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Links for June 2004

Inverted Sliding Doors 29 Jun 2004
Roger Johansson (at 456 Berea Street) comes up with a nice twist (or is it a “flip”?) on the Sliding Doors technique. The few necessary changes from the orignal are fully documented and explained.
Color Palette Creator 27 Jun 2004
Need a quick set of hex values for various shades of one color? This tool generates them for you. It even has a randomize button if you don’t know what color you want.
CSS Hack Management 26 Jun 2004
Molly covers some excellent tips for managing hacks in CSS files, including the idea of keeping hacks in separate files, which I’m doing here in Stopdesign’s CSS.
Doors with Sprites 22 Jun 2004
Mike Papageorge combines Sliding Doors and CSS Sprites to create text-based expandable tabs with just one multi-function image.
Accessibility of Segregation 22 Jun 2004
Mike Davies parallels the creation of separate, accessible, text-only sites with the Apartheid regime of South Africa in the 1980s.
Standards Link Bonanza 21 Jun 2004
Dan gets his readers to help generate a huge link list of articles, tutorials, and sites
Ten for Molly 21 Jun 2004
The Web Standards Group interviews Molly Holzschlag, where she talks about her numerous books, the IE Factor, and the WaSP’s changing face.
IFR at Sprint 21 Jun 2004
Incredibly detailed write-up about the use of the Inman Flash Replacement (IFR) technique on Sprint.com, and the modifications the team made to IFR for their own implementation.
More Sprint Work 20 Jun 2004
France details the major undertaking of converting more and more of Sprint over to standards-based design.
What’s In a Name, II 20 Jun 2004
Proposal for consistent, cross-site ID and class naming schemes
Apple and Security 19 Jun 2004
Apparently, Apple still sees security as a marketing issue since they’re putting Ken Bereskin (director of Mac OS X product marketing) up front for security responses. Didn’t they read Daring Fireball’s “Security Cannon Be Spun”?
On Principle 16 Jun 2004
Jason Fried, from 37 Signals, turns down a job because the client wanted to own rights to the work before completing payment for said work.
New MT Pricing 16 Jun 2004
6A responds to feedback and simplifies licensing for Movable Type — unlimited weblogs with any paid license
Code Constraints 15 Jun 2004
Eric mulls over the restrictions of code samples (specifically CSS) presented in his books, and made freely available on his book sites.
Accessible Forms 13 Jun 2004
Ian Lloyd reviews the means by which forms can be made more accessible to wider audiences. Conveniently split into beginning, intermediate, and advanced issues.
Integrate Gallery with MT 10 Jun 2004
Spinning out from the previous link about MTPhotoGallery, this tutorial shows how to integrate Gallery with MT
MTPhotoGallery 10 Jun 2004
Spotted in Anil’s links, this plugin looks interesting for anyone on MT.
The Safari Conundrum 9 Jun 2004
Todd brings up some good points about the future of web-based applications and Mac users.
Google Doodles 8 Jun 2004
Dennis Hwang on all the alterations of the Google logo he has created.
Rumsfeld Fighting Techniques 8 Jun 2004
Too funny not to link. Really like West Side and Crouching Tiger.
WaSP Survey 8 Jun 2004
The Web Standards Project wants to know what you do, how you work, and what type of content you’re looking for or would like to see.
Ten for Dan 7 Jun 2004
Russ interviews Dan Cederholm for the Web Standards Group
Legal Jackass Status 7 Jun 2004
Good story.