Thanks, and good to hear! But, humbly, the web site you linked your name to isn’t currently a good example of that (multiple HTML elements, table-based design etc).

However, in my experience, one’s own web sites tend to be the last ones to get shaped up, since one’s too busy coding web sites properly for clients.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

8 out of 10 is Pretty Good, Right?

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Absolutely, valid questions; especially the one about blogs and web sites frequently visited.

- As part of your employment here, what conferences would you like to attend?

- What blogs do you regularily read (about web design and technologies)?

Ah, yes, it’s all in the small words. I agree, if anything, it should say CSS-based layouts.

The link to the post with the answers can be found in one of the pingbacks above. Go look!

“What advantages do div-based designs have over table-based designs?”

It’s should be: “What advantages do CSS-based layouts have over table-based layouts?”
Also it would be appropriate to ask about any known problems with CSS-layouts.
All in all I can answer to all questions except “Almost Standards Mode” What is that? I know only quirks and strict modes.

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Good links. And now you know it’s not recommended to write too good code in WordPress comments.

On having layout

Gecko’s “Almost Standards” Mode

Maybe conditional comments, but you’re definitely right that the list is missing anything about properly implementing JavaScript.

Robert dM,

Good!

erik,

Oh, absolutely. Researching is vital in becoming a good web developer.

Robin,

I think we think about slightly different roles. Here in Sweden, we practically don’t have any professional web designers in the more international sense, that they’re doing design and CSS coding. Either you’re a designer, or you’re a coder and code web interfaces.

Either way, I find it important to know about the different rendering modes. But yes, the list could’ve used some more questions about accessibility (although the semantic point scratches on that surface).

Aaron,

In my experience, I would say that it’s very important to know about hasLayout (to understand why IE misbehaves oh-so-often) and specificity to avoid having your CSS code riddled with !important just to make certain style rules get applied as desired.

Ryan,

Very interesting question. I was pondering whether or not to actually give away any good answers. I might do it in a future post, but right now it’s too much too write.

If you have a very strong yearning for answers right now, let me know and I’ll send you an e-mail with some brief pointers.

Lachlan,

I’d agree that most people struggle with and discuss those topics, but I’m not sure I’d like to bring them at the first meeting. Maybe for the second interview…

Nick,

I’d say that it’s good to know about Almost Standards Mode, but it’s far from the most important item in the list. So, you can probably get hired, but you’ll get less pay…

Regarding WordPress and XHTML: maybe my How to deliver HTML instead of XHTML with WordPress can aid you a little.

Chris,

Good, I hope it can become of use to you.

Martin,

Yes, the three layer question should definitely be in there.

Maaike,

It’s a very valid question, especially with the AJAX hype blown up in every computer magazine nowadays…

medyk,

Oh, that’s a tricky question.
It will probably be over their head, I’d say.

Stuart,

Aw, thanks. But we both now I’m more like the janitor of the web, not a star.

Karl,

Ha ha, yeah quirks mode is for sissies…

Jules,

I’d recommend doing some reading up on hasLayout, it is very important to know about (hint: “HasLayout” Overview).

Lachlan has some good questions there, not least because some of his articles opened my eyes to these issues in the first place.

Who is Robert Nyman?

If they don’t know the answer to that kick them out of the office straight away!

Is this possible to have both of below statements true (and if yes.. explain why):
1. webpage is being rendered differently in two agents
2. Both of above agents renders this page accurately according to same specs.