InformIT Web Design Newsletter - Oct 12, 2004

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Title: InformIT Web Design Newsletter - Oct 12, 2004

InformIT Web Design Newsletter Oct 12, 2004 Web Design Reference Guide Your Host Meryl Evans The switch to alternative browsers is a big topic in the Web design world as more people are switching to standards-compliant browsers like Firefox, Mozilla, and Opera. More and more sites are working with the standards-compliant browsers as more designers and businesses become aware of these issues. Internet Explorer has security issues, lacks standards support for CSS and the PNG image format, and it doesn't have popular features like tabbed browsing. (Other IE-based browsers offer tabbed browsing and enhanced features not in the original IE. However, these browsers are based on the IE engine, and inherit most or all of the problems you hear about with IE.) The easiest way to handle these issues is to create standards-compliant sites and test them in IE. Those needing help can get it from Jeffrey Zeldman's Designing with Web Standards. You can also check the Web Standards Project Web site for the latest news and information on designing with standards. Regularly check the InformIT Web Design blog for the latest info on browsers. Visit The Web Design Reference Guide New Content   Articles and Sample Chapters All Articles and Sample Chapters Styling a Photo Collection Using CSS By Eric Meyer Integrated Web Design: Position This! CSS Positioning Demystified By Molly Holzschlag   Weblogs All Web Design Weblogs PHPitfalls By Meryl Evans Resolution-based Layouts By Meryl Evans Firefox Extensions By Meryl Evans  Subscribe to the Web Design Reference Guide RSS feed. New Books and Safari Online Books   Book Store All Web Design Books Design and Deploy Websites with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Contribute 3: Training from the Source By Joseph Lowery Published by Macromedia Press � Dec 23, 2004 Premium Member Price: $33.74 USD (Save 25%) DHTML and CSS Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide By Jason Teague Published by Peachpit Press � Dec 3, 2004 Premium Member Price: $18.74 USD (Save 25%)   Safari Online Books All Web Design Online Books More Eric Meyer on CSS Published by New Riders � Apr 8, 2004			This Week's Special Offer Digital Photography: From Camera to Printer, Print to Computer, Videotape to DVD, and More! will teach you everything you need to know with digital photography and video, step-by-step. Want tocopy your old videotapes to DVD? View photos on your TV? Scan and fix your oldsnapshots? Edit your own movies? Print brilliant digital prints? Use digital imagingin your business or career? You can do it all with this one-stop, easy-to-use guide. Buy from InformIT and save 30% with Free Shipping when you use Coupon Code ED-10035-2K4 at checkout. Weblog of the Week: Let There Be Cursor When Meryl arrives on a page with a form or Google, she wants her cursor to automatically be in the textbox instead of having to mouse it there. I don't think she's alone in wanting things to work like this, and it turns out it's easy to make this happen. How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life Power-Up profiles of some of the most fascinating Japanese video game designers in the industry, explains why Japanese video games are unique, and tells why they resonate so well with young American players. For a limited time at Informit.com you can download a free sample chapter and save 30% when you buy Power Up. Grab Our Web Design RSS Feed You can get our Web Design Reference Guide additions and weblogs in your RSS Aggregator — click here to grab the code! Become a Member and Save up to 25% in Our Book Store! Profile yourself with InformIT and you'll receive an additional discount — up to 25% off many titles in the InformIT Book Store. The best part is that this offer will never expire! Safari Clip of the Week Preview an excerpt from Safari, our online subscription service, with a new clip each week! This week, learn about The Trouble with Standards with this excerpt from Designing With Web Standards.

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