DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with standards

New blog on ASP.net and web standards

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:11:50 GMT

Come and see! If you are an ASP.net developer, you cannot ignore the world is turning to web standards!

Nikhilk Kothari's site (almost) made XHTML valid

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:16:03 GMT

I decided to try and make good old Nikhilk Kothari's personal site a valid one. I didn't have access to the source code, so all changes were made on the rendered ASP.NET. Why Nikhilk? I don't know, I guess I just like his web site! Short and entertaining video.

Gravatar, please bring back PNG files!

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:46:02 GMT

Gravatar recently made some big changes when migrating their web application. While most of these changes are a real benefit, there is one big feature that has been removed -- PNG files are no longer supported!

IE8, Microsoft and the Reverse Fanboys

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:16:02 GMT

As the beta test of IE8 recently became available we are quickly approaching the release of another version of Internet Explorer. Much frustration has been expressed about the issues (or supposed issues ) in this beta. Some of this concern is definitely understandable, however, I think some of the negativity is present just because IE is a Microsoft product.

IE8 Promises Better Standards Compliance (and lots more)

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:33:01 GMT

Developer release lauded as "sweet!" but puts the focus on security, interoperability and better programming features rather than the user experience.

Why Isn't IE8 Passing Acid2?

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:31:02 GMT

IE8 fails the copies of ACID2 due to the cross domain security checks IE performs for ActiveX controls. Since IE does not natively handle HTML content in the OBJECT tag, but rather uses IE's rendering engine as an ActiveX to display this HTML content, the same cross domain security checks also apply.

New for the SOA Standards land

Tue, 01 May 2007 15:01:40 GMT

The World Wide Web Consortium today released four SOAP 1.2 Second Editions as W3C Recommendations: Part 0: Primer, Part 1: Messaging Framework, Part 2: Adjuncts, and Specification Assertions and Test Collection. SOAP Version 1.2 provides the definition of the XML-based information that can be used for exchanging structured and typed information between peers in a decentralized, distributed environment. OASIS, the international standards consortium, today announced that its members have approved Web Services Context (WS-Context) version 1.0 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. WS-Context defines an open framework for supporting coordinated and transactional compositions of multiple Web services applications.

Building ASP.NET 2.0 Web Sites Using Web Standards

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:01:02 GMT

Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 has many features to help you design and build Web sites that are compliant with XHTML and accessibility standards. This article looks at how and why you should be building these standards-compliant sites.

SSW Rules to Better ...

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:31:01 GMT

I don't know how I don't found it before. These are A FANTASTIC SET OF RULES in a lot of areas. A Must Check for you and your team.