“The question Who created CSS? just showed up in my search logs. The very short and simple answer to this is: Håkon Wium Lie and Bert Bos authored the original CSS1 specification. There is more to this story, however. Bert and Håkon didn’t pull CSS out of any magic hat - this is a small recollection of history of CSS prior to CSS1.” [More on virtuelvis.com]

(…) Facebook also becomes a rich platform for third party applications. Facebook’s strategy is almost the polar opposite from MySpace. While MySpace frets over third party widgets, alternatively shutting them down or acquiring them, Facebook is now opening up its core functions to all outside developers. [Techcrunch.com]

On Wednesday 28th Feb at 7pm, the third London based meeting for the Web Standards Group will take place at the Westminster University campus near Goodge Street station.

53 CSS-based techniques you should always have ready to hand if you develop web-sites. [Smashing Magazine]

Web site designers love the idea of Ajax–of creating Web pages in which information can be updated without refreshing the entire page. But for those who aren’t hard-core programmers, enhancing pages using Ajax can be a challenge. This book is a step-by-step guide to enhancing Web sites with Ajax.

Working with the Web consultancy firm, Clearleft, Jeremy Keith creates elegant, usable Web sites using the troika of Web standards: CSS, (X)HTML, and the Document Object Model. He is a member of the Web Standards Project and joint lead of the DOM Scripting Task Force. He teaches hands-on Ajax and DOM Scripting in full-day workshops and is the author of DOM Scripting: JavaScript Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Mode.

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Standards, argues Jeffrey Zeldman in Designing With Web Standards, are our only hope for breaking out of the endless cycle of testing that plagues designers hoping to support all possible clients.

In this book, he explains how designers can best use standards–primarily XHTML and CSS, plus ECMAScript and the standard Document Object Model (DOM)–to increase their personal productivity and maximize the availability of their creations. Zeldman’s approach is detailed, authoritative, and rich with historical context, as he is quick to explain how features of standards evolved. It’s a fantastic education that any design professional will appreciate. (more)

The CSS10 Hall of Fame is a list of sites that are “important” in the very subjective opinion of the list’s editors: sites that promoted CSS, teached CSS, marked important dates, or simply used CSS in unexpected ways.

The origins of the World Wide Web Consortium.
(…)In October 1994, Tim Berners-Lee founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer Science [MIT/LCS] (…)

CSS Source Ordered 1-3 Columned Page Maker [by ClevaTreva Designs - The Generator Form v2.90] - Positioniseverything.net

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