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The Importance of Correct Commenting

19 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn why writing correct comments is crucial in Gecko in standards mode and in all XML content.

Tips For Authoring Fast-loading HTML Pages

Bob Clary — 04 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn common-sense tips for producing HTML pages which load quickly and provide visitor satisfaction.

Prefetching Content for Increased Performance

Doron Rosenberg — 28 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to optimize download speeds of your webpages using link prefetching.

Standards-Compliant Authoring Tools

30 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Some authoring tools generate proprietary, poorly formed code. Using authoring tools that adhere to the W3 standards will ensure your code works across popular browsers.

Correctly Using Titles With External Stylesheets

Eric A. Meyer — 30 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Improper use of the title attribute can cause external stylesheets to be ignored by browsers. Find out how this can happen and how to avoid it in your documents.

Defining Cross-Browser Tooltips

Eric A. Meyer — 16 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Authors are used to having alt text appear as a "tooltip" above images, but that's not how it was meant to be used. Learn how to define "tooltips" in a cross-browser, standards-friendly way.

Images, Tables, and Mysterious Gaps

Eric A. Meyer — 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Are your page designs suddenly plauged by mysterious gaps beneath images in Netscape 6+ and Mozilla? Do these gaps appear and disappear depending on your page's document type? We feel your frustration, but try to make up for it with a thorough explanation of why this happens, and give you ways to work around this surprising effect of Mozilla's CSS implementation.

HTML Element Cross Reference

Bob Clary — 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT