Web standards
Summary
Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for building web sites, and a philosophy of web design and development that includes those methods.Many interdependent standards and specifications, some of which govern aspects of the Internet, not just the World Wide Web, directly or indirectly affect the development and administration of web sites and web services. Considerations include the interoperability, accessibility and usability of web pages and web sites.
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Web group rejects Microsoft's 'Do Not Track' browser
Microsoft set the industry ablaze when it revealed last week that the latest version of Internet Explorer would ship with "Do Not Track" functionality turned on. Now, the W3C Web standards organization is preparing to label Microsoft's browser "non-compliant," setting up a showdown between Microsoft, web-standards creators and the rest of the online ad ecosystem.
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Do You Want The Latest Version Of Internet Explorer? You're Getting It Anyway (MSFT)
Soon, Microsoft will begin delivering automatic updates to Internet Explorer to all Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 users -- as they have the auto updating feature of Windows turned on. (It's turned on by default on most new PCs. ).
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Adobe cuts Flash development, conceding to Apple
(Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc is halting development of its popular Flash Player for use in mobile browsers, essentially admitting defeat to rival Apple Inc in a long-running battle over Web standards.
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Meet Scroll, a new tool that wants to de-templatize the news web
The 2010 version of the Knight News Challenge featured an entry for a very cool project: PaperNews, middleware that sought to “reinvent how we see news design on the web. ”.
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Adobe's M&A stays busy; company buys PhoneGap
The M&A folks at Adobe Systems have been busy. In addition to the announcement from Adobe about its acquisition of TypeKit, the company also announced yesterday it had acquired Nitobi Software,the maker of PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build, the popular open source platform for building mobile applications with HTML5 and JavaScript.
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Punkchip: Guardian interactive review: Flash vs. web standards
Interesting demonstration of rebuilding a Guardian interactive originally built in Flash using only CSS.
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Facebook Unveils Distinct Mobile Messaging App For Group Chats, Texts
As it has rolled out a series of improvements to its messaging features, Facebook has been trying to encourage its users to think of its network as a better alternative to e-mail and instant messaging applications. It took that strategy a step further Tuesday with the release of a new mobile messaging application that is separate from the regular Facebook application.
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ReadWriteWeb: Farewell Flash? Adobe Launches HTML5 Web Animations Tool "Adobe Edge"
"Today, Adobe is launching a new tool called Adobe Edge which will allow creative professionals to design animated Web content using Web standards like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Not Flash. Aimed to coexist with Adobe Flash, not replace it, the Web design software is Adobe's big bet on how it will continue to solidify its position as a top player in the infrastructure of the modern Web".
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Google Kills Toolbar For Firefox (GOOG)
Google has been killing a lot of unimportant products recently, and the latest casualty is the Google Toolbar for Firefox, which has been around since 2005.
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Why Did Google Just Give Its Chrome Leader Big Bucks And A Promotion? (GOOG)
Most of them are no surprise. Search (under Sr. VP Alan Eustace) is Google's core business top traffic draw, and advertising (Susan Wojcicki) is how Google makes money today -- and there's upside in increasing Google's share of display advertising.
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