October 29, 2003

Links

Catching up on a few good web-design related links:

Quirksmode.org is Peter Paul Koch's collection of tips and tricks for dealing with browser differences and quirks.

Dave Shea has a nifty new technique for creating CSS-only translucent dropdown menus.

The most recent edition of the Web Standards Project's "Ask the W3C" series addresses the question of HTML versus XHTML. The answer is...drumroll, please...XHTML. Why? XHTML is easier to maintain, can be transformed using XML tools like XSLT, is easier to teach and learn (HTML: "you need to close your tags...well...except for those you don't need to") , and it is "ready for the future."