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Author: jaxroam
SVG 2.1: Foreshadow support
Well over four years ago Opera made the first native SVG implementation, with the first useful implementation the following year, and Safari and Mozilla got into the game. By 2007 SVG became a browser business and earlier limited use of SVG faded into the […]
The Missing Link: Connecting Boxes
There is one basic document functionality that none of HTML, CSS, nor SVG can do. None can represent one box, another box, and a link between the two. The most fundamental feature of HTML is the hyperlink, But while 〈a id="one" href="#two"〉Linking to #two〈/a〉 […]
HTML5 token support
One common situation when registering a new account with a service (say my.opera.com) is that it requires email confirmation from you to activate that account. This is part of a handshake, where both parties present their credentials and confirm who the other one is. […]
Accessible JavaScript: Making the user object
For many "accessible JavaScript" would be an oxymoron, but in principle JavaScript could be as accessible as anything else if the author was very careful or if the user agent would know more of what is going on. …
Can HTML5 make accessibility usable?
Following up the discussion on Accessible drag and drop using WAI-ARIA, I think HTML5 may be a huge win for accessibility. HTML4 was filled with good intentions, HTML5 should be filled with good implementations. HTML4 became a W3C standard 11 years ago. By now […]
Bending or breaking the tree: Extensibility in HTML
A link to the past HTML is the Hypertext Markup Language. Hyperlinks is what made HTML special. When I came to the HTML Working Group, shortly after the browser war was over, the feud of the day was with XLink 1.0, which quickly had […]
HTML5 — XML’s Stealth Weapon
Even after the death-of-XHTML2, syntax debate still dominates the day. Here is my contribution. The XML story In the beginning was SGML. There is a lot to be said about SGML so I won't. HTML was specified to be an application of SGML, but […]
Image: A thumbnail view
Raster graphics (PNG, JPEG, and the rest) are used in a variety of contexts and a variety of resolutions, but most are come from a small number of sources, above all the digital cameras. Since the digital cameras still are marketed by the megapixel, […]
Keyboard drag and drop: HTML and accessibility
Should-read article: Accessible drag and drop using WAI-ARIA The keyboard-friendly design of Opera was one of the things that attracted me to the browser in the first place, and one I am disappointed with the slow progress with. Keyboard-wise Opera today isn’t substantially better […]
