make Your XHTML Site Accessible Using Web Standards (mri/sma)338
xhtml, accessibility, conformance
ECMAScript 5: Changes to JavaScript (dal/aja)337
ecmascript, javascript
Hixie Discusses the Addition of HTML5 “Microdata” (dal/aja)336
html, microdata
Going Non-Standard (bur)335
html
A Rough View of the Future (ple/w3c)334
web-platform, outlooks
Opera Chief: Microsoft’s IE 8 “Undermines” Web Standards (the)333
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, web-platform
The Shallowness of CSS Evangelism332
css, advocacy
Web Standards on the Edge (com)331
w3c, css, html, support, browsers
When Good Browsers Go Bad—and They All Do (com)330
conformance, support, internet-explorer, browsers
To Hell With Bad Browsers—the Sequel (ppk)329
browsers, support, internet-explorer
IE8 Blacklist: Forcing Standards Rendering Opt-In328
internet-explorer, browsers, rendering
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 19 (div)327
html
Meaning of Names and Operations of Services326
discussions, naming
Shrinking HTML5 (ann)325
html
W3C Upgrades Web Accessibility Standards324
w3c, wcag, accessibility
The Fundamental Problems With CSS3 (mat)323
css, w3c
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0) (mdm+/w3c)322
smil
What Are Web Standards? (nza)321
web, w3c
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition) (tim+/w3c)320
xml
Browsers Face Innovator’s Dilemma (com)319
browsers, web-platform
IETF Developers Call for Privacy Rules for the W3C’s Geodata API (hei)318
w3c, apis, privacy
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 13 (div)317
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 12 (div)316
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 10 (div)315
html
Opera Study: Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant (ars)314
studies, research, opera, conformance, semantics
Seven OWL 2 Drafts Published (iva/w3c)313
owl
Where Our Standards Went Wrong (bee/ali)312
conformance, quality
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 5 (div)311
html
HTML5 to Be Released in 2022—W3C Are Officially a Joke (mat)310
html, w3c
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 4 (div)309
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 3 (div)308
html
Name Soup (sli)307
javascript, ecmascript, actionscript, naming
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 2 (div)306
html
This Week in HTML 5—Episode 1 (div)305
html
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 (w3c)304
mobile, best-practices, guidelines
Open Web Foundation303
websites, open-web, advocacy
CSS Color Module Level 3 (tan+/w3c)302
css, colors
Smart CSS Ain’t Always Sexy CSS (dig)301
css, html
State of AJAX for June 2008: Apple Flexes Open Web Muscles (dal/aja)300
browsers, performance, javascript, extjs, dojo, yui, mootools, jquery, css, svg, canvas, tooling, link-lists, ajaxian
Why “Variables” in CSS Are Harmful—an Essay (ber/w3c)299
css, variables, custom-properties
Documenting the Web vs. Reinventing It (w3c)298
html, web
New in Standards: Acid4 and HTML 5 Update (dal/aja)297
html, acid-tests
W3C Tackles Web Typography With CSS 3 (cms)296
w3c, css, typography
Confronting the Future of Web Standards295
browsers, web-2.0, web
Heads-Up: CSS Namespaces and You (cms)294
css, namespaces, xml, w3c
Standards Suck (ann+)293
websites, web-platform, w3c, whatwg
And So the HTML 5 Trouble Begins (nza)292
html, browser-storage
Ajaxian Roundup for April 2008: CSS Goodness, Ext Licenses, and the Cloud (dal/aja)291
javascript, jquery, prototypejs, dojo, extjs, mootools, css, mobile, performance, tooling, code-editors, ajaxian, link-lists
Why CSS Needs to Borrow From Programming Languages (mat)290
css, programming
Talking About JavaScript 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9 Before We Get to 2.0 (dal/aja)289
javascript, ecmascript
Martian Headsets (spo)288
browsers, html, doctypes
ECMAScript 4 Progress Tracking (dal/aja)287
ecmascript
IE8, XHTML, and What Am I Going to Do With My Site? (bur)286
xhtml, internet-explorer, browsers, drupal